The percentage of people working primarily from home has nearly tripled globally, from 10% in 2019 to 28% in 2023. Online freelance work is also the most popular holiday side hustle, with 66% of Americans indicating they plan to pursue it this season. What exactly are employers looking for from remote hires? A new study … Read more
Looking for a salary increase? Returning to the office might help. The job search platform ZipRecruiter shows employers often grant higher salaries to remote workers transitioning back to in-office work. The COVID-19 lockdowns spurred a dramatic shift towards remote work. However, new data from ZipRecruiter suggests that fully returning to the office could lead to … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted the travel industry, resulting in a loss of one billion international tourist arrivals and a 60% drop in global passenger numbers compared to 2019, according to research by Alexia Anagnostopoulos and Jan Fehr in the Journal of Travel Medicine. However, as restrictions have lifted, there has been a significant increase … Read more
An Arizona woman is facing charges for helping North Koreans obtain remote US jobs and transfer earnings to North Korea, which violates US sanctions. According to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Christina Marie Chapman, 49, was arrested on Thursday and charged with nine counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States. … Read more
Welcome to Work Smarter, Fast Company‘s newsletter on career, leadership, and productivity advice. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here. Fewer people may be job-hopping these days, but if you have been keeping an eye out for a remote job, you’re certainly not alone. “According to Google Trends, searches for remote jobs peaked in … Read more
The survey, conducted by market research agency OnePoll and Travel Perk, interviewed 1000 UK office employees and knowledge workers from a range of industries and levels. Out of the 1000 respondents, 46 per cent said they favoured hybrid schedules for the less time spent commuting to the workplace. Another 43 per cent said that they … Read more
