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Career coach: does your company need to hire one?

Career coaches, also known as career builders or career counselors, are in high demand nowadays. Helping both private individuals and businesses alike, a job coach has become a central figure to motivate personal development and career change.

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Krista Krumina 4.02.2022
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Pay transparency: what it is and how it benefits businesses

While talk about pay transparency has been ongoing for decades in the context of the gender pay gap and fair remuneration, employees have gotten fed up with opaque hiring processes and salary negotiations. Accordingly, with more people speaking out, pay transparency has become a hot topic.

So, what is pay transparency, why is everyone talking about it, and what does it mean for employers?

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Viesturs Abelis 11.01.2022
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I was promoted as soon as I stopped working overtime – here’s my advice to others climbing the career ladder

Susannah had been working overtime for years. One day, she decided to switch to a 8 hour workday. A month later she received a promotion. This is her story.

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Krista Krumina 3.01.2022
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7 physical activities at home

7 physical activities at home to help you stay healthy & productive

It’s perfect if you have the opportunity to go for a walk or squeeze in a gym workout in your work hours. But not all days – and not all workplaces – allow us such freedom. In this post, we propose 7 types of healthy physical activities you can do without leaving your home.

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Ieva Sipola 28.12.2021
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What your most used distracting apps say about you

We all have that one guilty pleasure – the No. 1 distracting app stealing our time at work.

However, our time thieves differ, making us wonder if our most used unproductive apps say something about us.

We dived into exploration and found some interesting details.

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Aiva Strelca 22.12.2021
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Making a freelancer portfolio from scratch as an SEO specialist

Do you want to start a freelance SEO career? Read about pitfalls, recommendations, and tips on building your first freelance portfolio to bring clients.

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Guest Author 17.12.2021
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Productivity research, experiments and statistics: DeskTime’s best findings

DeskTime loves productivity research and experiments. Over the years we’ve organized quite a few studies and published our finds.

So, if you’re a bit of a data geek, same as we are, this summary of DeskTime’s studies will be a great read for you.

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Aiva Strelca 13.12.2021
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is overtime worth it

People who work 8+ hours a day are more productive – but is overtime worth it?

People who work 8+ hours a day are 12.7% more productive than those working their normally scheduled hours, according to a new study by DeskTime.

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Krista Krumina 29.11.2021
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How to remedy work from home burnout

How to remedy work from home burnout

In this article, we’ll look into what is work from home burnout, what are work from home burnout symptoms and how to address them in the most efficient way. Read on!

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Guest Author 21.10.2021
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