Staying Healthy While Working the Graveyard Shift

Staying Healthy While Working the Graveyard Shift: Tips for Virtual Employees

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Working the graveyard shift comes with unique challenges—disrupted sleep, irregular meals, and limited sunlight can take a toll on your health over time. However, with the right habits, you can stay energized, productive, and well-balanced even while working overnight. Here are practical tips to help you stay healthy while thriving in a night shift setup: […]

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Mastering Availability: Tips & Tricks for Virtual Employees to Stay Reliable and Responsive

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When working remotely, one of the most valuable traits you can offer as a virtual employee is availability. More than just being online, availability means being present, responsive, and dependable when your client or team needs you. In a virtual environment where communication happens through screens and messages, your ability to show up consistently builds

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Sustainable Work-From-Home Practices: How Virtual Employees Can Make a Difference This Earth Month

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We often associate sustainability with big actions—planting trees, reducing plastic use, or participating in community clean-ups. But what if making a positive impact on the planet could start right at your workspace? As a virtual employee, your home office is more than just a place to work—it’s an opportunity to adopt eco-friendly habits that contribute

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She Chases Euphoria Every Shift: And That’s Why She Won Her Client’s Employee of the Year 

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Ruby loves that her work includes “euphoria” on a regular basis. It comes when a ticket closes, a problem is solved, and she knows she’s helped someone. That feeling hits her every single time. And she’s addicted to it.  “Whenever I finish a ticket, whenever I help someone solve their ticket, I have that joy,” said the HireSmart virtual employee. “I have that feeling of euphoria that I wanted more. I wanted to

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A Decade of Impact: Celebrating HireSmart’s Hannah

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When Hannah joined HireSmart Virtual Employees on March 23, 2016, she was looking for stability, flexibility, and an opportunity to grow while working from home. Ten years later, she has built a remarkable career and now serves as the company’s Director of Training—playing a key role in shaping the success of every new Virtual Employee

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SMARTER LEADERSHIP CLASS: How Intentionality Helped Sarah Find Her Voice 

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Sarah O. signed up for HireSmart’s SMARTER Leadership Academy thinking it would make her a better team leader. What she didn’t expect was that learning to be intentional at work would change how she showed up as a mom, as a wife, as a person. The program was supposed to help her manage seven people.

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SMARTER LEADERSHIP CLASS: The Confidence That Came From Taking a Leap 

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As the eldest of seven siblings and the family’s breadwinner, Camille B. was already juggling a lot. But when she saw the chance to join HireSmart’s SMARTER Leadership Academy, she saw it not as another obligation but as an investment in the person she wanted to become. That decision is already paying dividends.  Camille started

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SMARTER LEADERSHIP CLASS: ‘I’m Not the Person I Was Before’: France’s Leadership Journey 

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France Cabognason sat in the SMARTER Leadership Academy class, listening to her fellow virtual employees share personal stories. She wanted to speak up, to share her own experiences, but anxiety held her back.  But as the program continued, something shifted. By the end, she wasn’t just sharing. She was leading her own circle of virtual

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SMARTER LEADERSHIP CLASS: How One Lesson on ‘Big Rocks’ Became a Blueprint for Leadership 

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Every Monday as her work week begins, Rebecca Anthony does something that has transformed her nearly seven-year career with HireSmart: she blocks 30 minutes on her calendar to think about her “big rocks” for the week, a practice she learned in Anne Lackey’s SMARTER Leadership program that she now applies to everything from managing her

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SMARTER LEADERSHIP CLASS: She Made a Vision Board in July; Two Goals Came True by September 

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Ruby Ann Gonzales didn’t hesitate when she heard about HireSmart’s Leadership Academy. As a Client Accounting Specialist for a U.S. community association management agency, Ruby had already found professional satisfaction in her role. But when she heard fellow virtual employee, Ner Jan (Nerry) Ramos, share how the leadership class changed her life, Ruby knew she

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