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Category: WorkBy Kaitlin Madden on Aug 4, 2010 in Career Advice, Featured, Work | 289 Comments
Office politics are present in most workplaces. Every party has a pooper and every office has a brown-noser. Such is life. Yet — as annoying and superficial as butt-kissing may seem — there may be a thing or two to be learned from the office politico. For instance, it never hurts to get to know [...]
By anthony balderrama on Jul 15, 2010 in Featured, Office Etiquette, Work | 6 Comments
Workplaces often get described as a battle of good and evil. A demanding boss or a jealous co-worker who make your professional existence miserable. These people are actively harming you, and your career can suffer because of them. Yet, not all co-workers who get on your nerves are bad people. These colleagues are often nice [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Jul 12, 2010 in Employment, Employment Trends, Featured, Work | 4 Comments
What do ferryboats, tattoos and running 26.2 miles have in common? According to some experts, they are just a handful of industries that are showing the most promise these days. Over the last two-and-a-half years, we’ve written a lot on recession-proof jobs and the future’s most-wanted workers, but boy were we missing some. Some of [...]
By Kaitlin Madden on Jun 25, 2010 in Featured, Fun stuff, Work | 14 Comments
That’s right; today companies everywhere will be allowing dog owners to bring their four-legged BFFs to the workplace. Although I personally think this is a great idea, since I love dogs, I can see how take your dog to work day might raise some office controversy for the canine-aversive. As someone with a serious cat [...]
By anthony balderrama on Apr 28, 2010 in Featured, Work | 25 Comments
As we’ve mentioned before, co-workers play important roles on your workplace experience. They, at the very least, can annoy you. They can make life better (or at least more romantic). And they can just be weird. According to Linnda Durré, Ph.D., co-workers can also be toxic. She doesn’t mean they get on your nerves, but [...]
By anthony balderrama on Apr 16, 2010 in Featured, Office Etiquette, Work | 17 Comments
Two excellent blogs (Lifehacker and Boing Boing) I often read posted this video clip of Jason Fried, the co-founder of 37signals. On the surface it’s a pretty lame starting point for a blog post, I admit–a guy talks into a camera for six minutes. However, the video’s worth watching because Fried suggests that IM, e-mail [...]
By anthony balderrama on Mar 30, 2010 in Featured, Job Search, Jobs, Mature Workers, Work | 164 Comments
Of the many things the recession messed up — and I think we can all agree it really ruined a lot — plans were the biggest victim. Once the economy went kaput, your future suddenly became a little less certain. Could you afford to maintain your lifestyle? Was it the best time to switch jobs? [...]
By anthony balderrama on Mar 23, 2010 in Featured, News, Work | 590 Comments
The people we work with are so many things to us. Heck, even our question of the week invites you to ask us your questions about co-workers! And just on this blog alone we’ve learned the following about colleagues: They keep us from feeling alienated. They gamble with us. They make for good dates (sometimes). [...]
By anthony balderrama on Mar 11, 2010 in Current Affairs, Featured, Fun stuff, Work | 26 Comments
Few things unite co-workers like a good, old-fashioned office pool. Can you pick the date Ellen will have her baby? What about the baby’s sex and name? How many days in a row will Bob wear the same pants? How long can Fred go without checking his smart phone in a meeting? It seems workers will bet on everything and anything – [...]
By anthony balderrama on Feb 25, 2010 in Employment Trends, Featured, Work | 4 Comments
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 [...]
