10 things that remote workers (and their managers) can do so that WFH employees thrive
20th January 2021You’re out of the office, but you should never be out of the picture. Luckily, the world is full of expert advice to support remote workers… Abodoo’s large network of remote workers is a testament to just how well working from home can work – which is a reassuring sentence to read (if a little…
Brexit VS The Freelance Economy: How Will Digital Nomads Fare During the Largest British Economic Event of the Century?
6th November 2019Photo by Alexander Andrews on Unsplash
7 Essential Qualities of a Successful Remote Employee
22nd September 2019by Dakota Murphey Attitudes towards remote working have changed radically in recent years. Now, more than two-thirds of employees around the world embrace remote work at least one day each week. As a result, businesses can hire remote employee from almost anywhere in the world! The digital age of working There is little doubt that…
5 Myths About Remote Working Debunked
2nd September 2019by Aris Apostolopoulos Skeptics have so much to say about working remotely. But usually, it all comes down to a simple argument: That working remotely is easy, seasonal, and not able to help you build a real career. Is this true though? In this post, we’re looking at 5 of the most common myths about…
6 Common Smart Working Misconceptions That Can Hamper Professional Growth
25th March 2019Smart working is not a recent phenomenon, but it has surely caught the fancy of many professionals and companies in the recent years. There has been an increase in the number of remote teams in the past years, with an estimated 4.2 million remote workers in the UK in 2015. In 2020, half of the…
Telecommuters and Super Commuters Outearn Others – A Study
21st March 2019A new study conducted by Apartment List, a research company in the US, found that remote workers and super commuters in America earned more than their professional counterparts. To clarify the term ‘super commuters’, it means anyone who works in a metropolitan but lives in a city or town outside the metropolitan, or someone who…
Top 10 Remote Working Trends of 2019
14th March 2019As remote working becomes more and more prevalent in the professional world, we took the time to identify the top 10 predicted remote working trends of 2019. 1) Demanding flexibility from employers Now more than ever, workers who are millennials and Gen Z are comfortable advocating for flexibility from their employers. They can see how…
How to Help Remote Employees Avoid Burnout and Loneliness
5th February 2019Remote employees are not a rarity anymore. Remote working has become a standard organizational practice in today’s day and age, with companies offering greater flexibility to their employees in terms of working hours and location. A 2017 report by PowWowNow states that 58% of UK workers are offered the option of flexible working. PwC has…
Confessions of a #SmartWorking Intern: Week 15
9th November 2018Our interns are buzzed this week with all the results going on for Team Abodoo! Don’t miss their #SmartWorking adventures in their weekly diary Vithoria Hi all! I’m officially back to Dublin since Wednesday and I can say that I just wasn’t ready to see everything so dark at 5pm. It’s that time of the…
Personal Branding: What You Need To Know
9th October 2018Remote working requires a large degree of trust as you are typically given leeway to work from home or in a space of your choice. It is extremely important that you brand yourself in the correct way, in order to make sure employers are chasing YOU! 43% of the American workforce are now SmartWorking American…