We asked leaders who’ve made remote-work effective at their organizations to share their stories, lessons, and insights with us below.

Hosanna Rull

If I think long and hard about how I became efficient at working from home, I would say it all started back in college. I just love what I do so much, I would create mock websites and mock designs on my spare time. When I had a 9-5 job, I always had freelance work coming in. So coming home from work and getting back to work on my laptop was the norm for me. When I got laid off from my job, I had so much freelance work coming in I didn’t even have time to look for another job. That’s when I realized I could actually make this work full time if I just put more effort into it. Read more>>

Regina Gerrato

During the pandemic we needed to make a change to virtual consultations. Prior to this, I had been working with a handful of students that were out of the California area. Working by zoom was not something new to my company. The change was that I would be working 100 percent virtually. The challenge would be to provide my clients with a personal experience while still working virtually. Since my work focuses on helping students to identify a college major, and making some important life decisions, there is a counseling component to the work. Students usually take a few months to develop a relationship with a counselor. Read more>>