🏢 Execs leave to avoid RTO

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Need to Know

👩🏻‍💼 Return-to-office prompts execs to leave
Among job seekers actively looking for senior-level roles, 36% said their decision to seek a new job was influenced by their current or previous employer’s RTO policy.

Similarly, a third of these executive job seekers have opted out of an interview process because of an office time requirement.

These results are especially interesting because senior-level employees are often the ones tasked with managing and enforcing return-to-office policies. This proves many of those executives would likely prefer to work from home themselves. But they also want to keep their jobs… for now. (Business Insider)

✈️ The most common “work-from-anywhere” job titles
Most remote jobs have some type of location restriction — most commonly that employees be in a particular country or time zone.

But the true work-from-anywhere jobs with zero location restrictions, as rare as they are, do exist. And the titles listed below are the ones that are most likely to have this benefit:

• Account executive

• Content writer

• Data analyst

• DevOps engineer

• Editor

• Engineering manager

• Marketing manager

• Product designer

• Product manager

• Software engineer

If you’re considering a career shift and you really want to work from around the world without any restrictions, applying to these job titles could be your ticket. (CNBC)

🧠 Gen Z is competing with AI
A recent survey from Intelligent.com found that 78% of hiring managers said they expect their company will lay off recent graduates due to AI.

While there are a wide range of reasons AI could impact early-career roles, and most jobs overall are probably safe, the risk of being replaced entirely by new technology shouldn’t be ignored.

On the flip side, 95% of survey respondents said they would be more likely to hire a recent graduate with a background in AI.

The best analogy is to think about AI like a calculator: in all likelihood, it won’t replace a person’s entire role, and a person with the ability to use it is going to be far more valuable to their company than the tool would be on its own. (The Business Journals)

💡 20 tips for managing remote teams
Forbes gathered advice from team leaders to share their best practices for building strong, efficient remote teams.

It’s a great list for any remote manager. Five that stood out to me personally:

• Trust your team

• Promote employee autonomy

• Be intentional about facilitating interactions and collaborations

• Encourage work-life balance

• Over-communicate

Check out the article for the full list of insights. (Forbes)

👷🏻 Office-to-residential conversions on the rise
Empty offices and hotels have been converted to private residences for decades now, but the rate of office-to-residential conversions has been rising in recent years due to the proliferation of remote work.

These cities saw the highest number of units converted from office to residential in 2023:

• Peachtree Corners, Georgia

• Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Indianapolis, Indiana

• Alexandria, Virginia

• Cleveland, Ohio

As we’ve written before, the “housing crisis” across the US is also a factor that could drive demand for these conversions — especially given last year’s initiative by the federal government to encourage these specific projects. (New York Times)

Stuff We Like

📝 VisualCV: 25% off
We reached out to the team at the popular resume builder VisualCV, and they were kind enough to provide our readers with 25% off their quarterly plans — you can access the unique discount when you sign up using the link provided here. (VisualCV)

💼 A history of the five-day workweek
This is an insightful read as a surprising number of companies have shifted to a 4-day workweek — many of which are also remote-friendly organizations. It’s fascinating to think about how five days became the standard, when humans were living in starkly different economic circumstances than we are today.

As the intro states: “Understanding the sometimes arbitrary origins of the modern workweek might inform the movement to shorten it.” (The Atlantic)

🖥️ Home office setup guide
Many media outlets have some version of these office guides, but each will stand out and have pertinent advice for individuals. Business Insider’s guide includes ergonomic tips in addition to products. For example: it’s best to ensure your desktop is at the same height as your natural elbow height. (Business Insider)

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