A new year brings new news! For our first 2018 roundup of the latest flexible work news, there’s a lot of information to share.
Below you’ll find quotes from great articles covering a range of topics, including flexible work and the mental load, the increase in remote work, how to manage company culture in a remote workforce, important flexible work-based lessons and trends, and much more!
Here’s a new year look at utilizing flexible work in 2018:
Bosses Who Lighten Employees’ Mental Loads Do These 5 Things on FairyGodBoss
“A report from FlexJobs and Global Workplace Analytics, 2017 State of Telecommuting in the U.S. Employee Workforce, found that 3.9 million U.S. employees who make up 2.9% of the total U.S. workforce work from home at least half of the time. Telecommuting has become so popular that there’s actually been a 115% increase between 2005 to 2015.
Forty percent more U.S. employers offered flexible workplace options in 2017 than in 2010, which means that women with already serious mental loads could have a lot more freedom and time to balance work and personal/family obligations. Working mothers who can work remotely can often spend less time commuting and more time with their families, and they might spend a heck of a lot less time mentally preparing for their days ahead.”
Why 2018 Will Be the Year of the Virtual CMO on Forbes
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“According to FlexJobs, more than 9 million Americans work from home at least half of the time, and approximately 56% of U.S. workers hold jobs that could easily be transitioned to a remote based system. More than ever before, employees of all shapes, sizes, and skill sets are finding ways to click in to clock in.”
4 Ways to Keep Company Culture Intact with Your Remote Workforce on Business 2 Community
“A spokesperson from FlexJobs recently discussed some of the challenges companies face while creating remote teams. They pointed out that the company culture is built into the organizational model. Every organization needs a clearly defined hierarchy and sense of leadership.
Communicating the structure of the organization is essential for every remote team. The problem is that informal leaders may sometimes rise up and begin communicating their own vision. This is even more common among remote teams.
While remote companies shouldn’t discourage natural leaders, they need to make sure they follow the same protocols and chain of command as everyone else at their level of seniority. This is important to keep the company culture intact and management from breaking down.”
99 “Limit Breaking Female Founders” Share the Most Important Lessons Learned from Their Experiences on Thrive Global
“There isn’t really a ‘right time’ to start. If you believe deeply in the idea for your company, and you’ve done your due diligence in evaluating the market and opportunity, then don’t let concerns about timing in your life stop you. Both of the successful businesses I’ve founded or co-founded came about during notably inconvenient times. The idea for my first company, JobDirect, came up when I was in the midst of my junior year in college, and in order to pursue it I had to drop out of school and move across the country. I loved what I was doing at my university, my friends, and the experience I was having, so it was a very difficult choice (and a very difficult sell to my parents!). Years later, the idea for my current company, FlexJobs, came when I was pregnant with my first son, in my third trimester. Not many people would recommend starting a business while having a newborn. But despite the fact that I was about to become a first-time mother, I believed in the idea so much that I decided to go for it anyway! In both cases, I am so glad I did.”
Top 10 Customer Experience Trends in 2018 on CXO Today
“Over the past decade, telecommuting has increased by 115%—that’s almost 3% of the U.S. workforce, as reported by Global Workforce Analytics and FlexJobs. With hiring, staffing, and attrition being some of the biggest obstacles in the customer care industry, this is one trend that will continue to grow in the next couple of years.
There are many advantages to having a remote, at-home workforce. For one, many work-at-home-teams will have much lower attrition and absenteeism rates. Two, it expands the talent pool significantly making it much easier to hire for seasonal work. Three, the need to overstaff for the ‘just-in-case’ is greatly reduced, thus saving cost, concludes Kindzierski.”
Top Free Job Posting Sites for Employers (Updated for 2018) on Betterteam
“6. FlexJobs: One of the best free job posting boards, but you’ll need to apply to post jobs there. Offers unlimited free postings if you’re approved.”
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