If you’ve experienced Zoom fatigue in the past 12 months or so, you wouldn’t be the only one. Being on a video call requires you to focus more and work harder on processing non-verbal cues, which can be exhausting. In its 2021 Work Trend Index, Microsoft said 54pc of respondents to its global survey reported feeling overworked and 39pc felt exhausted. Now, the company’s Human … [Read more...] about How Zoom fatigue can affect your brainwave activity
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Which of these WFH inventions would you choose?
We’ve all had to become tech whizzes over the past year to do our jobs. Now that you have a new set of skills under your belt, which could range from setting up a Zoom call to using the pomodoro technique, you might be eager to learn what else could be on the horizon for productivity and HR tech. In a recent project at Skynova, some humans and robots gave it a go. Using a … [Read more...] about Which of these WFH inventions would you choose?
The warning signs of a toxic boss (and what to do if you have one)
Working life has been hard enough over the past 12 months, and the last thing you need is a leader who makes it worse. A toxic boss can negatively impact the quality of your immediate work and wellbeing, but can also have long-term effects on your career. Barbara Kellerman, a lecturer in public leadership at Harvard University and the author of Bad Leadership, has said that … [Read more...] about The warning signs of a toxic boss (and what to do if you have one)
8 ways to stay productive while working from home
Employees around the world have faced many challenges over the past 12 months, from finding new ways to communicate with colleagues to navigating Zoom fatigue. Staying productive while working from home isn’t always easy, particularly during a pandemic when schools are closed and people are under greater amounts of stress. As Mastercard’s Tansy Murray recently told us, we must … [Read more...] about 8 ways to stay productive while working from home
Finding a new job after getting fired
Looking for a new job is always challenging, but there are certain things that can make you feel like you’re falling behind other candidates; maybe you took a gap year and can’t figure out how to explain it to prospective employers, or you might be trying to break into a new field altogether. Or maybe your previous employer let you go and now you need to get your career back … [Read more...] about Finding a new job after getting fired