Businesses have dealt with unprecedented challenges over the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following federal or state mandates, enforcing customers to wear masks and requiring social distancing…
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COVID-19
Increasing Career Opportunities in the Time of the Great Reset
Every so often, the employment landscape takes a significant shift. This can be the result of new technology, changes in workers’ rights and industrial needs. Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has…
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The Number of Digital Nomads Surged Again in 2021
The pandemic-driven seismic shift to remote led to continued strong growth in the number of American digital nomads in 2021. The 2021 State of Independence research study found that 15.5…
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Understanding career skeptics and the role of employee monitoring
We all know that the pandemic has had a major impact on employment patterns: not just more people working from home, but fewer people returning to their pre-Covid jobs. This…
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The Pandemic Accelerated Independent Worker Use of Online Marketplaces
One of the most significant shifts we’ve seen over the 11 years of the ongoing MBO Partners State of Independence study series is the increased use of online marketplaces to…
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The great social media divide is coming. Is your company ready?
Last week, a post from social media management platform Sprout Social made me stop dead in my scrolling tracks. The post promoted new research that showed executives expect an increase…
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What Women Want to Thrive at Work
After 20 months of working through the pandemic, women are exhausted, overwhelmed, sick of school closings, ready to burn our masks in a giant bonfire. Millions of us have left…
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Choosing the Right Collaboration Tools
In Part 1 of this series on collaboration, we discussed the history and evolution of collaboration. Now let’s turn to how to choose the right tools so that you can…
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How the Pandemic Changed the Way Americans Spend Their Time
The New York Times article More phone calls, less shopping: how the pandemic changed American lives, down to the minute examines data from the American Time Use survey to show the changes in how…
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Waiting to Exhale
I was talking to a friend recently, making plans to get together in person (finally) and comparing notes on our year, when she said something I can’t get out of…
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