Weds 1st March Newsletter

Spring is officially here! 🌸

And so is today’s curated newsletter, packed with insider tips for a positive, productive and motivated Wednesday. So, make yourself a PB&J sandwich (since it’s National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day and all), and dig right in.

In today's email:

• Are 4-day workweeks the new norm? Find out here.

• LinkedIn hacks: how to build a more professional profile.

• What we’re listening to: a hit podcast.

• Daily to-do: a small tip to get you through the mid-week slump.

TALKING POINT

Are 4-day workweeks productive?

Companies across the UK have been trialing 4-day workweek for some time now. And according to a recent study, 15 per cent of trialed employees wouldn’t go back to a 5-day workweek.

“At the end of the experiment, employees reported a variety of benefits related to their sleep, stress levels, personal lives and mental health”. So, how would you feel about a four-day workweek?

To us, it sounds like a win-win. Employees have more time to run personal errands and catch up on day-to-day tasks. This makes them more productive as they won’t have to squeeze in errands around their schedule.

Sticking to a strict 40-hour schedule seems a bit ancient in today’s world. If you can complete your tasks done in 32 hours, then what’s the point of working an additional day?

It might be time for the rest of the world to follow suit and create a more flexible schedule for their employees.

— Joanna Zambas

Do you agree? Reply back and let us know your thoughts!

TODAY'S ADVICE

How to hack your LinkedIn profile

As many people have come to realize, LinkedIn is the place to be to find a job. In fact, 8 people are hired every minute using LinkedIn. Pretty cool, right?

To be successful on LinkedIn, you need a clear and engaging profile that shows your best skills and qualities. You can connect with people over the world, but if your profile isn’t just right, your success will fall flat.

Here are our top tips to hack your LinkedIn profile so you stand out for the right reasons:

1. Take a professional headshot: Profiles with photos receive 14 times more profile views. And 8 times more connection requests. They also show hiring managers that you take yourself seriously.

2. Create an eye-catching headline: Make it punchy! It’s a good idea to list your profession and your expertise. This helps potential connections know what you’re capable of.

3. Write a detailed summary: Explain how you can help employers solve their problems. Who doesn’t want a problem-solver?

4. Get endorsed: Reach out to your connections and ask them to endorse your skills. That means they can vouch for your expertise and proves you’re not tooting your own horn. In fact, 44 per cent of recruiters use the skills data to fill positions!

Here are some more tips on how to create a professional LinkedIn profile.

Did you find success through LinkedIn? Let us know what you did to make it happen!

DON'T MISS

📚 The books every entrepreneur is reading right now.

💭 10 skills you need for an easy-peasy job interview.

🎵 Can’t concentrate to study? This will be music to your ears.

🎨 How to pick a job that suits you when you’re big on character.

WEDNESDAY'S TO-DO

As we make it halfway through the week, our mind can begin to wander and daydream at the thought of the weekend.

Take some time to make plans for the weekend, whether that’s going to the cinema with a friend or on a date. It will give you something to look forward to, and the last 2 days of the week will fly by!

WATERCOOLER CHAT

The Women you should know

Today marks the beginning of Women’s History Month. So what better occasion than today to learn about some incredible women!

Though you may not have heard their names before, these women helped shape history.

1. Mary Anning (1799–1847)

Anning was a self-taught paleontologist who lived in Southwest England. Her discoveries of extinct reptiles led to big changes at the time.

2. Eunice Newton Foote (1819–1888)

Foote was an amateur scientist from Goshen, Connecticut. She was the first to work out that some gasses warm up in the sunlight and suggested that carbon dioxide levels in the air can impact the climate.

3. Lise Meitner (1878–1968)

Meitner was an Austrian-Swedish physicist. She was the first to understand, describe and name the phenomenon of nuclear fission. The nuclear reaction became the basis for atomic weapons.

4. Alice Milliat (1884-1957)

Milliat was a French athlete and activist. She made it her life's mission to achieve the full participation of women in the Olympics.

5. Katherine Johnson (1918–2020)

Johnson was one of the first Black American women to work as a NASA scientist. Through orbital mechanics calculations, she ensured NASA's first manned flight was a success.

— Electra Michaelidou

WHAT WE'RE LISTENING TO

🎧 Steven Bartlett’s "Diary of a CEO" podcast provides unfiltered stories from a range of people in the public eye. Actress Lucy Hale joins this week’s episode to talk about her eating disorders and addiction.

MEME IT

Like what you read? Reply and let us know your thoughts.

Created with care by Chris Leitch, Joanna Zambas, Hayley Ramsey and Electra Michaelidou