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YouTube Video Vortex: The Giant Panda Edition

Millie Kerr | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Youtube, Giant Pandas, Cute Animals, Animals, Technology, Work, Pandas, Cute Animal Videos, Comedy News
Millie Kerr

It may not look pretty, but things runs smoothly within my little West Village office/abode. The main difficulty I encounter, besides paper jams I can't fix and money I can't seem to earn, stems from the sheer number of animals who've make their way to YouTube clips.

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Why Women Slackers Are More Productive at Work

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Female CEOs, Female Leadership, Work Hours, Happiness at Work, Work, Books, Work Satisfaction, Compensation, Business, Slackers, Best Buy, Women at Work, Working Women, Female Productivity, Business News
Dr. Sasha Galbraith

In an ideal world, companies would pay for performance and performance usually equals outcomes -- not hours worked. Who's to say that when you're sitting at your desk in your office you're actually doing meaningful work?

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Mother's Day Pledge: Let's End the Mommy Wars

Nancy Graham Holm | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Stipends for Children, Women, Work, Mother's Day, Childcare, Denmark, Mothers, Scandnavia, Parents News
Nancy Graham Holm

t's difficult explaining to Europeans how a nation that claims to honor "family values" does not have policies that honor the family. Mother's Day should be a call for action.

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What Does "Out of the Box Thinking" Really Mean?

Liz Ryan | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Creativity, Initiative, Work, Out of the Box, Problem Solving Business, Creativity Business, Business News
Liz Ryan

Once we climb outside the box, all sorts of possible solutions emerge. We could be tons more innovative than we are, if we'd just acknowledge the fact that traditional American business isn't based on the idea of solving complex problems in clever ways.

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What Is Life Like When You Graduate College and Start Working?

Quora | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: College, College Graduates, College Graduation, College Grads, Graduation, Work, Work-Life Balance, Education News
Quora

This question originally appeared on Quora. By Dan Robinson, Software Engineer at Palantir Two changes stuck out to me.Jobs don't have homewo...

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Good Bosses Share Key Personality Trait, Study Shows

Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Leadership, Video, Guilt, Boss, Work, Companies, Sociology, New Research, Employment, Jobs, Psychology, Business, Science News

By: Chad Brooks, BusinessNewsDaily Contributor Published: 05/01/2012 06:14 AM EDT on BusinessNewsDaily People who tend to feel guilty make some ...

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My Kids Don't Agree That A Little Work Never Hurt Anyone...

Jane Crockett | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Chores, Parenting Tips, Generational Differences, Work, Lazy Kids, Teaching Kids to Work, Grandparents, Work Ethic, Hard Work, Kids and Chores, Parents News
Jane Crockett

Perhaps there is no more hard work for my children to do, but to work hard will never fail them.

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What AOL/HuffPost Employees' Kids Think They Do At Work

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Moms and Dads, Take Your Kids to Work Day, Aol, Take Your Child to Work Day, Children, Work, Careers, Slidewide, Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day, Huffington Post, Take Your Child to Work Day 2012, Parents, Parents News

In honor of Take Your Child To Work Day 2012, we asked parents in the Twitterverse to share their kids' ideas about what mom and dad do all day at wor...

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What Do Kids Think Their Parents Do At Work?

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Take Your Kids to Work Day, Take Your Child to Work Day, Work, Careers, Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day, Take Your Child to Work Day 21012, Take Your Daughter to Work Day, Slidepollajax, Mothers and Fathers, Parenthood, Parents News

If you work in an office, chances are your kids have some idea of what you do all day. But is it the right idea? Today is Take Your Child To Work D...

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What Does Take Your Child To Work Day Mean In 2012?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Children, Work, Take Your Child to Work Day, Parentry, Kids-at-Work, Take Your Daugther to Work, Motherhood, Careers, Fatherhood, Parenting, Take Your Son or Daughter to Work Day, What Is Take Your Child to Work Day?, Lisa Belkin, Ms Magazine, Home News
Lisa Belkin

Looking back at where TYCTWD began, and what it's been through, that feels like its right and logical next incarnation -- a day to point our kids toward who they will be in the future, yes. But also to stop for a moment and ground them in the particulars of who their parents are right now.

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Paul F. Tompkins Works to Make You Laugh in Laboring Under Delusions

Louis Peitzman | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Paul F. Tompkins, Work, Laboring Under Delusions, Odd Jobs, Stand-Up Comedy, Comedy, Comedy Central, Comedy Special, Interview, Comedy News
Louis Peitzman

Paul F. Tompkins' new Comedy Central special is all about work -- namely those less-than-glamorous jobs you take in pursuit of a show-business career. I spoke to PFT about his career and the advice he'd give to anyone stuck in a dead-end job.

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Here Are 6 Easy Ways To Reduce Your Workplace Stress

Business Insider | Geoffrey James | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Stress, Stress Relief, Stress-in-the-Workplace, Workplace, Work, Gps-Soul, Healthy Living News

Stress sucks.  According to the American Psychological Association, stress can result in headache, muscle tension, muscle pain, chest pain, fatigue, ...

