"I am an excellent online shopper." Yes, that is the line that got me hired. And no, surprisingly I am not employed at Zappos or any other large online shopping company.
To address the jobs crisis in our country, it seems that we should think about why people work and what motivates individuals to spend their time seeking employment, investing in training and entering the workforce.
By: Ashley Williams According to the National Employment Law Center (NELP), about 65 million -- or one in four -- adults in this country have a crimi...
Even if you're completely dissatisfied with your present job, stop focusing on why you're getting away with this deliberate defiance. That's irrelevant. Figure out the why in what you are actually doing. That is what's important.
Started by a group of college friends just two years after graduation, Prospect has since grown to become one of the few established theater companies in New York City producing full seasons of new musicals.
There's a scene in American Beauty where Kevin Spacey's character applies for work at a fast food restaurant. They assume that "Lester" is inquiring about a management position, only to be met with his classic reply, "I'm looking for the least possible amount of responsibility."
I was a young, naive workaholic, who didn't know where he was going or what he was doing... until one 18-year-old from Croatia came into my life and changed it forever.
Keeping busy is the key to me for having a healthy productive life. I now give myself a project every day, and when it's over I relax. I don't have to report to anyone but myself. Sometimes my projects are simple, sometimes not so simple.
Those who get tips as a normal part of their jobs often have the ability to write their own raise. It is one of the advantages to what are often seen as low-paid service jobs. Here are some of the ways that tipped employees boost their income.
Would you like to live in incredible places, meet new friends and save enough money to travel the world? I thought so.
Like all things in life worth discussing, there are many sides to a good and controversial question.
Almost daily, new studies come out saying some habit or pill will either benefit your health, or destroy it. If you look closely, the studies end up c...
Like a high-performing stock portfolio, your educational investment needs managing. Just as you must continually adjust your portfolio to match personal goals and global changes, you must make a commitment to lifelong learning.
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 ...
There is nothing like a vacation. The to-do lists go away, the nagging "should" voices quiet, and time seems to slow down.
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...
"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.
(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...
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.
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 ...
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....
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.
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.
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.
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.
