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How-tos, info, tips, and tricks for people who work remotely (or want to). The do’s and don’ts of all things remote work.

The Best Home Office Hardware and Equipment for Remote Workers

7 min read

The list of remote work software runs from A to Z, or Asana to Zoom. With so many options to choose from, the average remote worker has gotten wrapped up…

The Best Home Office Hardware and Equipment for Remote Workers

How to Define Your Key Priorities Before Relocating for Remote Work

7 min read

Moving from a big city to a charming country setting now that remote work is so accessible is a dream come true, right? Not so fast. Before you leap, consider these potential pitfalls.…

How to Define Your Key Priorities Before Relocating for Remote Work

How to Sell Everything to Travel the World (From Someone Who’s Done It)

9 min read

When I reveal to people that I travel full-time, I always anticipate their curious and confused looks. They ask where I’ve been and if I miss my family and…

How to Sell Everything to Travel the World (From Someone Who’s Done It)

Our Favorite Work-from-Home Jobs Available Now

4 min read

Remote work is no longer just for the techie huddled behind a MacBook Pro sipping a $7 micro-roasted skinny latte. The percentage of Americans working remotely already had climbed by…

Our Favorite Work-from-Home Jobs Available Now

How to Stay Sane at Home While Working Remotely

5 min read

The COVID-19 pandemic has propelled millions of workers into remote status. But just because employees can do jobs from home doesn’t mean they automatically feel comfortable working from their…

How to Stay Sane at Home While Working Remotely

Why You Should Hire a Chief Remote Officer

5 min read

To remain competitive businesses of all sizes will need to make remote and flexible work a priority.…

Why You Should Hire a Chief Remote Officer

What Is Hubstaff, and How Is It Helping Companies Manage Remote Teams?

4 min read

As remote work continues to demonstrably boost productivity and bolster bottom lines, companies have more opportunities than ever to grant their staff the freedom to be off-site. But to reap…

What Is Hubstaff, and How Is It Helping Companies Manage Remote Teams?

How a Digital Nomad Configures an Ideal Ergonomic Remote Work Setup

7 min read

Working remotely while traveling the world sounds like a dream. Your newsfeed likely has painted the picture for you: a digital nomad sitting cross-legged on a poolside bean bag chair…

How a Digital Nomad Configures an Ideal Ergonomic Remote Work Setup

Communicating Effectively and Responsibly Through Text: A Remote Worker’s Guide

8 min read

(This article was originally published on Gitlab) Introduction As an all-remote company that defaults to asynchronous communication, GitLab relies heavily on textual communication. This can feel unusual or even uncomfortable…

Communicating Effectively and Responsibly Through Text: A Remote Worker’s Guide

Working or Managing from Home? Peruse These 7 Books for Tips and Strategies

3 min read

We've done the research to come up with your essential remote-work library.…

Working or Managing from Home? Peruse These 7 Books for Tips and Strategies

How to Use Meditation to Boost Focus and Productivity While WFH

4 min read

One of the most common laments of those considering or already practicing remote work: I can’t help but get distracted by housework that needs to be done or I…

How to Use Meditation to Boost Focus and Productivity While WFH

How to Keep Your Remote Team Engaged and Happy

5 min read

Loneliness and isolation are two of the biggest struggles for remote workers. A 2017 Harvard study found those working outside the office felt left out from, or even shunned by,…

How to Keep Your Remote Team Engaged and Happy

Simple, Effective Grounding Practices for Remote Workers

5 min read

Need a few minutes of Zen in the midst of this crazy time? Here's how to de-stress.…

Simple, Effective Grounding Practices for Remote Workers

Want to WFA? Some of Our Favorite Ways to Give it a Test-Drive

3 min read

Sure, COVID-19 has you thinking you can do your job from anywhere. But are you really ready to give up the familiarity and collegiality of an office with real-life interactions?…

Want to WFA? Some of Our Favorite Ways to Give it a Test-Drive

How to Track Your Employees Working Remotely

4 min read

In an onsite office, it’s easy for you to pop in on a cubicle to see if your employee is working on the required task—or perusing Amazon for…

How to Track Your Employees Working Remotely

The Many Faces of LinkedIn: A Go-To Guide

4 min read

(This article was originally published on Visa Eleven) Social media can create a lot of noise – especially now, when everyone is using it as a platform for self-promotion, targeting or…

