Workers adjusting to the new normal of office life are likely to lean toward one of two options using technology to shape their long-term work habits. Recreators leverage technology to emulate previous office life as closely as possible while Repurposers use technology to adjust their schedule and habits.
Having a second job can improve your time management, communication and leadership skills, in addition to making you look at problems differently. And the creativity you tap into for your second job might push you to be more creative in your regular job.
Business coach Gwen Moran writes that there are seven rules you should break when searching for a job, including waiting for the perfect job to become available. "Instead, identify the skills you need to build to get to your perfect job and go after positions that will help you build those skills," she writes.
Since employees rely on employers to provide important health information, they should also trust them to provide financial wellness information and tools during turbulent times, writes Cindy Dash at Matrix Financial Solutions. Employers should be communicating with workers about available resources and experts now and plan to launch new long-term financial wellness plans soon, Dash says.
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A report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute estimates that as many as 10 million Americans could lose health coverage as a result of pandemic-related job losses, and 48 million working-age adults could see someone in their household lose a job as a result of the pandemic. Of people who lose their own employer-sponsored coverage, 3.3 million are expected to be added to a family member's employer-sponsored policy, while 600,000 will enroll via the individual market, and 2.8 million will enroll in Medicaid.
Many people are experiencing fear and anxiety right now, and the good news is that there are small but significant remedies available, including deepening our close relationships, writes LaRae Quy. "We don't need a long list of people, but it is important that we have someone to turn to when life gets hard," she writes.
Recognizing that people around the world are dealing with entirely new levels of stress, a new website asks people to record and submit their screams. The screams collected as part of the "Let It Out" campaign are then played on large speakers placed at some of Iceland's most beautiful locations.
