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Category: FeaturedBy anthony balderrama on Feb 25, 2010 in Employment Trends, Featured, Work | 1 Comment
Millennials get a lot of attention these days. For some strange reason everyone seems to be fascinated with the current crop of young workers. Maybe we’re all taking Whitney Houston too seriously when she sings that the children are our future. Regardless, you can’t pick up a newspaper or blog (including this one) without reading [...]
By anthony balderrama on Feb 24, 2010 in Career Advice, Featured, Interviews, Job Search | 8 Comments
When I look back at pictures of myself from years ago — specifically the 1980s — I cringe. The jeans, the ill-fitting shirts, the hair gel. At the time I thought I looked cool and no one told me otherwise. Alas, the pictures do not lie. I have the same feelings about my earliest job [...]
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 | 38 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 | 17 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 Kate Lorenz on Feb 10, 2010 in Employment Trends, Featured, Pop culture, Work/Life | 6 Comments
When you think of TV’s most famous romantic duos — Jim and Pam, McDreamy and Meredith, Turk and Carla, Sam and Diane, Mr. Burns and Smithers – they all have one thing in common: They met on the job.
But when it comes to finding love, it’s not just reserved for primetime. Regardless of the economy, [...]
