Although work from home is new to many workers, there are plenty of jobs that have been remote for a while, including nurses who answer patients' questions, medical scheduler, mortgage underwriter and geospatial analyst. If applying for one of these jobs, make sure to highlight your remote communications skills and include specific computer programs you have used.
Women executives are reevaluating their daily routines during the pandemic, and some say they will continue these habits even when they return to the office. One executive has embraced saying no to extra obligations, another has set strict no-email evening hours, and Claudia Allwood has reached out to neighbors to do collective shopping, including group orders from a local pie shop.
If your boss is giving you lower-quality work than others or seems to lack confidence in you, your boss might not trust you, writes Liane Davey. To change your boss's perception, Davey suggests laying out expectations, setting up check-ins to show them you're reliable and being confident in the work you report to them.
Employers are considering child-care subsidies, concierge services and other programs to help employees with child care as schools prepare to teach students remotely in the new school year. "We're not going to thrive if our people can't concentrate on their work," says Gregg Danzer, HR director for Graham Personnel Services.
Alternatives to commercial flights and public transit are seeing a boom in business among corporate travelers. Among the options are Gett, which assists with corporate ride-hailing; Ola, a ride-hail service whose fees can be paid from centralized corporate accounts to eliminate the fuss of individual expense claims; Lyft Pass, which facilitates custom transportation for commuters and essential workers with cost and other controls; and GroundScope, which offers booking for hundreds of ground transportation options.
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It's important to find ways to relax when vacations away aren't an option, says social worker Erin VanLuven, who urges people to still use paid time off during the pandemic. Even something as small as leaving devices behind for a walk is beneficial to mental and physical health, VanLuven says.
A replica of the boat from "Jaws" will enter service this fall off Martha's Vineyard in an effort to study sharks. The Orca III project is being led by David Bigelow, who played an extra in the 1970s Steven Spielberg movie.
