How To Find A Mentor While Remote | 5 Ways To Find Your Focus | Advice For Avoiding Burnout

Plus: Remote work and its impact on gender equality

Over the course of your career, it’s likely you’ve read dozens of articles touting the importance of mentorship. But do you actually have such a relationship? If not, there’s no time like the present to start one. While it may be more challenging to find a mentor when working from home, it’s not impossible. Just keep these five tips in mind.

Before you reach out, refresh your digital footprint. This step is especially important if you don’t have a preexisting relationship with your prospective mentor. When you’re working remotely and not able to have an in-person meeting, you have to take care to ensure that your online presence—including, but not limited to, your social media profiles—will make a positive first impression and showcase who you are, what you do and all that you bring to the table.

And here’s more on everything you need to know about working from home during the coronavirus pandemic.

For more on working and leading from home, check out our guide, updated daily.

The Telecommuter's Toolkit

There are two types of telecommuters—those who use remote work to find balance, and those who use it to log more hours on the job. If you belong to the latter group, it’s likely you’re on the fast-track to burning out. Here are 10 ways to reduce your risk.

As the coronavirus has forced a swift shift to remote work, cybercriminals have sought to take advantage of the disruption. Protect your data against sophisticated scams by heeding this expert advice.

Slowly but surely, managers have come to see that there’s no relationship between hours spent sitting at a desk and productivity. Now, if they could just go one step further, accepting remote work as the norm, rather than the exception, the implications for gender equality could be significant.

The Break Room

Keys, phone, wallet? Check, check, check. Grab your mask, and you’re ready to leave home. But what about the kids? Here’s what parents need to know.

Forbes Advisor: Understanding liquidity and having liquid assets on hand is a key part of your financial strategy. Learn about your options in our guide to liquid assets.

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