The Many Faces of LinkedIn: A Go-To Guide

The wrkfrce Gift Guide for Remote Workers

9 min read

From $14 to $899, we’ve got 40 great options to suit every remote worker’s taste and wallet.…

The wrkfrce Gift Guide for Remote Workers

How to Boost Your Physical and Mental Health While Working from Home

6 min read

It's one thing to merely survive as a remote worker—it’s another to thrive. It all comes down to your commitment to well-being.…

How to Boost Your Physical and Mental Health While Working from Home

VPNs, Security, and More: The Winners in Our Brave New Pandemic World

4 min read

A list of the standout companies you can count on to keep your data safe and keep you connected during COVID-19 and beyond.…

VPNs, Security, and More: The Winners in Our Brave New Pandemic World

WTF Does WFA Even Mean? [And Other Definitions]

5 min read

These days it seems like nearly everyone is a remote worker. News anchors are broadcasting from their living rooms. Peloton instructors are pedaling through live classes from their dens. Real…

WTF Does WFA Even Mean? [And Other Definitions]

7 Helpful Remote Work Tools

4 min read

Allowing your staff to work remotely can be a great way to boost employee satisfaction, improve productivity, and score loads of “cool boss” points. On the flip side, remote work…

7 Helpful Remote Work Tools

Going WFH or WFA? Here Are Some Ideas for a Smooth Transition

5 min read

So, you’re a few months into the great remote work experiment? Turns out, your employees like it. And so do you. From mid-March to mid-April 2020, the percentage of…

Going WFH or WFA? Here Are Some Ideas for a Smooth Transition

Avoiding Bed-to-Desk: Creating a Routine of Boundaries While WFH

4 min read

How do you leave your work at the office if the office is at home? It’s a question many virtual workers struggle with. Surveys show setting boundaries and not…

Avoiding Bed-to-Desk: Creating a Routine of Boundaries While WFH

The 5 Best Guides and Tips for Acing Your Remote Job Interview

4 min read

The world has changed dramatically since the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe. That’s especially true in the office. With so many people now working from home, companies are increasingly…

The 5 Best Guides and Tips for Acing Your Remote Job Interview

The Explosion of Remote EdTech Jobs and Where to Find Them

4 min read

Education systems across the United States, from kindergarten to postdoctoral, have been turned on their heads by the coronavirus outbreak. Ten of the country’s 15 largest public school systems…

The Explosion of Remote EdTech Jobs and Where to Find Them

Creating the Ideal Remote Work Space

4 min read

Remember the days when you had to spend hours on end in a gray felt cubicle? Never again.…

Creating the Ideal Remote Work Space

How to Create Your Own Work Culture (and Why It Matters)

6 min read

Have you ever experienced the soul-crushing effects of a toxic work culture? Perhaps you’ve felt the pain of working with an emotionally erratic boss, dealing with shifting priorities that…

How to Create Your Own Work Culture (and Why It Matters)

Tips for Asking for Vacation Time as a Remote Worker

6 min read

Check your Gmail. No, not the stack of emails from your coworkers or the ads for “five vegetables you should never eat!” (only five?) but your automated vacation reply. What…

Tips for Asking for Vacation Time as a Remote Worker

The Nonlinear Workday: Reimagining Routine in an All-Remote Environment

8 min read

(This article was originally published on Gitlab) Introduction How diverse, invigorating, gratifying, and productive could your day be if you threw away the notion that you had to stick to…

The Nonlinear Workday: Reimagining Routine in an All-Remote Environment

The Top 5 Things Recruiters Want to See in Your CV/Resume

2 min read

(This article was originally published on Vox Advisory) A lot of clients ask me what is the secret sauce of a resume - what can really distinguish you from the…

The Top 5 Things Recruiters Want to See in Your CV/Resume

Top 5 Articles for Work-from-Home Parents

5 min read

If you're working from home and parenting simultaneously, you could probably use some help. Here it is.…

Top 5 Articles for Work-from-Home Parents

Achieving Peak Productivity: A How-to Guide for Remote Workers

4 min read

Working from home can get you in the best shape of your life—mentally, physically, and environmentally—if you take these tips to heart.…

Achieving Peak Productivity: A How-to Guide for Remote Workers

How to Preserve Your Company’s Culture amid a Global Pandemic

4 min read

COVID-19 may be crippling businesses’ ability to gather employees in person, but there’s never been a better time to reconnect with what your core values are.…

How to Preserve Your Company’s Culture amid a Global Pandemic

Should You Hire a Virtual Assistant?

