Remote Work

A smooth onboarding process has long been recognized as a key to engaging new employees, boosting productivity, and reducing employee attrition. According to SHRM, 69% of employees are more likely to stay with an organization for three years if they have a great onboarding experience, and organizations with a standardized onboarding process experience 50% greater productivity from new workers. The reasons are obvious: When new…

We’ve dusted the corners of the internet so you don’t have to. Here are 42 entry-level remote jobs that require no experience organized into 18 categories of work.

For those of us long accustomed to working remotely, the events of March 2020 produced merely a ripple in our normal daily work lives; even if kids and spouses were home with us, we already had our remote work routines settled. But the onset of the pandemic was a seismic change for millions of workers whose routines revolved around reporting to a physical office for…

There are two good ways to start a search for remote side hustles: 1) look for skills and careers that are conducive to online, remote side hustles, or 2) find a marketplace with online projects and jobs. In this article, we’ve covered both options in depth. Click a link below to start your remote side hustle search whichever way works best for you: 12 best…

While some companies are calling their workers back to the physical office, others are making remote work permanent or offering it as an option. Remote hiring can broaden your access to talent; you’re no longer confined to candidates within your area, and instead can choose from workers around the world. But remote roles bring up new uncertainties around interviewing and hiring. Should you be prioritizing…

Look up ☝️. See our company name is Buildremote (emphasis on remote)? We don’t think you ever need an excuse to work from home. Most companies should just embrace it and go fully remote. But on the off-chance you work a hybrid schedule or for a company mandating you be in the office, you might need a solid, last-minute excuse to work from home for…

  Unfortunately, “I don’t want to work today” doesn’t usually go over too well with managers. You’ll need a reason — okay, call it a bulletproof excuse – to get out of work. Ideally, one that won’t lead to questions. We turned to our list of contributors to learn about their tried-and-true best excuses to miss work. After sifting through the many responses, we organized…

Companies are getting better at providing time off when employees need it, but usually that provision is tied to forewarning. But anyone who’s ever been a worker bee knows that sometimes you just need to take a day. So, how do workers score a coveted day off without planning for it weeks in advance? We dug through some earlier posts about leaving work early, missing…

  Sometimes putting in your full eight hours feels like a tall order. While flexible scheduling options are getting more popular, not all companies are on board with the idea of employees just coming and going (or logging on and logging off) as they please. But remote, hybrid, and fully in-person employees may occasionally need a reason to duck out of the workplace before their…