Latest Articles on Digital Nomads and Remote Working
Meaningful experiences on the Mediterranean coast with Sun and Co.
Co-founder of award-winning co-living Sun and Co. describes the experience as “a summer camp for grownups” who are in this case digital nomads. Jon founded Sun and Co. with his friend Eduardo in 2015. He worked in the co-working field, while Eduardo ran a hostel, so...
Living in Dublin as a Digital Nomad
Dublin is the capital city of Ireland and it is one of the most visited places in Ireland. Dublin’s most appealing features include its pubs, wide music culture, and friendly residents. Home to the widest street in Europe, the area has many tourist attractions to...
Why Investing in Employer Brand Pays Off For Remote Companies
Modern-day remote employer branding looks way different from what we are used to seeing in a face-to-face environment. No more high-tech spaces, ping-pong tables, sleeping rooms or other office perks that would attract people. As the world shifted, employers had to...
Digital Nomad Life in Gdansk, Poland
For decades, you expected to meet Poles elsewhere in Europe, working in bars and restaurants to make good money to send home. But has changed significantly in recent years. Poland joined the EU in 2004, and although this led to an immediate exodus, it also led to...
Employee Appreciation Ideas for Remote Staff
For many years, companies have been showing their staff appreciation and recognition for their work and service in many different ways. Nowadays, where so many employees work remotely, there is even more reason to intentionally cultivate a culture of showing...
Cabo Verde is Waiting to Be Discovered by Digital Nomads
We talked to Ed Cervantes-Watson, Founder at GoHub & GoRemote, about Cabo Verde, one of few African countries offering a digital nomad visa. Cabo Verde is an island nation on the same level as Senegal location-wise. It is part of the Macaronesia Island group in...
Digital Nomad Life in Warsaw, Poland
Poland might not automatically seem like the most desirable place to call home considering all the Poles that leave the country to build lives for themselves further west in Europe. But this is a hangover from the struggles of the communist era. Today Poland has a...
A Guide to Performance Management for Remote Teams
In the office or a remote environment, how your team performs is crucial for your company’s success. As companies around the world hire more remote workers or adopt hybrid systems, managers and team leaders have to shift the ways they manage performances. Among other...
Airbnb on Remote Working: Putting Their Money Where Their Mouth Is
In recent months scores of big tech companies have been releasing new remote working policies to adjust to the post-pandemic era. We have mostly been impressed since they are leaps and bounds further forward than what we were seeing pre-2020. But Airbnb CEO Brian...
Bansko, a Digital Nomad Haven off the Beaten Track
Over the last few years, several European countries have been rising on the list of destinations for digital nomads. Many of them have become attractive due to offering digital nomad visas, while the rest are reachable due to being part of the Schengen zone which...
International Remote Working: Legal Risks for Employers
There has been a dramatic rise in companies hiring remote international employees: employers' needs are a driving force, as are the availability of new online remote work platforms. Many employers are now able to hire the best talent from anywhere in the world, which...
What Does the Modern ‘Anywhere Worker’ Look Like?
The changes in working patterns brought on by the pandemic mean that an increasing number of people have been freed from the office. This has swelled the ranks of the digital nomad community and changed what exactly that community looks like. In fact, today a more...
What is a Virtual Assistant? And How Can You Become One?
“A virtual assistant is someone who assists you from where they are, not where you are” Virtual assistant matchmaker, VA trainer and coach Melissa Smith said. Not only does she train VAs, Melissa also matches clients with VAs and works to help them be successful in...
How To Assess Culture Fit When Hiring Remotely?
Remote work has opened up a new pool of candidates that enables businesses to find top talents around the globe. But hiring remotely comes with its challenges causing team leaders to rethink company culture and assessment techniques. It may be relatively easy to...
What is a ‘Shybrid’ Employer?
You may not have heard the term ‘shybrid’ before, but with the slow but certain return to office for many companies, you can be certain you’ll be hearing it a lot more. Essentially, it is a term to describe those employers who are hesitant to embrace the home working...
Can Businesses Really Attract & Retain Talent with Remote Working?
Gone are the days when young graduates were happy to get any job offer, when up and coming employees with 3-5 years of experience were willing to work 100 hours a week to hold onto a job, and when experienced talent could be expected to stay with a firm for life. For...
Latvia’s Digital Nomad Visa is Expected Soon
Digital nomads are bringing about the new age of tourism. Every day a country announces a new visa catered to digital nomads and remote workers; whereby they can stay in the country while working for a foreign employer. The latest to join these countries is Latvia....
11 New and Emerging Post-pandemic Travel Trends
The global pandemic has had unprecedented impacts on many areas of local and global economies including the travel and tourism sector. And while the end of the pandemic seems in sight, and international tourism is expected to rebound, there are several new and...