5 min read

While you can’t change the fact that there are 24 hours in a day (Clockstoppers wasn’t based on a true story, right?), you can change your approach to…

Should You Hire a Virtual Assistant?

10 Ways to Streamline Meetings Now That Everyone Is Working Remotely

6 min read

Sick of endless meetings that leave no time for you to do actual work? Here's a novel concept: stop scheduling so many. This and other key sanity-saving tips below.…

10 Ways to Streamline Meetings Now That Everyone Is Working Remotely

Finding and Retaining Top Talent in the WFH/WFA Environment

5 min read

Now that working from home is the norm, companies are facing stiff competition as they strive to build the strongest teams possible. Here's how to do it.…

Finding and Retaining Top Talent in the WFH/WFA Environment

10 Strategic Questions Managers Should Ask About Managing Remote Teams

8 min read

Many managers are now living in a remote-first business environment, and companies across the globe are giving employees the opportunity to work from home. Although the shift may have been…

10 Strategic Questions Managers Should Ask About Managing Remote Teams

Beyond Zoom and Slack: How to Manage Newly Remote Workers

5 min read

If you’re like many companies across the country, you’re continuing to hone remote operations after sending employees home for virtual work. The Atlantic has called it “an anxious…

Beyond Zoom and Slack: How to Manage Newly Remote Workers

Asynchronous Communication: What It Is and Why You Need It

4 min read

In a mostly remote world, people can't all be online at the same time—and that’s a good thing.…

Asynchronous Communication: What It Is and Why You Need It

One Size Won’t Fit All: How to Make Remote Work Truly Flexible

5 min read

It may seem counterintuitive, but the more freedom employees have, the more they actually get done at work. Here’s why.…

One Size Won’t Fit All: How to Make Remote Work Truly Flexible

Finding the Balance in Remote Work vs. On-Site Work

5 min read

Now is the time to think about what you really want out of your job when the pandemic ends.…

Finding the Balance in Remote Work vs. On-Site Work

Home Is Where the Work Is: How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Be Remote

5 min read

Asking a manager for work-from-home time may seem daunting, but it doesn't have to be—if you arm yourself with the right questions and assurances beforehand.…

Home Is Where the Work Is: How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Be Remote

How to Get Your Employer to Reimburse Remote Work Expenses

3 min read

It’s high time businesses understand that subsidizing their employees’ applicable costs is not just generous but logical.…

How to Get Your Employer to Reimburse Remote Work Expenses

How to Land—and Maximize—a Virtual Internship

4 min read

That perfect first job you had lined up may not be panning out quite the way you hoped, but that doesn't mean you can’t still gain valuable experience if you’re willing to be flexible.…

How to Land—and Maximize—a Virtual Internship

The 5 Best Articles About Balancing Remote Work with the Rest of Your Life

3 min read

Taking time for yourself in the midst of a crazy WFH day doesn't mean you're slacking off; it means you're working smarter.…

The 5 Best Articles About Balancing Remote Work with the Rest of Your Life

The Top 4 Articles on Work-from-Home Tech Tips

3 min read

Before you know it, your home office will look, sound, and function even better than your real one.…

The Top 4 Articles on Work-from-Home Tech Tips

How to Find the Perfect Coliving Space (Even During COVID-19)

5 min read

When I tell people that I travel full-time while working remotely, they imagine me lugging around a 50-liter backpack between run-down hostels. But that couldn’t be farther from the…

How to Find the Perfect Coliving Space (Even During COVID-19)

The Freelancer’s Guide to Productive Work in Challenging Times

3 min read

Figuring out how to be a successful freelancer in this increasingly complex world takes time, especially as COVID-19 cases continue to spike across the country, and reports suggest winter will…

The Freelancer’s Guide to Productive Work in Challenging Times

5 Tips for Crushing It at Your New Remote Job

2 min read

You’ve pored through job postings, gone on interviews, and landed a new remote job. Now what? The first weeks of a new remote role can be a bewildering experience,…

