How to Work Flexibly Post-Pandemic: Your Guide to Partial Telecommuting
With the many types of flexible work arrangements emerging, the ways of working are changing. It can get confusing to understand their differences, unique advantages and challenges. In this article, we focus on partial telecommuting, also called partial remote work. From an employee’s perspective, this can either mean you work from an office location some […]
Flexible Work Arrangements: What you need to know
There are a lot of different types of flexible work arrangements (FWA) out there. From full work-from-anywhere to partial remote work and condensed work weeks, employees have many options. Even more so now many job seekers consider remote work or a FWA a prerequisite when applying to a new position. It’s important to know what […]
Top 6 strategies to attract talent you want to hire for your distributed team
According to a recent report by Buffer, 94% of professionals who started working remotely as a result of the pandemic, would like to continue working remotely, at least some of the time for the rest of their career. This number jumps at 99% for the people who were remote workers prior to COVID-19. This means […]
Closing the Gender Gap with Flexible Work
Before the pandemic flexible work wasn’t top of the priority list for most companies. There simply wasn’t an urgent need for it. Since March 2020 a large majority of office workers had to work from home and they proved to do so productively. With post-pandemic life on the horizon, a recent survey found promising results. […]
Flexible Work Arrangements – The Future of Remote Working?
When the world was hit by the pandemic, co-located companies had to adapt to alternate ways of working that included shutting down offices and forcing employees work from home. While this isn’t the distributed work we used to know before 2020, it gave many people the opportunity to prove their abilities to work remotely. Looking […]
6 key strategies to negotiate your salary for a remote job
Interviewing for a remote job can be overwhelming for some. However, the stakes are especially high right before receiving the final offer. As applicant you don’t want to lose out on an opportunity after spending 2 months acing all aspects of the hiring process right at the end when it’s time to talk money. That’s […]
How to Set-up the Perfect Home Office
The perfect home office setup will not only increase comfort but also ensure you and your team stay productive, focused and well-balanced for long periods of time. With the pandemic not going anywhere, we’re all spending more time indoors than we’d like. Therefore it’s important to create a dedicated, well-equipped space just for work. But […]
The Ultimate Guide to Remote Work 2021
2020 may have made us dive deep into remote work unexpectedly but remote work is definitely here to stay. 22% of the American workforce will work remotely by 2025; an increase of 87% prior to 2020! This means that it’s not just a passing trend. It’s important for remote workers to understand how to thrive […]
Last Minute Virtual Holiday Party Ideas
Holiday parties are always memorable. Everyone is able to see their colleagues in a different light and share fun memories unrelated to work. Virtual holiday parties are exactly the same, just online and more planned, hosted through video conference platforms like Zoom, Google Meet or other video platforms. They can include games, activities or different […]
Dealing With Winter Blues: COVID Edition
Since countries around the world have entered a second lockdown, working from home is once again the only option for many. This time around the Norther Hemisphere also serves up the cold and dark months of winter. Last year, we rounded up some of the best ways to deal with the winter blues as remote […]
10 Remote Interview Questions + How to ace them
Remote work is not the future, it is the present. Gartner HR Survey reveals 41% of employees are likely to work remotely at least some of the time post the coronavirus pandemic. This trend will lead to an even more competitive market for job seekers. Once making it past the initial screening, acing remote job […]
Talent assessments for remote job interviews
A positive candidate experience can help secure top talent and shape a company’s employer brand. One of the ways to create that impression is by using talent assessments. Adding the right assessments early in the recruitment process allows you to identify relevant candidates. This also gives candidates the chance to learn if they are the […]