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Category Archives: working conditions
10 Don’ts That Will Help You Avoid Workplace Dysfunction
Great piece from a colleague’s blog. John 10 Don’ts That Will Help You Avoid Workplace Dysfunction.
Posted in management issues, working conditions
Tagged coping with a new job, working environment
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Telecommuting or a nap at work, which would you pick?
I worked from home, telecommuting, for six and a half years and found it the most productive job I’ve had in a long, long time. Continue reading
Posted in management issues, Uncategorized, working conditions
Tagged power nap, telecommuting, working environment
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Dream Job — not exactly, for most of us, new poll finds
Most Americans aren’t happy in their jobs. Indeed, only 14% say they have the perfect job in a new survey commissioned by the online University of Phoenix, as reported by Reuters recently. The piece goes on to discuss how dissatisfaction … Continue reading
Job Hunting is Like Being a Face in the Crowd
An opportunity came up recently to be an extra in a major movie shooting in Chicago this summer, so I jumped at the chance to see the top levels of my new career in action. Continue reading
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Tagged Always Be Job Hunting, career changes, job hunting
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Unpaid Intern: maybe not as free as companies once hoped
Workers’ rights, such things as health insurance, retirement accounts, paid time off, are fading into the past in today’s difficult job market. So I was happy to see at least one corporate attempt to get something for nothing threatened recently. Continue reading
Posted in finding a first job, job hunting, Job search tips, working conditions
Tagged First job, internship, new job stress
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What’s the Best Job Hunting Tip? Believe in Yourself
You can’t go into interviews seeming hopeless or worthless, no one wants to hire someone who doesn’t believe in themselves. Continue reading
Posted in job hunting, Job search tips, working conditions
Tagged fighting with the boss, negativity, self-doubt
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How important is having a office to you?
It always amuses me when people start claiming some idea they have is cutting edge or a new trend. Invariably, it’s just a variation on an old idea. Such is the case these days with companies advocating open office designs, that is, putting all their workers in one big room with no individual offices. Continue reading
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Tagged office design, worker rights, working environment
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ABJH Excerpt: Making It to the Big Time
I’ve never had as good a salary or as many benefits as I did when I was in the Guild. No one person has the bargaining power that all employees speaking as one have. Continue reading
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Tagged Always Be Job Hunting, new job, the big time
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ABJH Excerpt: Learning on the Job
Looking back all these years later, I’m struck by the hubris with which I took my first management job. I really did think I knew it all and started out with that attitude, alienating people who’d been at their jobs there for decades by the time I’d arrived. Continue reading
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Tagged Always Be Job Hunting, false pride, middle manager
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Who’s the Boss? The Supreme Court is About to Tell You
It might sound like a technicality, but the court’s decision will impact your worker rights, so it’s worth keeping on eye on it to see the result. Check here for updates as they become available. Continue reading
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Tagged fighting with the boss, harassment, time to leave, worker rights
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