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10 Things I've Learned About Work In My 20s

Forbes Woman | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Working in Your 20s, Post-Graduation-Employment, Careers, Post Graduation Jobs, Working, Females at Work, Women News

As part of an ongoing series about youth in the office, I've written and published several pieces about how the Millennial generation is experiencing ...

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Taking a Permanent Vacation

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Self-Criticism, Creativity, Stress, Expectations, Working, Attitude, Writing, Intuition, Perspective, Balance, Vacation, Work-Life Balance, Criticism, Reading, State of Mind, Relaxation, Productivity, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News
Jennifer Hamady

There is nothing like a vacation. The to-do lists go away, the nagging "should" voices quiet, and time seems to slow down.

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Lila Shapiro

Online Labor Demand Rises To Pre-Recession Levels As Labor Market Slows

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Job Market, Labor Market, Unemployment, Working, Economy, Online-Job-Postings, Bls Job Numbers, Jobs, Joblessness, Online Job Search, Labor News, Business News

NEW YORK -- The unemployment rate remains high, but online demand for workers has reached levels not seen since before the recession, according to a n...

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Working, in Chicago: An Emotional Guide for New Graduates

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Bilandic, Chicago Factories, Ragan Communications, De La Salle High School, Studs Terkel, Larry Ragan, Manufacturing, First Jobs, Mark Ragan, Working, Chicago News
David Murray

"A first job may be similar to one's experience with grade school," Larry Ragan wrote in a private memoir. "It becomes engraved in the memory." And since Larry was my first boss, he is engraved in my memory.

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"Do You Really Like Living Here?" A Foreigner's Perspective on Tokyo

Jared Braiterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Resources, Creativity, Ignorance, Cultural, Being, Resilience, Executive, Inferiority, China Shift, Enviornment, Lost Decade, Tokyo, University, Professor, Government, Corpoate, Working, Modesty, Living, Identity, Japan, Bubble, Cities, Official, Green News
Jared Braiterman

(This article originally appeared in Newsweek Japan on October 28, 2010 in Japanese) "Do you really like living in Tokyo?" is a question I am often a...

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Bosshole!

Robert Sutton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bad Bosses, Workers, Boss, Working, Workplace, Work, Bosses, Slidepollajax, Good Boss Bad Boss, Work-Life Balance, Bad Boss, Good Boss, Books News
Robert Sutton

Between comments on the blog and emails from readers, I received approximately about 200 examples; although many were funny, some were just plain sick and even downright cruel.

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It's Labor Day!

Mike Bender | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Bender

They may not be blood related, but that doesn't mean they aren't family. We celebrate birthdays and holidays with our co-workers, spend long weekends ...

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The F Word: Cutting the Net When We Need It Most

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Social Security, Europe, F Word, Class War, Banks, Economy, Bailouts, Jobs, Working Class Obama, US, Grit Tv, Eu, The F Word, Unemployment, Working, Laura Flanders, Tax, Grittv, New York Times, Safety Net, Politics News
Laura Flanders

At the very time when the social safety net is most needed, investors the world over are calling it a drag on the world economy.   Here in the U....

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Should You Have Sex With Your Boss to Get Ahead?

Joy Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Working, Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts, Office, Office Relationships, Workplace Relationships, Richard Gere, Go LaLa Go, Los Angeles, China, Video, Los Angeles News
Joy Chen

The "sleep-up strategy," as one of my blog readers calls it, may sound good in theory, but the fact is that it's more likely a career-ender than a career-helper.

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Ethics in the Hive: The Case for Trust

Michael O'Malley, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coworkers, Trust, Books, The Wisdom of Bees, Working, Bees, Books News
Michael O'Malley, Ph.D.

Bees operate as if they the can depend on one another. Free of personal agendas, each individual bee works closely and smoothly without cult of personality, jealousy, or infighting.

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Culinary Scene Investigation: What's in Your Fridge?

Divya Gugnani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Culinary, The Bachelor, Divya Gugnani, Working, Fridge, Investigation, Behind the Burner, Family, Couples, Slidepollajax, Food News
Divya Gugnani

We're putting the most common fridge scenarios under the microscope and gearing up for a bona fide refrigerator raid to see how their contents may (or may not) match up to a person's own narrative.

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Manhattan's Hottest New "Office" Sits in a Hotel Lobby in No Man's Land

Matt McCue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Hotels, The Breslin, Working, Work, Manhattan Hotels, West Village, The Ace Hotel, Manhattan Office Space, Networking, New York News
Matt McCue

Welcome to the city's hottest new office, where the attractive crowd sips gourmet coffee and seems to have the greatest jobs in the world -- the kind that aren't confined to cubicles.

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'The Way We're Working Isn't Working' (POLL)

Tony Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Overworked, Book Publishing, The Way We're Working Isn't Working, Working, Arianna's Reading, Work, Books, Work-Life Balance, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep, Books News
Tony Schwartz

We're in a new kind of energy crisis -- and this one's personal. Demand is overwhelming our capacity. We're running as fast as we can, but it's inexorably burning us down.

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3 Ways to Find a Job

Blythe McGarvie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Flexible, Homework, Working, Unemployment Rate, Food Business, New Jobs, Self-Improvement, College Graduates, Business News
Blythe McGarvie

Even coming out of school, most graduates can quantify how they made a difference rather than just participate in an organization, volunteer or otherwise.

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Generational

JL Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Mtv Generation, Youth, Economy, Jobs, Millennial Generation, Facebook, Dot Com, Job Market, I Want My Mtv, Millenials, Working, Work Force, Youtube, Dotcom Boom, Generation Y, Business News
JL Silverman

The corporate ladder has rearranged itself like the staircases at Hogwarts. Now, twenty year olds can make a fortune with the Internet -- YouTube, Facebook, Google.

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A Kick in the Career: A Headhunter's Guide to the Highest-Grossing Films of 2008

Thomas Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs, Headhunting, Careers, Movie, Personalities, Movies, Working, Recruiting, Job Recruiting, Entertainment News
Thomas Stern

The protagonists of hit movies, usually conflicted about where they are in life (conflict makes for a good story after all) cannot help but reflect our own inner workings.

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Getting to Work

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Bonifer

Throughout the campaign, this idea of getting down to work told us what kind of person we'd be getting as President.

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Obama and McCain on Work and Family: What Do They Actually Stand For?

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economy, Work Life Issues, Work Life, Working, Politics News
Morra Aarons-Mele

The economic crisis has overshadowed the fact that this is the first-ever Presidential campaign in which both nominees have formally articulated how they would support work life issues.

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