The Receptionist

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

You’ll likely hear the low-level ambient sounds of keyboard typing, paper printing, coffee percolating, water cooler conversations, and faint laughter—all of those sounds that are absent in a home office. Because they’re geared towards enabling productivity, most coworking spaces are set up like traditional offices.

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Launch Work Places

MAY 28, 2024

Enhanced Productivity and Focus Coworking spaces are designed for effective, focused work and often boost productivity in a way home offices can’t. Social Connection and Networking One reason workers find remote work-life balance difficult is the lack of social or professional connections.

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Vantage Circle

AUGUST 28, 2020

Lack of Office Equipment and Security Concerns. Remote workers have loved the change from working at a cluttered office space to their own home office, which is quiet and comfortable. But, as everything has two sides to it, a home office too, has its drawbacks.

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Workplace Insight

APRIL 23, 2023

What older workers want In a study of 3,000 office workers across Europe, the Reluctant Returner , we found that those over the age of 45 had a real desire to network and engage with their peers in person once again. That does not mean that older workers are solely driven by peer networking.

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Launch Work Places

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Unlike traditional leases, coworking spaces offer a variety of options, including: Private Offices : Secure, customizable offices designed for individuals or teams, providing a dedicated space with access to shared amenities and community events.

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Ruby

JANUARY 10, 2017

Whatever your office location, your talent pool is comprised of area residents. Where virtual or home offices can allow you to hire people from around the country or world, a physical location often limits you to those who are able to commute to the office. The One-Man Show—home office. Schedule flexibility.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

However, women disproportionately face challenges at the home office too. What if there were a different setting, one where women could focus on their work, network, collaborate and thrive—a space where men were not dominant; not centered; not the default? In the U.S.,

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Work Life

APRIL 16, 2024

Zoom fatigue was settling onto a world of recently refurbished home offices–just more ash from the pandemic volcano–and workplace socializing and bonding were amongst the first fatalities. The sudden prolonged switch to remote work forced millions nationwide to quietly break up with their professional significant others.

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Workplace Insight

JULY 27, 2023

Commuting at the same time as everybody is often a ridiculous and anachronistic thing to do but so too, for many people, is locking themselves away in a home office or dining room with its isolation, lack of ergonomics and amorphous routines. Both extremes continue to slug it out in the tedious binary spat about the future of work.

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Vantage Circle

APRIL 8, 2020

Identify if any onsite office equipment is required and ask employees to shift it to their home office for the required period of time. For this, you can take help from your IT Department or can even outsource it to another network security provider.

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Launch Work Places

MAY 16, 2024

Coworking Benefit #2: Inclusive Amenities and Services Professionals tired of their home office often opt for public spaces like cafes or coffee shops to get work done. Home offices are also not ideal for meetings or impressing prospective clients. Discounts to local restaurants or cafes.

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Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Location independence adds another layer of flexibility, empowering tech professionals to work from wherever they feel most effective, whether it’s their home office or a co-working space. Again, offering mentorship initiatives can give them valuable insights and guide them to build a strong support network.

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Launch Work Places

MAY 28, 2024

Enhanced Productivity and Focus Coworking spaces are designed for effective, focused work and often boost productivity in a way home offices can’t. Social Connection and Networking One reason workers find remote work-life balance difficult is the lack of social or professional connections.

Logistics 52

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Launch Work Places

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Depending on the location, flexible office space support services could include: Reception Intra-office communications Mail and package acceptance Printing services Fast internet Physical business mailing address Privacy and Security You don’t have to be concerned about security in a flexible office space.

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Vantage Circle

APRIL 17, 2020

These concepts reinvent where and how work is done by exploring and requiring working remotely (called working at home, working virtually, telecommuting, etc.). A few years ago, the SOHO (single office, home office) was emerging as a unique place to work. Now, it is a dominant reality for nearly every organization.

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Launch Work Places

JANUARY 8, 2025

Networking With Other Small Businesses Networking doesnt have to feel forced or awkwardits about building meaningful professional connections that can lead to exciting opportunities. Coworking spaces provide a unique environment for collaboration and mentorship that doesnt exist in traditional office settings or home offices.

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C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 14, 2021

Online savvy and self-discipline are skills that are especially important for admin work from home. With our expertise in C-level assistant staffing and our extensive network of top talent, we can find you a tech-savvy virtual assistant to handle many daily tasks so that you can focus on your business. Discover C-Suite Assistants.

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Launch Work Places

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

When you open a remote office, particularly in a coworking space like Launch, your team can access amenities like fitness centers, fully-stocked kitchens, relaxation and meditation spaces, comfortable lounges, and outdoor areas.

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Launch Work Places

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

When you open a remote office, particularly in a coworking space like Launch, your team can access amenities like fitness centers, fully-stocked kitchens, relaxation and meditation spaces, comfortable lounges, and outdoor areas.

