A majority of employees are working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, even before the pandemic began, many companies had started accepting remote work as the future of the workplace. While some may disagree about the method being efficient, there’s no doubt that the overall trend has been on the rise. The reason […]
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Great Advice from Richard Branson and Others on Motivating Remote Workers
With millions of employees working remotely across the world, an entire class of team leaders, managers, and HR professionals have new challenges on their hands. While remote work is not a new phenomenon, it hasn’t been coordinated on this level, to this degree, at any time in history. It’s an experiment in progress, and every […]
5 Ways To Support & Motivate Remote Employees
Wagepoint has always been a remote company. From day one, we’ve been challenged with being a great place to work while being far apart from each other. It’s not an easy feat — especially when the love is real for all of our team members. Here are five tools and programs we implemented to motivate […]
5 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Encourage Retention of Stay-at-Home Workforce
With more workers at home than ever before, small businesses need to focus on retention. How can they keep their well-trained employees motivated? Hint: there may be some money involved. The Retention Problem Smart entrepreneurs know that motivation is sometimes in short supply. As such they know it’s worth working hard to retain their best […]
Working From Home With a Needy Dog
More of us own dogs than ever before, with 63% of households now including a canine member of the family. If you’ve recently transitioned to working from home, knowing how to balance work commitments with your dog’s needs can be challenging. Thanks to COVID, many of our work routines have changed beyond recognition. But the […]
How to Monitor Remote Employees & Respect Privacy
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a series of unique obstacles for most businesses. During these unprecedented times, companies have been forced to implement remote working and telecommuting measures for the first time. As a result, some employers have found themselves without a proper remote work strategy. In the absence of well organized plans, some business […]
Take Your Home Office to the Next Level
Most of us are starting to work from home more and more due to the COVID-19 pandemic that’s holding the world hostage. Unfortunately, many of us believed that this would only be a temporary measure. That doesn’t to be the case anymore as many of our employers are starting to realize the cost-saving benefits of […]
Top 5 In-Demand International Business Careers
Though the list of business-related cons relative to the COVID pandemic certainly outweighs the list of pros, the advances in technologies that make remote work more efficient are aplenty. Ultimately, these advances are making the world (metaphorically) a smaller place. With a remote work universe that is literally boundless, the demands for international business are […]
6 Easy Content Marketing Tips for WFH Owners
The novel coronavirus has become an unprecedented event in the modern world. With many countries all over the world on lockdown for an indefinite amount of time, business owners all over are figuring out the best ways to keep active during this unstable time. In order to survive going forward, businesses in many different markets […]
How to Make Money on Instagram From Home
The unprecedented effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic can’t be understated. In the United States alone, the economy shrank by about 32% between the months of April and June as governments imposed lockdowns and multiple business sectors (including healthcare) cut back on spending to attempt to weather any challenges. Unfortunately, many establishments have had to cut […]
