How many times have you started a new job vowing it would be different and ended up sadly disappointed? If so, chances are good you’re not alone. One of the unfortunate realities of the corporate workplace is that that dysfunction gets spread from company to company as management moves around. It makes sense. According to …
A recent report in the New York Times stated that local TV newscasts are expanding. According to Bob Papper, a Hofstra University professor who surveys local television staffs, “the average amount of news went up 18 minutes per weekday in 2010. I suspect we could see an even bigger jump in 2011.” While it’s always …
As we navigate through the changes that are occurring in the workplace I think it’s important to consider your options with an eye toward lifetime employability, not lifetime employment. “Where the jobs are” has become a critical focus for many and the news media regularly reports on the sectors that have created jobs, usually in …
Expert explains how to prioritize and manage the flow of old-fashioned, low-tech ‘stuff’ in the digital age New York, NY – July 20, 2011 – Sure, most of us rarely put pen to paper on the job these days, but we’re still drowning in files, folders, and reports. Even in the digital age, we’re hanging …
Sound bites can provide a career boost or on-the-job help New York, NY – July 1, 2011 – An expert in career strategies and corporate life says we can get a career boost or help on the job from ‘sound bites’ The media has conditioned us to expect information in manageable sound bites, and most …
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How you talk about it may help you land your next job New York, NY – July 1, 2011 – The last thing you want to do is tell people you’ve been fired or laid-off, but one expert says your story about getting the boot can be the first step to a new job. Career …
I recently read The Art of Racing in the Rain which references racing truisms as analogies for life. I keep thinking about “the car goes where your eyes go” and wondering how much all of us are influenced by the anger that drives so much of what surrounds us. It’s not just the media—although there …
Expert says taking time off can be a great career move by ‘working’ it New York, NY – June 13, 2011 – You know lots of people without jobs, and others whose job situations are precarious, at best. Should you leave the office for that long-planned summer vacation, or play it safe and stick around? …
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Given how the American Dream has been reinterpreted over the past few decades, I sure hope so. As we prepare to honor those who have died in service to our country, I’ve been reflecting on the ideals they defended–life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness chief among them. There seems to be little disagreement, even …
The New York Times recently reported that Somerville Massachusetts added the question “How happy do you feel right now?” to their census in an effort to become the first city in the US to systematically track people’s happiness. Whether measuring happiness is the “right” parameter on which to judge is anyone’s guess—it certainly opens one …
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