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Digital nomads are starting to price out local communities around the world

Workplace Insight

Most digital nomads were travelling and working illegally on tourist visas. My research has identified four further categories: digital nomad business owners; experimental digital nomads; armchair digital nomads; and, the fastest emerging category, salaried digital nomads. I am often asked if digital nomads are driving gentrification.

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7 Classy Ways to Handle Employee Resignations

Success

Level up your payment structure through incentives and salary matching CEO of Big Blue Marble Academy, Jeff Wahl, says a teacher at one of their 57 locations was ready to quit and move to warehouse work for $1 more per hour. We offer a travel stipend. Instead, the company counter-offered in an effort to retain the teacher.

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The Right Conversation About Sustainable Living

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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. A food desert is an urban community whose residents need to travel a mile or more to get to a grocery store. So, we had the right one.

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Shaq Insists He’s Not a Celebrity

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Nobody travels more than me.”. When he eats at restaurants, he leaves famously humongous tips. He thanked his mother, who raised him on a secretary’s salary when his biological father left them. “When it gets to half, put in 20. Then when it gets back to half, you put in 20.”. It’s the same amount of gas!” Shaq exclaimed.

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What can assistants expect in 2015?

Practically Perfect PA

I am very optimistic about 2015, here are a few reasons why… Employment opportunities and salary. There are advancements in the travel industry every year. I think the biggest change for assistants is the increased use of the mobile phone when travelling. They can even open their hotel room door with their phone.

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The Blended Role of Executive Personal Assistants

C-Suite Assistants

For couples who travel frequently between homes and businesses and have busy lifestyles, this could mean coordinating professional and private schedules across different time zones and in different regions around the world. How Much Does a Hybrid Executive Assistant Earn? What Type of Assistant Should I Hire?

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Getting buy in from the boss

Practically Perfect PA

Salary Increase. On the day I reverted to ‘show and tell’ and picked up the annual catalogue of restaurants for both of my bosses which greatly impressed them. If I was ever impressed by a particular restaurant or hotel I would send them the link or bring them in the hard copy brochure to examine. Magazine Subscriptions.