Prevent Vacation, Missed Work Downtime

Preventing vacation downtime is a challenge during the heavy summer vacation time. No matter where you are in the world, however, you can profit from the ideas in these two articles ...

Ten Tips to Prevent Vacation Downtime. The writer, Thomas F. O'Leary, is in Ireland, so you'll get a worldwide perspective.

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