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By anthony balderrama on Feb 23, 2010 in Featured, Work | 4 Comments
Talk of workplace productivity, motivation and passion (or lack thereof) typically focuses on employees and what they’re doing wrong. “Are you slacking off on the job?” “Is your bad attitude hurting your career?” (I even admit to addressing similar topics here and in articles.) Bosses are left to wonder how they can get the best [...]
By anthony balderrama on Feb 22, 2010 in Current Affairs, Featured, News | 0 Comments
We try to discuss current workplace topics as much as possible, but we can’t possibly keep up with every news item that comes out. So here’s a quick rundown of some noteworthy workplace-related items worth reading:
Panel OKs lower pay for young workers (in Arizona)
Highlights of Senate jobs bill
How to decline Facebook friends without offence
Workplace bullying: How [...]
By anthony balderrama on Feb 18, 2010 in Featured, Mature Workers, Work | 2 Comments
The standard workplace looks very different than it did a few generations ago. Technology alone has revolutionized the way most organizations function. Look beyond the contemporary furniture and laptops to see another difference: your boss. Gone is the image of your manager or boss as a curmudgeon with an ill-fitting short-sleeved, button-up, yellowing shirt with [...]
By anthony balderrama on Feb 16, 2010 in Careers, Featured, Fun Jobs, Fun stuff, Jobs | 15 Comments
Oprah, Letterman, Leno, Chelsea (and Conan, once upon a time) — all earn pretty paychecks talking. Sure, Oprah oversees a multimedia empire and Leno has his comedy career, but their primary jobs are hosting talk shows and gabbing with guests. They all have the same career — basically chitchatting in front of the world. That’s [...]
By anthony balderrama on Feb 15, 2010 in Career Advice, Featured, Job Search | 37 Comments
At a glance, you can quickly see that our culture is fixated on tests. From tests for children whose overachieving parents want to get them into exclusive day cares to students playing the college admissions game, people are filling in bubbles left and right these days. And I guarantee that most of us have had [...]
By anthony balderrama on Feb 12, 2010 in Featured, Job Search | 16 Comments
You might have read fellow Work Buzzer Kate Lorenz’s article on strange things written in cover letters and résumés. As expected, hiring managers and employers have seen some pretty bizarre things. A couple of examples:
“One of the weirdest résumés I ever received was from someone who had a statement at the top about how dependable [...]
By anthony balderrama on Feb 11, 2010 in Featured, Fun stuff, Pop culture | 4 Comments
Do you hear something? It’s the sound of proud citizens around the globe puffing their chests as athletes from their nation head to the Olympics. *hums national anthem*
Every two years, either the summer or winter games dominate our TV viewing for two weeks. Events we wouldn’t normally give two hoots about suddenly must be recorded. [...]
By anthony balderrama on Feb 9, 2010 in Featured, Jobs, Telecommuting | 16 Comments
Working from home isn’t exactly a new concept, so I was surprised to see it was a headline story on NPR today. Then I read the actual story, which is yet another lesson not to judge a book by its cover or an article by its headline. Adam Hochberg’s article and the accompanying audio story [...]
By anthony balderrama on Feb 8, 2010 in Featured, Fun stuff, Super Bowl | 2 Comments
If you’re one of the people who tuned into the big game yesterday–and seeing as the audience is expected to top 100 million people, you probably were a viewer–you saw a heck of a game. And by now everyone accepts the fact that the commercials are just as much of a draw as the game [...]
By anthony balderrama on Feb 4, 2010 in Featured, Fun stuff, Work | 24 Comments
Co-workers can really make or break a workplace. A bad boss can make your life miserable, yes, but at least you can commiserate with your fellow disgruntled colleagues. In most situations, they are the ones sitting next to you eight hours a day. They engage in idle chitchat with you and exchange e-mails with you [...]
