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How Hiring Virtual Assistants Can Boost Employee Performance and Work-Life Balance

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Laith Masarweh, founder and CEO of Assistantly, an agency that connects businesses with virtual assistants around the world, says that in the third quarter of 2022, bosses hiring VAs for their employees increased significantly, by 10% to 15% of Assistantly’s business. Here’s what leaders should know about this potential solution.

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Finding a Voice in the Future of Work

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It’s picking up the phone and calling my new boss to tell her that she’s underutilizing me—something that put my name on her radar for the position I now hold. Hint: it goes way beyond salary and PTO. Correction: In the November/December 2022 issue, Sophia Bush and Nia Batts were incorrectly listed as investors of First Women’s Bank.

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Lessons From Past Recessions

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As of August 2022, the economy has already seen two months of negative GDP growth, but the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) hasn’t officially declared one yet. What are my basic monthly living expenses (including food, shelter, health insurance, utilities, phone, transportation and childcare)?

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Authentically Gen Z: The Values, Aspirations & Drivers That Will Re-Define The Future Of Work

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Let’s dive into the five key aspirations and drivers we’ve uncovered from this generation: Amenities, Benefits & Salary: A Shifting Mindset. Amenities, Benefits & Salary: A Shifting Mindset. Personal & Professional Values are One in the Same. Virtual, In-Person & Hybrid Work: Balance is Key.

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7 Classy Ways to Handle Employee Resignations

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As many as 31% of workers actively planned to quit their jobs in 2022, alongside 28% of workers who were undecided on the matter, according to a survey by the Conference Board. Sometimes employees quit because they do not wish to abide by [rules and regulations], such as keeping their cell phones stored away while caring for children.

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Hearth: A Writer Explores the Concept of Home During Her Early Career as a Writer in Delhi, Mumbai and the U.S.

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I got a job as a junior features writer with the Indian edition of a teen magazine on a monthly salary of Rs 6,000 (approximately $80), more than half of which went into rent. I returned three years later to my City of Karma in a job with my then dream publication with four times the salary—with no love in tow. Broken. * * *.

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The Right Conversation About Sustainable Living

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Idiom dissection wasn’t how I had planned to begin this story before my phone interview with Daron Babcock. I had intended to ask him about how he started Bonton Farms , an urban farm he founded in a South Dallas food desert more than a decade ago after abandoning a cozy corporate job and six-figure salary.

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