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Category: WorkBy anthony balderrama on Mar 11, 2010 in Current Affairs, Featured, Fun stuff, Work | 0 Comments
Are you excited for March Madness? More excited than everyone else you know? Want to bet on it? Before you answer that, you should probably check your company’s guidelines first.
By 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 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 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 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 [...]
By anthony balderrama on Dec 15, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff, Work | 5 Comments
(I’m going to avoid temperature puns…even though I really, really want to employ them.)
Earlier this year, some of my co-workers and I moved our desks from one side of the floor to another. We moved approximately 75 feet, which seems like a negligible distance. Little did we realize we moved 75 feet closer to the [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Dec 9, 2009 in Career Advice, Featured, Job Surveys, Video, Work | 10 Comments
Over the years I’ve attended all kinds of work holiday parties. From the afternoon punch and cookies where you just have to show your face for five minutes, to the intimate and extravagant fine dining meal, to the huge blowout with endless food, open bar, chocolate fountains and partying until the wee hours of the morning. This [...]
By anthony balderrama on Nov 24, 2009 in Featured, Job Surveys, Work | 5 Comments
Here at The Work Buzz, we don’t judge. Nor do we lie. Therefore, when CareerBuilder’s new survey reports that 32 percent of workers plan to holiday shop online while on the job, we’re not shocked. That figure is up from last year’s 29 percent, by the way.
Believe it or not, you boss knows you’re shopping [...]
By anthony balderrama on Nov 17, 2009 in Featured, Work | 17 Comments
Our friends over at The Hiring Site recently asked recruiters and hiring managers to explain what makes a good leader. They compiled the responses and created an excellent, 11-point list of qualities that define a true leader. Among the many traits are integrity, communication, confidence and passion.
By anthony balderrama on Nov 9, 2009 in Current Affairs, Featured, Work | 2 Comments
H1N1 is to 2009 what El Niño was to 1998. Granted, H1N1 is more serious and seems to be an actual issue to care about, but because we’ve been hearing about it since early spring, we’re almost numb to the issue. Whether or not you decide to get the vaccine for you or your child [...]
