When I talk to Boomers who are working, there’s a palatable fear that if they lose their jobs, they’ll never find another one. There’s good cause for their concern. According to Forbes nearly 40 percent of unemployed Americans—roughly 4.8 million people—have been jobless for six months or longer. About half of them are over age 50.
Open offices are all the rage these days and while they have their advantages, they also cause employees plenty of stress and can make it hard to focus. Heidi Hanna, a fellow with the American Institute of Stress, offers solutions to four common open-office irritations.
A CareerBuilder survey identified 10 professions that seem to invite weight gain, usually because of prolonged sitting, on-the-job stress or frequent, high-calorie working lunches.
June 14, 2013
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Q. There is too much space between the lines of my recipients’ address in a letter. How can I tighten it up?
After reading Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, Amy Keyishian, an author at LearnVest, summarized eight nice behaviors that Sandberg says women—and men—must avoid in the workplace if they want to get ahead.
Ralph Waldo Emerson is usually remembered as an American poet and philosopher, not a career-development expert. Yet, the philosophy of self-reliance that Emerson developed with his friend Henry David Thoreau offers a blueprint for accomplishing remarkable things in life.
Q: “When I pass certain senior managers in the hall, they walk right by me and avoid eye contact. Sometimes they exhibit aggressive body language, such as failing to adjust their walk path when approaching me. We’ve been introduced, so their lack of common courtesy seems strange. I’m not sure how to interpret their actions or how to react without seeming either too aloof or too forward. What do you think?” New & Ignored
People fall under four “behavioral styles” based on what motivates them. Understanding your behavioral style and learning to identify and adapt to others’ can help you communicate better, writes Ivan Misner of BNI, a business-networking organization.
If your team isn’t sitting in the same office or even the same state, you may need some new management practices to keep things running smoothly. Try these tips from Travefy co-founder David Donner Chait.
If you’re using Windows 8 and want a great way to keep track of your to-do list, you should try an application called Qool, writes Dave Johnson, editor of eHow Tech.
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