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Launch Work Places

AUGUST 15, 2023

Extra Perks in Coworking Spaces The reality is that this list of podcasting basics is possible to achieve from either your home office or another podcast recording studio. Work-life separation: Even the most ardent work-from-home champion can go a little stir crazy in their home office.

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Launch Work Places

MARCH 25, 2024

Workspace for Every Need: The Types of Businesses That Can Benefit from Month-to-Month Office Rentals Any business or professional who desires flexibility can benefit from a month-to-month office rental.

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Vantage Circle

APRIL 3, 2020

Stay Connected: With the shift the environment, employees are now working from home, video conferencing (VC) and settling into their home offices. Those unable to work from home have vastly reduced official conversations with colleagues.

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WELCOA

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Fully remote workforces are being supported with ergonomic home office equipment or virtual ergonomic assessments, stipends to meet technology requirements, and support for use of co-working spaces. Offering a combination of in-person and virtual resources accommodates the needs of a diverse and distributed workforce.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

This can be done from your home office but quickly becomes unscalable. You can launch a survey to your personal network, start a Reddit discussion or pay for survey responses, but you do need to actually get out of your bubble and interact with other humans. As Tony Robbins likes to say, “Your network is your net worth.”.

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Ruby

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Set the mood for your home office. Host a virtual networking event. Although we may be stuck inside for a while, you can still get into the spirit, spread cheer, and even boost your year-end profits by allowing your customers to enjoy some old-fashioned seasonal consumerism. Here are a dozen ideas for doing just that: 1.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 10, 2022

Can I refuse home office equipment I don’t need? I work as a data analyst for a small local nonprofit that is part of a large network. Because I no longer live locally, I have been working primarily from home for over three years now. The only seating my home office has is a couch and I love it that way.

Home Office 38

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Ruby

AUGUST 17, 2020

Going virtual is an ideal way to maximize business continuity, as a distributed network is less vulnerable than a single location to natural disasters, power outages, cybersecurity attacks, and other disruptive events. Can they work comfortably at home for extended periods of time? Do they have the right hardware and equipment ?

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Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

They also gave me a stipend to outfit my home office with whatever I need to be comfortable, as their offices are closed indefinitely due to covid. Last year, I was working for an education-based nonprofit that relies on in-person work, so all of our offices were shut down for 6 months with the majority of staff furloughed.

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Ask a Manager

MAY 12, 2022

My contract in Company X was about to end and I was interviewing with several internal teams, so of course I reached out to my network inside, including a high-level manager I used to work for. If they want you working from the office, they should provide the equipment you need to do your job. Supply chain issues were also cited.

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Ask a Manager

JULY 1, 2022

I was pleasant with the other volunteers but certainly did not see it as a networking opportunity. home office) and signed the contract. I was able to phone it in at my job a little due to all the processes I put in place and started volunteering at an organization dear to my heart.

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SnackNation

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Conferences demand careful planning over spontaneity; if an attendee wants to network with certain people and attend certain sessions, then they have to follow a carefully engineered itinerary that heavily focuses on logistics. No one wants to network while hangry on an empty stomach). Ex: Networking lunch. Work windows.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 6, 2019

I always use my network of friends and professional acquaintances to provide feedback on my resume whenever I update it, but I put it together 100% on my own. Some companies will pay for internet access, but others expect you to have it as a condition of being able to work from home (and on the assumption that you’d have it regardless).

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Ask a Manager

JUNE 27, 2017

The trip was for me to meet members of our team that work in the London office and for some additional training in my role, although it would technically be possible for me to have that training in my home office. How can I follow up on a networking opportunity that I missed when life intervened?

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Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

This email contained several attached resumes from prior applicants to the company, which I had found stored (improperly) on a shared network drive. My house has a good room for a home office, but my husband telecommutes for his job and can’t change that. Our productivity would suffer if we were in the same office all day.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 2, 2020

She’d been very unhappy living in the city where our offices are located, and the combination of the move to a place where she had a bigger support network and my grandboss’s real talk made a big difference. This has nothing to do with working remotely– my coworkers at the home office feel the same way.

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C-Suite Assistants

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Many PAs work in the individual’s home office. By turning chaos into clarity, the PA significantly reduces the executive’s stress level, freeing them to focus on higher-level tasks like networking and strategic decisions that can lead to greater business success. You may ask yourself, “Should I hire a personal assistant?”

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Great Place to Work

JULY 29, 2024

Banks like Citigroup, Barclays, and HSBC made news in 2024 when they changed remote work policies to require employees to report to the office full time rather than inspect home offices to meet federal regulations. Others in the sector have been pushing employees to come back to the office since 2023 or earlier.

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