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The proportion of people working from home at some point increased by 10% in 2020, new figures show. Last year around 37% of workers spent some time in their own homes during office hours, compared with 27% in 2019, according to the Office for National Statistics. Although employees are now...

This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process. Never give up and never let anyone else do it. That seems to be the lesson of the story from Kaká D'Avila , a young man in Brazil who went viral on social media for his perseverance.

Tired of the nine-to-five grind? Then you might be interested in working for a company that offers remote jobs. Global tech giant Amazon, for instance, allows some of its employees to work from home. Most jobs are full-time, but you may also find seasonal or part-time work. Depending on your...

For the growing number of Americans who have become digital nomads, choosing the right co-working space is a question of ethics. Back in the halcyon days of the internet in 1997, when Tsugio Makimoto and David Manner penned the book Digital Nomad, the subset of Americans that could travel and work full-time was small. By the end of 2020 that number had mushroomed to 10.9 million and—given that only 10 percent of employees want to return to a full-time office set-up at all, according to a recent Wakefield Research study sponsored by Envoy—is poised to rise dramatically.

In his latest "My Take," FOX Business host Stuart Varney explains why more workers are changing their jobs since 2000. He argues workers now have leverage as the pandemic created opportunities for people to seek personal and financial gain outside of old jobs they may no longer enjoy. STUART VARNEY:...

As the nation emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News polled Americans on their jobs now and in the future, ahead of the CBSN special "Employment in America," airing at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET on Monday night and 2 a.m. ET on Tuesday. CBS News finds Americans mostly...

CBSN and CBS MoneyWatch present “Employment in America: A Shifting Workforce." The special, anchored by Lana Zak, takes a look at the state of employment as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and includes valuable information for job seekers and career changers.

More than 40 percent of workers in a recent Microsoft survey appear to be thinking about leaving their current employers, and more than 70 percent want flexible remote options to remain. Associate professor of management in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University Anthony Klotz joined Cheddar to discuss the looming changes to the American workforce as people consider their options as organizations return to the office. "Work arrangements are changing a lot, and so one that's gotten a lot of attention is 'do employees want to return to the office after working from home?'" Klotz said. "And for some, the answer is no."

It goes without saying that the pandemic has impacted many people's careers enormously, and ONS data shows those under the age of 25 have been hardest hit by the effect of lockdowns on the labour market. Last July, LinkedIn saw that hiring fell 23% for graduates but the good news...

The U.S. economy added 559,000 jobs in May and that number is expected to grow this summer. Lavare Bland, CEO of Kandidate - North America, and Karin Kimbrough, LinkedIn's chief economist, joined CBSN's Lana Zak for the MoneyWatch special "Employment in America: A Shifting Workforce" to discuss the post-pandemic job market.

Not only are job opportunities opening up as we turn the corner into a post-COVID world, but if you’re an IT professional, you might be looking at a heftier paycheck in the near future. According to IT employment consultancy Janco Associates, salaries are starting to rise for IT executives, middle...

Ah, perfection. Have you ever turned down a speaking engagement because you tend to trip over your words? Have you ever ended a conversation before getting into the meat of it because you weren't sure how to start? Have you ever struggled to find the right words or completely misread the room?

We all want to perform our best when opportunities come our way. So why is it that some people can consistently tap into their highest potential on command while others flounder? Do these founders and visionaries think differently than us mortals? Is it their genetics? Perhaps they take truckloads of nootropics? Or do they just have the perfect playlist.

As parts of the world continue to reopen and employees consider the transition back to the office, corporate leadership is grappling with a complex question: How can we create the ideal digital-first workplace?. Companies quickly adapted to fully remote work in the face of COVID-19, and for many, the transition...