5 Tips for Crushing It at Your New Remote Job

This Asana Webinar Will Change How You Work

5 min read

As remote work continues to be a more practical and productivity-enhancing opportunity for companies around the globe, finding ways to collaborate and improve communication in the workplace is critical. In…

This Asana Webinar Will Change How You Work

4 Résumé Writing Tips to Help You Land a Remote Position

6 min read

As more companies shift to fully remote workforces or at least provide the option to work from anywhere, job seekers can expand their search far outside their hometowns. But if…

4 Résumé Writing Tips to Help You Land a Remote Position

5 Steps to Getting a Remote Job This Week

4 min read

Ready to WFH/WFA? Check out these 5 steps before sending in your resume.…

5 Steps to Getting a Remote Job This Week

Virtual Meetings: Putting Your Best Face Forward

4 min read

Work meetings are an opportunity to make a positive impression on your colleagues and your boss. That doesn’t change when the meeting is virtual. But there are fundamental differences…

Virtual Meetings: Putting Your Best Face Forward

Online Tools and Software Every Remote Manager Should Know

4 min read

More people work remotely today than ever before—and that was pre-pandemic. Remote work has grown by 44% over the past five years; Gallup data show that 62% of US…

Online Tools and Software Every Remote Manager Should Know

Roundup: The wrkfrce Master Job Search Guide

3 min read

Job searching or planning a career change is a daunting process at any time, never mind during a global pandemic with unprecedented economic fallout However, believe it or not, opportunities…

Roundup: The wrkfrce Master Job Search Guide

4 Security Risks Remote Workforces Need to Watch Out For

5 min read

Your employees can fire off emails from their iPhones while waiting to check out at Whole Foods, edit Google Docs on iPads once their kids give the devices back after…

4 Security Risks Remote Workforces Need to Watch Out For

So, Your Employees Love Virtual Work. Now What?

5 min read

Three years ago, I turned down a dream-job offer at a prestigious magazine. The reason? Five remote work days a year. That wasn’t going to cut it. As it…

So, Your Employees Love Virtual Work. Now What?

Want to Build a Successful Remote Team? Focus on These 3 Areas

5 min read

If a remote employee has something to say in a home office and no one is around to hear it, do they make a sound? If you’ve fostered a…

Want to Build a Successful Remote Team? Focus on These 3 Areas

The 5 Best VPN Articles to Help Protect Your Data

4 min read

As cybercrime becomes increasingly sophisticated, we need to take ever greater privacy measures. Here's how.…

The 5 Best VPN Articles to Help Protect Your Data

Guides

Home Office

The Best Home Office Hardware and Equipment for Remote Workers

The Best Home Office Hardware and Equipment for Remote Workers 7 min read
Careers

How to Define Your Key Priorities Before Relocating for Remote Work

How to Define Your Key Priorities Before Relocating for Remote Work 7 min read
Experts

How to Sell Everything to Travel the World (From Someone Who’s Done It)

How to Sell Everything to Travel the World (From Someone Who’s Done It) 9 min read
Careers

Our Favorite Work-from-Home Jobs Available Now

Our Favorite Work-from-Home Jobs Available Now 4 min read
Wellness

How to Stay Sane at Home While Working Remotely

How to Stay Sane at Home While Working Remotely 5 min read
Managing Teams

Why You Should Hire a Chief Remote Officer

Why You Should Hire a Chief Remote Officer 5 min read
Research

What Is Hubstaff, and How Is It Helping Companies Manage Remote Teams?

What Is Hubstaff, and How Is It Helping Companies Manage Remote Teams? 4 min read
Experts

How a Digital Nomad Configures an Ideal Ergonomic Remote Work Setup

How a Digital Nomad Configures an Ideal Ergonomic Remote Work Setup 7 min read
Experts

Communicating Effectively and Responsibly Through Text: A Remote Worker’s Guide

Communicating Effectively and Responsibly Through Text: A Remote Worker’s Guide 8 min read
Roundups

Working or Managing from Home? Peruse These 7 Books for Tips and Strategies

Working or Managing from Home? Peruse These 7 Books for Tips and Strategies 3 min read
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