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The best comments of 2010

We appreciate all of our readers. But sometimes, we appreciate your comments even more. Since it’s the very last day of 2010, here is wrap up of some of the best reader comments of the year.

You shared some funny stories about calling in sick …

“I was running some surround sound speaker wire through the attic and fell through the ceiling right into the house; I had to wait for the repair man to come over the next day to repair the hole where my body had went through …  my boss said he believed me because it was too absurd not to be true.” -Michael, on “A chicken attacked my mom, and other reasons you called in sick”

“I had a co-worker who had stayed up partying all night and called in drunk. Continue reading

By in News and trends

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Performance reviews: Giving good feedback and bad

A new year means resolutions, goals and reflections. For most workers, the start of the new year also brings with it that potentially good, possibly awful, probably-awkward-either-way little chat that occurs between managers and their direct reports every first quarter. The annual performance review. Continue reading

By in Co-workers, The right job

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More employers plan to hire in 2011

As each year winds down and the dropping of the Times Square ball gets closer, you can’t help but be a little reflective. Best-of lists that populate every blog and newspaper—ahem–and most of December seems to be about looking back rather than looking ahead. Continue reading

By in How to search, Surveys, The right job, Who's hiring

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Companies hiring this week

And so we arrive at the last week of 2010. The economy continues to take baby steps toward a better state and hiring looks brighter than it did a year ago. If you’re comparing today’s outlook to 2008′s, things are much better. Continue reading

By in How to search, The right job

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Are you a workaholic? If so, you’re not alone

One of the many—and we do mean many—downsides to the Great Recession came in the form of longer hours and more responsibility for workers who survived layoffs. When employees were let go, many companies didn’t also decrease the amount of work they needed done. Continue reading

By in The right job, Work from home, Work/Life

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Injuries: Just part of the job in some industries?

In November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual report on non-fatal injuries and illnesses suffered by workers on-the-job. Topping the list of injury prone industries were protective services, landscaping and groundskeeping, health care, and transportation and warehousing. Continue reading

By in Co-workers, News and trends

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