Are you a workaholic?
In Five Signals that You May Be a Workaholic, an article by Dana Mattioli for Career Journal.com,, she outlines several criteria to help determine if you are, indeed, a workaholic, or if you are just...
View ArticleBaby Boomers Retire – Possible Impact for the Rest of Us!
An article in the January 14th issue of The Wall Street Journal suggested that companies prepare for looming baby boomer retirements by, among other things, offering flexible work schedules in an...
View ArticleCan Being Too Happy Hurt Your Career?
From BusinessWeek, February 11, 2008… Researchers from several large universities determined that people who rate themselves as an 8 on a happiness scale of 10 (ten being the most happy), actually...
View ArticleBoomers Retire – A Brave New Work World?
Tammy Erickson of Harvard Business Online recently wrote about the changes that may be coming as a result of baby boomers reaching retirement age. I’ve written about how the workplace may need to...
View ArticleIs Your Head Spinning?
Wednesday. Hump day. The only thing I can think to say is “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” It seems as if every post in the past week has been about change. Resumes may be...
View ArticleBalance or Blend for Your Job Hunt – Which is Desirable?
Subtitle: Separate but Not Equal? In a post in her Shifting Careers column last week, Marci Alboher links to a blog by Venkatesh Rao, ribbonfarm.com. Rao illustrates work-life balance vs. work-life...
View ArticleWork Making You Tired? Seek a Job With This Great Perk!
Newsweek reports that about 37% of Americans nap during the day. (Presumably, this does not include the toddler set.) Apparently, workers regularly sleep in their cars, in storage rooms, at the gym or...
View ArticleWhy Use Twitter?
As a regular Twitter user, I have become a big fan of the micro-blogging platform that invites you to share thoughts in pithy, 140-character blasts. Chances are, you: Have never heard of Twitter. Have...
View ArticleAsk for What You Want At Work. Or: Don’t Ask for Orange Juice if You Want...
Have you ever known someone who doesn’t ever seem to know just what he or she wants? I know someone like that. In fact, I know him really well. He’s my 2-year old. He is in a constant state of not...
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