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Hot Desking and Hoteling Software is in Demand

By MBO Partners

According to Forrester Research Inc., hot desking is the practice of eliminating fixed desks for employees in favor of a first-come, first-served system once a desk is booked online. Kelly Beckner, vice president of corporate human resources at software company MBO Partners, said her company began using Envoy’s desk reservation and room booking tool in…

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Preparing For The Future Of Work: Miles Everson of MBO Partners On The Top Five Trends To Watch In The Future Of Work

By MBO Partners

In the future of work, a larger portion of the professional workforce will be made up of independent professionals vs. full-time employees. And we need to look no further than the 34% growth in the last 12 months of independent professionals in the U.S. workforce, 68% of whom were millennials and Gen Z’s, and 55% of…

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IT Enables a Growing Population of Digital Nomads

By MBO Partners

There is a “digital nomad” movement gaining momentum. While many of us have experienced the world through our screens the last year, digital nomads have been conducting business wherever they want—anywhere in the world. Digital nomads are placing no limits on the location of their workplace, seeking out places with reliable Internet connections and flexible…

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Caribbean islands seek to capitalize on the ‘digital nomad’ trend

By MBO Partners

Digital nomads defy a single definition, yet all choose to combine remote work and travel, although the length of stay varies, according to McLean Robbins, vice president of Enterprise Marketing and MBO Partners. “United by a passion for travel and new adventures, digital nomads enjoy the ability to work anywhere they can connect to the…

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How to Cultivate a Sense of Home Anywhere in the World as a Digital Nomad

By MBO Partners

Digital nomads are location independent people who can work anywhere with a technological connection. And, given the rise of flexible workplace environments that have emerged in the midst of stay-at-home orders during the pandemic, it should come as no surprise that the digital nomad lifestyle has appealed to many itching to break out of quarantine and take…

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More Workers Are Thinking Like Entrepreneurs – Why That’s a Problem, and Opportunity, for Employers

By MBO Partners

There’s no doubt that in the long months of lockdowns and restricted activities in America during the pandemic, many people got the entrepreneurial bug. In July 2021 alone, applications for business formations were up 98% year over year, according to federal data. Many are dipping a toe into the water of business ownership by doing…

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Is the digital nomad dream dead? We hope not…

By MBO Partners

As borders closed and remote work boomed, the rules of the game changed overnight. For digital nomads, this brought unexpected challenges – and new opportunities. Research by MBO Partners found that 10.9 million Americans already identify as digital nomads, another 19 million plan to become nomadic within three years, and another 64 million are considering it….

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The U.S. Independent Workforce Increased by 34% Since 2020

By MBO Partners

Although many things about work have changed over the past year and a half, one of the defining moments of this time may very well be the dramatic shift to freelance and independent work during the coronavirus pandemic. In its 11th annual State of Independence in America survey, workforce solutions provider MBO Partners revealed that many…

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It’s Time to Embrace the Agile Workforce

By MBO Partners

Independent contractors offer many strategic benefits to businesses, but the most evident and exciting trend I’m seeing is how independent contractors are being used to enable some forward-thinking businesses to challenge more “traditional” working models. When used optimally, independent contractors allow businesses to drive growth and reduce overheads by creating an accessible and agile workforce…

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Small Business Outlook – Entrepreneurship Beckons

By MBO Partners

We first reported an uptick in startups about a year ago. And now a new study from MBO Partners® shows that 2021’s economic recovery and changing attitudes about work has driven an increase in the number of independent workers to 51.1 million, “an unprecedented 34% rise in workers taking the leap to independent careers.” MBO Partners calls…

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