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Twitter Lays Off 10% Of Its Workforce 

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Saturday night brought the first sign of layoffs for some employees; they found that their corporate email accounts and laptops had been logged out. Farewells were posted on Twitter by those that had been laid off, and the remaining employees used encrypted messaging services verify who was still employed.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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You can’t get the best out of freelancers until you’ve honed your management processes. And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication. Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion.

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4 Challenges in Navigating Remote Work Layoffs

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The four key challenges of remote work layoffs are impersonal emails, legal requirements, returning equipment, and difficulties assessing performance. Managers need to be trained to overcome the proximity bias, and the consequent confirmation bias and empathy gap that undermine effective remote work layoffs.

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Research: Twitter Reveals Workplace Stress

On The Job

It also costs the U.S. For managers, it's a clear signal that they may need to step up their engagement efforts throughout the week. Or, it could mean banning Monday meetings, providing every worker some down time during the stressful mid-week grind and doing away with weekend emails unless it's an emergency. In the U.S.,

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

Success

Virtual tools and resources can help you hire, manage projects, collaborate with far-flung team members and even make it look like you really do have an office. She recommends Elance.com [now Upwork] as a virtual human resources department for hiring and managing people. For that matter, who needs to travel to a meeting?

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Sweet - SarcMark: A punctuation mark for sarcasm!

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Office Managers E-Learning Modules Outline E-Learning Modules: Part 1 Contact Us Enrollment Login All Posts, Interpersonal Skills, (1) Comments Sweet - SarcMark: A punctuation mark for sarcasm! Most of the time I don’t even know them personally, just via email with no handle on their personalities so it’s hard to tell.

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Procrastination Carries Big Costs

Ian's Messy Desk

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Procrastination Carries Big Costs Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on April 28, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. There are big costs to procrastination. Count the cost – I focus on what procrastination is costing me. Thanks for visiting! Health is one.

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