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Our Most Reliable Tools & Resources for Working Remotely
In this edition of Leaders in Education, we will focus on sharing reliable tools and resources for working from home for non-teaching professionals in education.
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New to Working Remotely? These Resources Can Help
Almost overnight, remote work has become mainstream. Organizations are encouraging their employees to work from home to prioritize the safety of their workforce and communities. Working through this rapid change can be challenging. “Remote working” searches on LinkedIn Learning have tripled as both employees and managers increasingly look for advice on navigating the challenges of working remotely and managing a remote workforce. This article will discuss the best tips and tools for the work-from-home newbie.
Five tips for ramping up on remote work in a hurry
Suddenly shifting to remote work en masse throws your team into “storming” mode. Confusion and frustration abound, and everything feels twice as hard as it should. Right now, your goal is to get back to the “performing” stage and resume your regularly-scheduled level of productivity. Here are five ways to regain your team’s regularly-scheduled productivity in record time.
How to Work From Home for the First Time
Wondering how to work from home for the first time with the best tips to succeed, stay productive, and stay focused? As the future of remote work is upon us, this is a reality for a lot of professionals already. If you have to work from home because your organization is ‘going remote,’ or you switched jobs, or if personal matters made this a more workable option for you, listen in. We’re going to tell you a few ways to start working from home and re-imagine work from your new home office.
Working Remotely for the First Time? Here Are 5 Tips From Our All-Remote Team
In the wake of COVID-19, people are taking extraordinary measures to curb its spread. One striking change for many people is suddenly finding themselves working remotely, and often in close quarters with young children, partners, and other family members. As these strange times bring new challenges, we wanted to take a moment to share some helpful tips and words of encouragement on how to navigate your new virtual work environment.
13 Tips and Tricks for Working Remotely and Loving It
Working remotely sounds like a dream come true for a lot of people. No office politics, working in your PJs, taking an afternoon break for a yoga class, or even working on vacation. Perfect, right? The truth is that remote work is not necessarily as straightforward and breezy as outsiders sometimes think. Since you usually don’t have a boss looking over your shoulder to make sure you’re working—and the lines between “home” and “office” can get pretty blurred— remote work can be more challenging to get right than a typical desk job. Here are 13 tips for working remotely.
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What Our Job Seekers Say About Our Career Services
Career Corner: Ask a Recruiter
A few readers have recently reached out to me to investigate strategies for avoiding bias or discrimination in their job search. While it is your job to position your skills and experience for the roles you desire, an employer's bias is not your responsibility. I repeat, it is NOT your responsibility. Instead, I'd like to provide you with guidance on how to find organizations where you can thrive because of who you are and the value you bring.
1. Get to know an organization through its website and social media channels. It's a reliable way to study what the company is trying to convey about their organization's culture, beliefs, and priorities.
2. Go deeper. Reach out to current and former staff you know personally, or connect with them on LinkedIn to learn about their experience working at the organization.
3. Instead of asking yourself, "Will I fit in here?" ask, "Will I be happy here and have the freedom to be my authentic self while contributing to the corporate culture?"
4. Minimize distractions on your resume so that you can highlight your areas of expertise and relevant experience. Remove objective statements, graduation dates, experience from 15+ years ago, and the "Interests" section.
5. When interviewing, prepare questions that will allow you to learn more about an organization's culture and a supervisor's management style. You might ask: "Based on my review of your website, I see that [name of org] is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. In your experience, what does that look like in practice on this team and in the broader organization?"
You might be casting a wider net these days in your job search as a result of COVID-19, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't prioritize finding an organization that values what you bring to the table versus how you might fit in. Need a thought partner on your job-search planning, or an expert to help you revise your job-seeking tool kit? Our team can help!
Have a question regarding the job search process? Submit your questions below, and we'll answer them in our upcoming Leaders In Education newsletter!
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WorkMonger Team Recommendation
Top 10 Work from Home Productivity Tips (and How to Not Go Crazy!)
Working from home or remotely now? With over 12 years of experience working from home (after getting laid off in 2008 during an economic crisis), Pat Flynn is here to help you if you're having to work from home or remotely for the first time, especially if you know you'll be doing this for a while. There are a ton of challenges you'll face working from home. How will you remain productive? How will you make sure you don't overwork yourself? How will you communicate with those around you, like kids, your partner, or roommates? This video will provide tips, best practices, and advice on how to stay productive (and sane) while working from home.
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SPOTLIGHT JOBS
TrulyHired is a quick, easy, and tailored job board that specializes in providing JobSeekers with non-teaching roles at impact-driven education organizations. Here are a few of the amazing roles we have available. Check them out and apply if you're interested!
As companies moved to remote work in order to fight the coronavirus pandemic, and as an increasing number of workers are being laid off or furloughed, many job seekers are concerned about the current state of the US employment market.
You might be wondering if you should continue to send out resumes or if you should assume that no one is hiring for the foreseeable future. You may be considering the best ways to go about finding the right opportunity in the current economy. Despite all of 2020's setbacks, you can and should still be actively working on your job search.
In this recording of our recent webinar, you'll find advice, resources, tips, and best practices to address the impact of COVID-19 on your job-seeking process, as well as on how to change your approach to acknowledge this "new normal."
Announcing Our New Career Technology Platform
As you know, WorkMonger is committed to improving the efficiency of the talent ecosystem in education by leveraging technology to connect mission-aligned professionals with education-focused organizations and schools across the United States. As part of this commitment, we are heavily investing in advanced technologies to make connecting with your next great career opportunity even easier. We are excited to announce the availability of our new technology platform that features an Enhanced WorkMonger Account. You can now manage and update your career preferences anytime, so we can be sure to match you with your next great opportunity.
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