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As we approach one year since many were forced to shift to fully remote workforces, a lot of companies have no plans for employees to return to the office full time or even at all long after the pandemic ends. While remote working has many benefits, it also increases the issue of potential cyberattacks. Last year presented an increase in ransomware attacks, malware and high-profile corporate data breaches for businesses of all sizes, with many cyber criminals taking advantage of businesses with employees working from home without company laptops or secure home networks. According to MonsterCloud, the FBI reported the number of complaints about cyberattacks to the Cyber Division increased to as many as 4000 a day, representing a 400% increase from what the bureau saw pre-coronavirus. The FBI also reported that ransomware attacks are up 800% during the pandemic. If your business plans to remain working from home for the foreseeable future, you need to take steps now to protect your remote workforce and your company from cyber threats.
Have you ever logged out of your last Zoom meeting for the day and found yourself completely drained? If so, you’re not alone. Many are dealing with Zoom fatigue, which refers to the exhaustion you feel after any kind of video call or conference. This fatigue comes from the increased cognitive demands of video conferencing communication. Even if you’re already plugged into modern technology, the COVID-19 pandemic brought an entirely new meaning to the phrase digital world. Zoom helps continue face-to-face interaction but, as with most good things, there’s a cost. Most humans are not wired to sit still, maintain eye contact and stare at video of themselves for hours on end.
In a previous blog, we discussed the evolution of data storage and how the invention of the floppy disc in 1971 eventually helped pave the way for more advanced technologies, like cloud-based technology and flash storage. The data storage industry is ever-changing, and in order to understand where we are going, it’s important to look back at where we came from.
When recruiting talent, startups often compete with larger organizations with far fewer resources. Leveraging your professional network can boost your hiring efforts and be an efficient and cost-effective way to source qualified job candidates. Whether utilizing social media or hosting virtual events, networking with job candidates looks a lot different in the digital age. At its heart, recruitment has always been a people business and networking will continue to be a constant. It's estimated that 80% of jobs are never advertised, but are filled by a contact in someone’s network. Here are three strategies for networking with job candidates.
Stress is often viewed as an exclusively negative sensation. Work deadlines pile up, family drama takes its toll, busy schedules wear us thin — we end up mentally exhausted. This emotion occurs when someone feels an imbalance between a challenge and the resources they have to deal with. In small doses, stress can actually have some positive effects. Moderate levels of daily, manageable stress may help protect against oxidative damage, which is linked to aging and disease. As a leader, you can apply the right stress to your team so they feel capable and confident, having risen to a challenge. Here are a few reasons why stress can help supercharge a team.
What’s the best way to welcome new hires to your team? Virtual yet face-to-face employee onboarding through video conferencing can be just as effective as traditional onboarding done in an office. If you’ve never onboarded employees in a remote setting, it can be a challenge to create an experience that’s engaging and informative. One of the keys to strong virtual onboarding is to have a strong culture where everyone feels supported and energized by their environment. Designing company culture around mentorship plays a huge role in creating enthusiastic team members and happy clients. Here are five ways to weave mentorship and ongoing employee support into your day-to-day operations for seamless onboarding.
Humility, passion, empathy, determination and integrity might come to mind when you think of what makes a good leader. While those qualities are essential, another leadership trait that may be overlooked is one of great importance: setting high expectations. This is true for anyone in a leadership position. While leadership styles vary from person to person, the end goal is to raise the bar for your team to rise to the occasion. Whether you’re the CEO of a major company or a teacher in the classroom, setting expectations for your employees, students, followers and those reporting to you is vital. Setting reasonable expectations helps leaders in successfully managing a team by holding everyone accountable. Entrepreneurs who have reached great success in their careers and lives have done so by setting and meeting various expectations. Our expectations become self-fulfilling, and each expectation can be broken into five major components across the board.
Taking on a new project may sound intimidating in a time as turbulent as the present, but a strong team is the crucial ingredient to ensuring project success. The key to producing outstanding project results is strong leadership combined with a cohesive team with determination to meet and exceed goals. Successful project teams don't form overnight. Creating and maintaining a project team takes time, research and strong communication. Teams must develop and progress gradually to ensure quality performance. Through careful planning, matching, communication, collaboration and motivation, your team will drive project success.
When workloads become too much to bear, we tend to freeze or meltdown. In a time when we need to be ultra-productive, our panic can hinder our ability to perform to our highest potential. Before reading any further, take a moment to breathe. Our to-do lists are not going away, but we can do our best to manage them. Continue reading for a few tactics you can adopt to conquer the workload and produce your best work when you’re overwhelmed.
As the world shut down in 2020, employers had to adapt quickly to a new way of talent acquisition by conducting virtual candidate interviews. In-person interviews are typically the final step in the employee recruiting process, so conducting the entire interview process virtually is a new challenge for most companies. Because virtual interviews entail much more than just a simple phone call, we’ve created this helpful guide so you can conduct virtual interviews with ease.
