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Nilofer Merchant – Got a meeting? Take a walk
Nice idea, I will start trying this. Exercise saves lives.
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Tagged employment, excercise, health, jobs, meeting, productivity, TED, video
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Now They Want to Take Away the 8-Hour Day and 40-Hour Week
By Dave Johnson Republicans are trying to pass an “alternative” to overtime pay. This is really about taking away the eight-hour workday and 40-hour workweek. Will weekends be next? What about an “alternative” to paying workers at all? House Republicans … Continue reading
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Tagged Eight-hour day, employment, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, jobs, law, Overtime, politics, republican, United States, Working time
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U.S. Jobless Claims Fall To 324,000, The Lowest Level In Five Years
By Christopher S. Rugaber The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to seasonally adjusted 324,000, the lowest since January 2008. The drop points to fewer layoffs and possibly more hiring. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly … Continue reading
The 10 Worst Communication Mistakes For Your Career
By Jenna Goudreau “How do you signal to the world you’re leadership material?” asks Sylvia Ann Hewlett, an economist and the founding president of the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) in New York. “You don’t get a shot at being … Continue reading
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Tagged business, communication, employment, Forbes, jobs, New York, work
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Tattoos No Longer A Kiss Of Death In The Workplace
by Rachel Hennessey “Now you’re never going to get a job!” Almost everyone in the 14% pool of tattooed Americans has heard something like this from a relative or friend. But as the number of inked Americans grows, is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bodyart, business, employment, Image Galleries, jobs, Tattoo, work
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Do Psychopaths Get Promoted Faster?
By Drake Baer It’s as catchy as a pop song: Your boss is an axe-wielding psychopath, a Pat or Pattie Bateman just waiting for the right time to strike. The argument crops up in business tomes from time to time … Continue reading
Your Employees Are Probably Job Hunting Right Now
By Venessa Wong It’s Tuesday, which means there’s a good chance some of your employees already have looked for another job this week. Data provided to Businessweek.com from job sites Indeed.com, Glassdoor.com, and Simplyhired.com show that Mondays and Tuesdays are … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloomberg Businessweek, employment, Indeed, Indeed.com, IP address, job hunt, job search, jobs, Simply Hired
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8 New Ways To Look For A Job
By Marty Nemko Sometimes it feels that job searching hasn’t changed in eons: Write a resume, network, answer ads, interview. And you’ve been using just those to land a job without success. So you’re craving something new. Even in our … Continue reading
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Tagged employment, facebook, Google, Job hunting, jobs, linkedin, Marty Nemko, social media, twitter
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Young Adults With Autism Can Thrive In High-Tech Jobs
By Lauren Silverman The job hunt is complicated enough for most high school and college graduates — and even tougher for the growing number of young people on the autism spectrum. Despite the obstacles that people with autism face trying to … Continue reading
Jobs keep creeping out of downtowns
By Haya El Nasser The recession put the brakes on job growth but did nothing to reverse a decades-long trend: job sprawl. Despite the economic slump, the share of metropolitan areas’ jobs farther from downtowns increased from 2000 to 2010, … Continue reading
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