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Sarah Dixon

Fractional Business Development Manager

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Sarah Dixon, Senior Bid Manager and Writer, stands out as a remote work advocate, and thought leader. Her expertise extends to persuasive writing, where she combines strategic business development with effective communication skills. Sarah's role involves driving business growth through innovative strategies, with a special emphasis on leveraging the benefits of remote work.

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  • Digital Workforce
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  • Remote Work Solutions and Management

All posts by Sarah Dixon

Published September 5, 2018

Best Remote Work Tools – Video Conferencing

If you have voice and email, you’ve got it covered, right? Wrong. If you try and manage a remote team that way, you’ll be missing out on all the nonverbal cues that help understanding. It’s like flying blind. When you’re talking to someone on your team, or they’re talking to each other, expression and gestures are important. As you can’t get everyone in a room together, video conferencing is the next best option. Here’s our pick of the best.

Published August 13, 2018

Looking After Your Remote Team

Not long ago there was a rash of articles which claimed that remote workers were unhappy, if not downright paranoid. So here’s the good news: not one of the problems identified is actually a problem with remote working. They’re signs that not all managers are doing the best job at looking after their remote team. Don’t believe us? Here’s the breakdown.

Published June 27, 2018

Great Expectations – How to Get your Remote Team on the Same Page

Making sure that everyone knows what is expected of them is management 101. It’s taught in all those slick ‘even an idiot like you can be a manager’ books, and in every training course on the subject. And yet, a surprising number of projects go awry because expectations weren’t set effectively. Here are some thoughts on getting your remote team all on the same page.

Published June 15, 2018

How To Measure Remote Team Happiness – A Key For Effective Work

Fact: happy staff is more productive. It’s not that we’re monsters who only care about deadlines and deliverables, it’s just that the positive side effects of happiness are a gift we’d be foolish to turn down. So here’s our quick guide on how to measure happiness – and reap the rewards!

Published May 28, 2018

Interviewing and Testing Out New Hires for Remote Work

For many managers, setting up a remote team is daunting. Figuring out how to do familiar things like interviewing, or testing your new hire’s capabilities remotely can be difficult.

Published March 19, 2018

Struggling to Hire a Developer? Here’s Our Guide to IT Remote Hiring

The pandemic shifted the way people worked. Currently, more and more companies are implementing hybrid work models where employees can work both remotely and from […]

Published March 19, 2018

Adding New Teams Into Your Remote Process

So, you’ve come to your senses and decided to hire a developer or two to work on your next project remotely. Congratulations! You’ve just made […]

Published January 8, 2018

Research vs Experience: How do studies on remote working compare to reality?

At DistantJob we’ve gained our expertise in remote working the hard way. We don’t just specialize in finding the best global talent for your software […]

Published November 1, 2017

Is Working from Home a Perk?

One of my pet bugbears about working from home is how many people miss out the ‘working’ part when they think about what your day. […]

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