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How to Mindfully Take Time Off Work—And Ultimately Increase Your Productivity

Success

A 2021 study by the World Health Organization discovered “working 55 hours or more a week was associated with a 35% higher risk of stroke and a 17% higher risk of dying from heart disease than a workweek of 35 to 40 hours.” Business leaders weigh in on how they mindfully take time off and come back to work feeling rejuvenated.

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Breaking The Employee Burnout Cycle With Workplace Strategy

Allwork

During Mental Health Awareness month, RSP’s Kari Smith discusses how the right workplace strategy can support wellbeing at work and help people thrive. May is Mental Health Awareness month. Flexible schedules, hybrid work models, health and wellbeing-focused office environments, and hiring frenzies are just a few. Project: R.D.

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Should You Announce You’ve Been Laid Off on LinkedIn? 

Success

Countless applications, interviews , phone calls, zoom calls. It’s also important to take care of one’s mental health and seek support from friends, family or a mental health professional if needed.” Being ghosted by the recruiters that reached out to me.”

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

Success

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. That leader hired assistants to help. Their answers can be revealing.

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How to Cope With Distractions in a Noisy Office

On The Job

Consider this research: Hong Kong Polytechnic University researchers say that sound is one of the most significant factors hurting office productivity, especially ringing phones, machines and conversation. A study by The Sound Agency finds that workers are 66% less productive in open-plan offices than when left on their own to work.

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

Ideas.Ted

Flocc alternates heads-down “red time” with Swedish fika ( a coffee break), while Glasgow call center Pursuit Marketing offers workers free breakfast before they hit the phones. Synergy Vision, a London-based medical and health care communications company, introduced a four-day week in late 2018.

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The four day week and a case of less is more

Workplace Insight

An increase in productivity levels of one-quarter (25 percent) as well improvements in employees’ health, led to a permanent arrangement. Most recruiters work long hours and will be on their phones a lot, but our shift was to focus on outputs not inputs, we’re so conditioned to focus on time spent and this is the wrong metric.

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