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Dyslexia Awareness

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Subscribe * indicates required Email Address * First Name Email Format html text Please note it is Dyslexia Awareness Week (7 th -13 th  October 2019) #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek Do you know that more than one in ten of us is dyslexic. Dyslexia is a learning difference which primarily affects reading and writing skills. However, it does not only affect these skills. Dyslexia is actually about information processing. Dyslexic people may have difficulty processing and remembering information they see and hear, which can affect learning and the acquisition of literacy skills. Dyslexia can also impact on other areas such as organizational skills. It is important to remember that there are positives to thinking differently. Many dyslexic people show strengths in areas such as reasoning and in visual and creative fields. – British Dyslexia Association:  https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/ wi...

working from home

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When working from home seems just a little too good of a deal ..  The work from home Please click here to get instant access. Today, more and more people are working from home for companies halfway around the country or even the globe. But with this new flexibility comes a new risk of falling victim to scammers looking to take advantage of people wanting to work from home. The scams can promise work on medical billing, data entry or starting an online business, but they all require paying something up front. Once you start paying, the requests for more money for training never stop and in return you get a lot of useless information or requests to recruit more people into the scheme. There are genuine work from home jobs out there. The trick is knowing how to spot the real opportunities in a sea of empty — and costly — promises. Scam tracker map Scammers work 24 hours a day, seven days a week looking for their next victims. The unfortunate reality is that...

8 easy steps to keeping your business safe and secure

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Subscribe * indicates required Email Address * First Name Email Format html text Small businesses:  8 easy steps to keeping your business safe and secure The benefits of working at home •  Employees:  Staying at home paves the way for a better work-life balance. Many take their kids to and from school, spend less on professional attire and lunches (and eat healthier), and aren’t distracted with colleagues asking for something (or being dragged into meetings they’re not needed in). Studies found those who work from home are less stressed and more productive than those who work a 9-to-5 job out of the home. •  Businesses:  You can hire the best person for the job – even if they live across the country or around the world (barring any time zone challenges). Another advantage for employers: candidates who want to work from home may accept a lower salary than those who must comm...

people say they’re behind on saving for retirement

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62% of people say they’re behind on saving for retirement—Are you one of them, here are 4 ways to catch up If you’re feeling behind when it comes to saving for retirement, you’re not alone: Most Americans, 62%, say they need to catch up. 1. Put your money to work today The sooner you start saving and investing, the less you’ll have to save each month to reach your goals, thanks to the power of compound interest. hat’s assuming a 6% average annual investment return. If you start at 35, on the other hand, you’d have to set aside $30 a day, or $900 a month, to reach seven figures by 67. One of the simplest ways to get started is to fund your employer-sponsored 401(k) plan. If your company doesn’t offer one, or you’re self-employed, consider other options, like contributing to a traditional or Roth IRA. 2. Automate your contributions If you automate your retirement savings — meaning, you have a portion of your paycheck sent directly to a retirement account, such a...

Working At Home

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Working At Home: How To Create The Perfect At-Home Office Creating the perfect at-home office isn’t easy. Not only are there a number of distractions, but children and other family commitments can make productivity difficult. However, it is not impossible to achieve this as a few simple design elements can help you to focus. In this article, we will be looking into how you can create the perfect at-home office without spending a fortune.  Remove All Distractions  Subscribe * indicates required Email Address * First Name Email Format html text When creating the perfect at-home office it is vital to remove all distractions from the space. By having a desk with a computer as well as space for your phone, you are clearly differentiating between a home and a work environment. By removing all distractions such as televisions and games consoles, you are encouraging the brain to focus on work whe...

Thinking of Allowing More Remote Work?

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Thinking of Allowing More Remote Work? Here’s Why You Should Do It A hot topic among company executives has been remote work. Should employees be allowed to work from home or other places around the globe? If so, how frequently? How will they log hours, and how will their output be measured? Like most things, the answer depends. It depends on your company, the goals, organizational structure and the employees. If your organization is built of people that have no motivation and will lie about their hours while not getting anything done, then remote work is a very bad idea. Assuming that your employees care about working hard and you have good systems in place to track and measure output, you should allow more remote work. Employees will be more efficient. By the time most people enter the working world, they know what it takes for them to be productive. If that means being in the office for ten hours each day, then so be it. If someone works better from coffee shops or from th...

making a passive income

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How I’m making a passive income If you dream of being able to create a passive income stream but don’t think you have enough money to do so, I’ve got some news for you.  According to my calculations, it is relatively easy to create a passive income stream with just £25 of investment every single week. That’s the equivalent of three hours of work at the National Living Wage of £8.21 per hour (from April 2019).  Save and invest For the past 10 years, the interest rates available to savers on cash savings accounts have been steadily decreasing. Today you’ll be lucky if you get more than 2% on cash balances, although you can get a bit more with regular savings accounts. With this being the case, if you want to generate a passive income stream, you are going to need to invest your money. Investing can seem like a daunting task. However, there are plenty of tools today to help you do this without having to spend too much time and effort deciding which are the ...

9 of the most challenging things about working remotely

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9 of the most challenging things about working remotely, according to people who do it ·           Working from home can seem like a dream come true for many employees sick of their morning commutes — but it can present its own set of challenges.  ·           Loneliness, time management problems, and digital miscommunication are just some of the problems you may face if you work from home or have another remote arrangement. ·           Here are nine of the most challenging aspects of working remotely, according to remote workers.  More and more people are  working from home But not everyone talks about the challenges of doing so, from a lack of a structured routine to fewer social opportunities for social interaction and rapport-building with co-workers. "Many business leaders think that 'going remote' is as simple as send...

More People Choosing to Work From Home

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More People Choosing to Work From Home , Traffic to Blame, Study Says It’s a growing trend -- more and more people are choosing to find jobs where they don’t have to go into the office Job hunters say a tough commute to and from work is a big reason for why they are choosing to search for jobs that offer work/life flexibility, meaning they can work from home, Natasha Tryon and her family live in San Marcos. She used to have to trek five days a week from San Marcos to Downtown San Diego. She, like many others, decided to make a new priority list with a new job search -- working from home being on top of the list. "I have two little kids -- Two-and-a-half a one-year-old and a baby on the way. So I did not want to spend an extra hour or two on the road," she said. "So this position has given me the opportunity to spend time with my family." Tryon currently works for a company called Darts-IP and she handles all of the marketing here in the United States. T...