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Work, Yes; Job, No

Pamela Kripke | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Motherhood, Ann Romney, Work, Kids, Single Parenting, Hilary Rosen, Single Mothers, Is Motherhood a Job?, Working Moms, Women News
Pamela Kripke

When I became a mother, I don't remember filling out an application, or submitting a resume, or answering silly questions about my strengths and weaknesses.

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Social Enterprise Means Reaching Our Highest Potential

Lisa Curtis | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Jobs, Meaningful Work, Jobs-for-Young-People, Millenials, Work, Social Entrepreneurship, Gen Y, Impact News
Lisa Curtis

Reimagining work amidst a global recession might seem crazy, but as Albert Einstein famously said, the true definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

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Emergency Stress Relief

Martin Boroson | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Stress, Yoga, Work, Mindfulness, Stress Management Tips, Meditation, Work-Life Balance, Laughter, Slidefreestyle, Slidepollajax, Tips for Stress, Gps-Soul, Tips on Stress, Stress Tips, Healthy Living News
Martin Boroson

When you're stressed, it is so tempting to fantasize about being not stressed. You imagine feeling peaceful and relaxed later -- but fantasizing about being unstressed at some other time or place doesn't help you in this moment, right now, right here, in the midst of the stress.

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The Mommy Wars Arguments Have To End

Liz Gumbinner | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Motherhood, Mommy Wars, Stay at Home Moms, Working Moms, Career Women, Work, Careers, Parenting, Ann Romney, Hilary Rosen, Parents News
Liz Gumbinner

Assume that the majority of mothers are doing the best they can, making the choices they think are the most appropriate for their families. Assume that there are great moms who work out of the house, great moms who work full time with their children, great moms with help, and great moms with none.

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Free Agents: Will Micro-Labor Shrink Workplace Rights?

Michelle Chen | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Social Media, Minimum Wage, Labor, Unemployment, Work, Jobs, Taskrabbit, Technology, Micro-Labor, Business News
Michelle Chen

Although a fair day's pay for a fair day's work isn't an outdated concept yet, the emerging online market for manpower appears more aimed at pumping up quantity, rather than quality, of jobs in the precarious new economy.

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10 Must-Have Items For Your Desk

Forbes Woman | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: First Aid Kit, Hairbrush, Workplace, Essential Items, Work, Desk Drawer, Earbuds, Deodorant, Snacks, Toothbrush, Women News

For Joan Holloway, a "fifth of something" for your desk, preferably rye, was recommended as the desk drawer purchase of choice for bright-eyed Peggy O...

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Distinguishing Between a Calling and Workaholism

Chip Conley | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Career Counseling, Personality Types, Career Selection, Work, Workaholic, Addictive Personality, Money News
Chip Conley

Spend a day and maybe an evening watching someone intensely dedicated to their work and it's hard to distinguish between whether the person is exhibiting the symptoms of workaholism or whether they're just living their calling.

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Finding Time to Read More Novels

Dave Astor | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Television, Sports, Social Media, Work, Time Management, Novels, Audiobooks, Reading, Family, Sleep, Reading Time, Summer Reading, Books News
Dave Astor

There aren't enough hours in a day -- or in a weekday, at least. So how do you cram in the pleasure of reading great (and not-so-great) novels? This is one person's tale of how I managed to carve out time for literature.

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Take Your Menopause to Work Day

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Hot Flashes, Women, Depression, Aging, Employees, Absenteeism, Economy, Perimenopause, Menopause, Presenteeism, Workplace, Work, Health, Insomnia, Menopause Symptoms, Book on Menopause, Health Care, Productivity, Fifty News
Ellen Dolgen

Without a daycare program where women can leave their hot flashes and discomfort, the best step companies can take is to educate their employees and employers.

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How To Get In On The Male-To-Male Networking

BuzzFeed | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Male Female Networking, Work Relationships, Male Networking, Uncomfortable Work Relationships, Women in Business, Work, Networking, Women News

If you are a woman in an industry where a lot of networking and actual work gets done during one-on-one lunches, coffees, drinks and other things that...

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Everyday Beverage Turns Hard Workers Into Slackers, Study Suggests

Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Video, Rat, Work Habits, Work, Caffeine, Coffee Break, Slacker, Coffee, Stimulant, Hard Work, Science News

By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 03/28/2012 01:08 PM EDT on LiveScience What separates a hard worker from someone who doe...

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No Work for the Willing

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Job Skills, Unemployment, Young Adults, Work, Teens, Employment, Underemployment, Great Recession, Job Experience, Employment Rates, Unemployment Rate, Jobless, Jobs, Joblessness, Unemployed, Jobless Rate, Newt Gingrich Janitors, Food Stamps, Work Experience, Newt Gingrich, Politics News, Politics, Gingrich Food Stamps, Business News
Marian Wright Edelman

Most young men and women today want to work hard, but for those under 25 years old, work has often been impossible to find.

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Burgers or Blogging? Further Thoughts on Pursuing Your Passion

J.D. Roth | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Career, Money, Work, Job, McDonald's, Personal Finance, Blogging, Income, Business News
J.D. Roth

Whatever the case, when you work, do your best. This is the real key to job fulfillment -- not to pursue your passion, but to be passionate about what you pursue.

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