Confessions of a SmartWorking Intern: Week 10
5th October 2018Hello everyone and happy Friday! Shivtej and I are back this week working on content and data. We have a lot going on but we’re so happy and grateful we can still count on Chloe and Thomas’ help. #SmartWorking is a passion indeed! Vithoria Hello everyone! I feel like I’m officially back and fully energised with the…
Confessions of a SmartWorking Intern: Week 9
28th September 2018We’re back! While Chloe and Thomas are no longer interning, Chloe is still writing for Abodoo given her passion for #SmartWorking and we’re so grateful to her and for the training and handover they gave us! This is Flavia’s last day as an Abodoo intern and we’re going to miss her beautiful design creations terribly…
A Personal Story and Journey to SmartWorking – Helen Adams
24th September 2018What happens when you move country, start a family and then feel that it’s time to re-engage with your career, only to find that the landscape has changed in every possible way? A journey begins that requires some deep soul searching, together with the patience to accept that you might not get it right…
Chapter 5 – Ross Good’s 5 Top Tips for Optimal SmartWorking
21st September 2018What have I learned from working remotely over the last few years? How has it been better for me? For my family? For the quality of life we want for us & our daughters? These are the types of question I ask myself on a regular basis. Although I’ve worked remotely on & off for…
Choosing Office Space: The World is your Oyster
19th September 2018“Employers should focus on their employees output rather than their location. Rather than worrying about the number of hours people are sitting at a desk, they should be worrying about what they’re producing.” And we couldn’t agree more! This week, we took a closer look at one of Idealog’s latest articles, which included some of the…
Life As A SmartWorking ESL Teacher
9th September 2018Tell us about yourself. What’s your story? Well, it all began one day when I got out of the shower. I was drying my hair and noticed it was falling out (I was twenty-five at the time). That was the moment I realised stress is a real thing. After completing my Bachelor’s at the University…
Confessions Of A SmartWorking Intern: Week 7
7th September 2018Chloé Today is the day 🙂 After spending the summer in Cork, I am packing my bags to move back up to the big smoke. Both excited and sad to be leaving friends and family, I can’t wait to see what this adventure brings. This summer turned out to be a lot different to what…
My Remote Working Story
5th September 2018Seven months ago, I left an office based 9-to-5 job for something completely alien to me: a position that allowed me to work from home four days a week. Initially, I had some reservations about how it would affect me—working on my own that much and the self-discipline needed to motivate myself. Seven months later,…
Confessions of a SmartWorking Intern: Week 6
31st August 2018Chloé This week started on the best note having had a two day weekend off! For the first weekend in a long, long time I didn’t have work in my other job and I didn’t check my emails or notifications once…not even a quick refresh! It was well needed and it always amazes me how…
Are Unconscious Biases Ruining Your Chances Of Smart Working Success?
30th August 2018Smart working is – so the rhetoric goes – a win-win scenario… Workers have, quite literally, a world of greater employment opportunities open to them, no longer restricted to jobs available only in their local area. The ability to work from home, often with more flexible working hours, affords the freedom to do the school…