Whether through remote work from an employer or in pursuing a new business venture, remote working continues to thrive. The shift offers more flexibility and autonomy. However, it reduces in-person networking, which is often responsible for career advancement. A coworking community offers multiple career-boosting benefits to help you reach success, particularly for remote employees and freelancers suffering from the lack of peer interaction.
Improves Your Time Management
Coworking spaces provide a hybrid experience that blends the flexibility and autonomy of remote working with the calming structure and professionalism of a traditional office. This allows members time to work without the distractions often found at home. Thus creating an environment that supports professional focus.
Surrounding yourself with other motivated entrepreneurs can naturally encourage you to maximize the use of your time. Further, it can keep your drive for success at maximum levels while holding you accountable for the use of your time.
Traveling to and from a separate work location can also help remote workers establish a healthier boundary with work obligations. Even a small commute can help create a definitive start and end time. You can then recharge at home, feeling more engaged and connected with the professionals around you.
Builds Your Network with a Coworking Community
The availability of equipment and office space can push freelancers or remote workers to the next level. But, the potential professional connections are the real asset. Professionals sharing the facility make up the coworking community and naturally provide a unique networking opportunity.
Planned social activities, like happy hours and member events, are in place to deepen connections between members. Use these (free) opportunities to build your professional network and expand your knowledge pool across multiple industries. If any of these new contacts need the services or products you provide, it can potentially increase revenue.
Your expanded network can also provide information or services you might need in areas outside your expertise. Still, plenty of networking opportunities within the Bend-area community are worth considering outside of the member pool.
Offers Self-Development Opportunities
Spaces dedicated to unaffiliated working professionals automatically offer a boost in the professional development of members. Typically, this happens through the influence they have on each other. However, coworking spaces often take this one step further by scheduling workshops and events with industry leaders. Taking advantage of these opportunities provides you with expert perspectives and strategies that can drive your own business.
Start Building Community Connections
A coworking facility provides efficiency for freelancers, business owners, and remote workers in a professional setting. By offering general office amenities, these spaces create an environment for productivity. But, the biggest benefit is the networking the coworking community offers. If you’re feeling the slump from working from home and are ready to kick-start yourself back into peak motivation, try out coworking and see if it’s right for you. Start with our trial membership at just $175 to see its impact on your career!
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