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We’re all brands now: how to build a personal brand, pt. 1

Establishing your personal brand goes beyond a hashtag. A bit of “behind the scenes” content for you: Sandy’s been growing at a wild clip over the past 2 years (thank you remote work boom!) and this Summer, we’ve been taking a close look at our branding to see where we need to make some …

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Leadership Guidance

We’re Talking About… Do Love Languages Belong at Work?

When conversation heats up in the work-world, we’re listening to learn and bring you the topics worth talking about. Here’s one you might want to think about! The 5 Languages of Love. Chances are, you’ve heard of the idea. Gary Chapman’s book, published in 1992, took the self-help world by storm. The idea of …

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Sandy Hot Take: No, You’re Not Crazy… Your Values May Be Changing!

There’s a Yiddish word, “shvach” which means to feel “weak, listless, enervated, slightly nauseated.” Without knowing the word, thousands and thousands of people are feeling shvach every day about the jobs and careers they used to love before the pandemic. Where once they felt excited and energized, now there are entire sections of the workforce …

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We’re Talking About… 40+ Workers and the Great Resignation

The latest group of folks to jump on the Great Resignation bandwagon isn’t who you imagine it is – it’s middle-aged workers with lots of tenure and the financial means to pursue the things in life that truly matter to them! The pandemic impacted the way all of us work. As employers are starting to …

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Sandy Hot Take: Do You Need a “Wife” to be Successful?

Sometimes we learn really cool things from really cool people. When we do, we consider it our job to share it with you so that you can do some thinking and dig deeper for yourself! Anne Helen Peterson is one of our favorite thought leaders in areas at the intersection of work and culture. This …

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We’re Talking About… The Power of Pay Transparency

Do you know how much your colleagues are making? What the person who did your exact job before you took home for pay and benefits? We’re betting you don’t. Mostly, because people seem to be pretty uncomfortable with talking about how much money they make. But, also, because keeping salary info “on the down low” …

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Sandy Hot Take: Can people do MORE with LESS time?

“There has been no correlation between working more hours and better productivity.” This is what Democratic Assembly member Cristina Garcia, is quoted as saying in a recent article on CNBC. As a freelance worker, this is a truth you may be living personally – it may even be one of the reasons you left the …

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Stretch into the Future with Elastic Teams

We’ve all seen the #GreatResignation news – people are leaving their jobs by the millions in search of work with more meaning, more time with loved ones, and sure – more money. This is on top of the decade-long trend of top-tier creatives and marketers leaving their traditional ad agency jobs in favor of freelance …

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Adapt to thrive: Remote onboarding tips

The pandemic has shifted SO much of the way we do things (er, understatement of the year?), and the trend that pretty much every hiring manager is talking about these days is what’s called “The Great Resignation”. After more than a year of “sheltering in job”, we’re seeing millions of US-based workers making career moves. …

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