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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

Ideas.Ted

After more than 2,500 workers moved to a 35- or 36-hour workweek and declared themselves happier, healthier and less stressed, the country is now moving to make this an option for the majority of its workforce. My book about the move towards four-day workweek, Shorter , was published in the US in early March 2020.

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Quiet Hiring: Admin Professional Trend

Bonnie Low-Krayman

By Bonnie Low-Kramen for Admin Professional Today | November, 2023 The Great Resignation of 2020 led to massive and chaotic hiring in 2021. As burnout, stress, and mental health issues increased to red alert levels due to poor onboarding and inadequate training, Quiet Quitting took hold in 2022. What’s happening now? Quiet Hiring.

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Being furloughed affected people’s sense of time and relationship with work

Workplace Insight

Between March 2020 and September 2021, millions of workers furloughed under the UK government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme lived what for many of us is a dream: being paid not to work. Others had to find alternative income streams when the 80% furlough salary did not meet their living costs.

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How We Need To Adjust To The Future Of Work – A personal interview with Bonnie Low-Kramen by Karen Mangia for Thrive Global

Bonnie Low Kramen

Employers are aware that staffers are stressed and anxious for many reasons, but mainly because of the uncertainty about what comes next with Covid variants and how that impacts their work life and taking care of children, etc. Base salary is only one way to earn money. Flexible work schedules & Arrangements?—?Leaders

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Executive Assistant Best Job of 2012

Office Dynamics

percent employment growth for executive assistants between 2010 and 2020. Money: According to the Labor Department, the median annual salary for an executive assistant was $43,520 in 2010. Executive Assistant Salary Range: 75th Percentile Wage: $54,750. But what most AEAP members stress is honesty. "Be metropolitan area.

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How Will The Recruitment Game Change In 2021?

Recruit CRM

In November 2020, the unemployment rate in America alone was around 10.9 The new points-based immigration system will bring with it a lot of requirements like a job, salary, language and so on that will change the way recruiters can hire candidates from outside the UK 2.

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Shining a Light on Black Assistants: It’s Not Black & White

Bonnie Low Kramen

The question was, “ On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the most, what is your stress level about your physical safety out in the world, on an average day?”. The question was, “ On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the most, what is your stress level about being Black in the world, on an average day ?”. Spencer is 45 years old and Black. “8.”.

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