In order to reduce the spread of the corona virus, many employees are expected to work from home. How can you realize working from home as practically as possible and what are useful tools? This article answers all your questions about working from home.
Optimal working from home
Now that working from home is a fact for the majority of people, a lot of issues have arisen on this subject. For some employees, working from home is not really practical. In addition, there are plenty of people who have little or no experience working from home. How do you ensure that your activity does not deteriorate drastically? There are enough technical resources to ensure that working from home does not have an effect on employee productivity. There are plenty of tools to keep in close contact with each other. Microsoft Teams of Slack can contribute to this. It can also help to install WhatsApp on your PC. This allows you to run multiple processes on the same device, which helps keep productivity high.
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Decorate working from home
Setting up your workspace is essential to work at home in the best possible way. It is wise to realize an office space for yourself. A setup with a laptop or computer with an extra screen, for example. A second screen is ideal for working from home. This way you can continue to communicate with colleagues on one screen, while you are doing work on the other screen. IFTTT also allows you to automate enough things. This allows you to automatically send emails when you miss a call or set a reminder for important emails. Below you can read how to work with two screens and optimize working from home with IFTTT. Are you running into problems like a non-working monitor or keyboard? We can well imagine that you have optimally arranged your workplace at the office. You might have some startup problems at home. Then read our solutions below.
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Working with two screens
Working from home with IFTTT
Display does not work properly
Solve keyboard problems
Useful tools for working from home
Fortunately, today there are enough tools and programs to make working from home better. We previously discussed communication tools such as Slack and Microsoft Teams. Since we prefer not to be physically present at the office at the moment, the demand for video calling has increased significantly. With programs such as Zoom and Skype it is perfectly possible to hold meetings or other business meetings. It is also possible to send large files to each other, or to set up a shared cloud. This way you can continue to share important information with colleagues.
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Better internet connection
To keep in close contact with colleagues it is very important to have a good working internet connection at home. A fast network connection is very welcome for both video calling and uploading files. There are plenty of little things you can do to get better WiFi in your home. You can buy a new router or work with dongles. Using a VPN can also help. A VPN is an encrypted connection that is ideal for when you want to enter the company network. Below we explain when and why you should use a VPN.
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