Student’s Guide To Finding Remote Work Opportunities

The remote work revolution is a golden opportunity for students. Engaging in remote roles offers many benefits, from flexibility to global exposure, while allowing you to complete your studies. Below, we’ll lay out a roadmap to the realm of remote job opportunities for students.   The Benefits Of Remote Work For Students Venturing into remote work presents students with a host of advantages, the most…

39 Benefits Of Remote Work I’ve Experienced

I’ve worked remotely for most of my career, over a decade as I write this. I’ve also run a fully remote company for nearly a decade. So I’ve experienced the benefits of remote as an employee and on behalf of the company. I haven’t experienced all of these benefits of working remotely all of the time, but I have come across all of them at…

What Does Remote Work Mean?

What does remote work mean? What doesn’t it mean? Supporting remote terms 👉 What does remote work mean? 👈 Remote work: Knowledge work done outside of a company office space. But that probably needs some context. Remote work can mean different things based on your perspective or position: For the employee: An employee working away from a centralized, physical workplace. For the company: A fully remote company…

22 Bulletproof Excuses To Get Out Of Work

You’ll need a reason — okay, call it a bulletproof excuse to get out of work. Unfortunately, “I don’t want to work today” doesn’t usually go over too well with managers. We turned to our list of contributors to learn about their tried-and-true best excuses for missing work. After sifting through many responses, we organized 22 into the categories below. Click on the links below…

How To Improve Your Remote Employee Engagement

Want to better engage remote employees and keep them engaged? I hate to say this… but you might have to stop doing so much first. That’s exactly what I learned managing a remote team for years – the more you’re online, the less engaged. The more shallow recognition, the less meaning. The more meetings and check-ins, the less bonding. In this guide, we start with what not…

How To Hire Remote Workers: 56 Tips

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…

43 Mind-Blowing Remote Work Statistics (2023 Update)

During the pandemic, many people thought remote work was a blip on the radar, a necessity until work could go back to “business as usual.” But then something interesting happened. People discovered they liked working remotely! They discovered the flexibility, health benefits, and cost savings remote work provided.  Now we’re in 2023, and statistics are still showing an upward trend. Remote work is not going…

Remote Onboarding: Our Exact, Step-By-Step Process

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…

I’ve Worked Remotely For 10 Years: Here’s My Complete Guide

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…

36 Challenges Of Working Remotely

While the conversation about remote work continues, there’s no question that employees (and employers) continue to see its benefits. True, some companies are issuing back-to-office orders, but others are making a permanent shift to remote work. But remote work is not without its difficulties. Addressing these issues is what will help drive the next flurry of moves to remote-first, so I asked our contributor list to share some of their…