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• Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It

  Can you imagine a workplace with no pointless meetings, no boss hovering over your shoulder, and no punishment for arriving at 9:05AM? Two online friends of mine, Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson , have just released a new book based on their popular Results-Only Read More... Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Creativity & Innovation, Employment Trends, Business, HR Issues, Life Balance, Productivity, Work

• Napping at Work: A Moot Point?

  This week, the human resources field is abuzz with the news that napping at work can help prevent heart disease. The catalyst? A study just published in the Archives of Internal Medicine , which is being covered in thousands of news outlets, including Read More... Posted Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 3 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Business, Daily Life, News and Politics, Work Attachment(s): http://im.rediff.com/getahead/2005/jan/24nap.jpg

• The Age of Under-Empowerment

  A topic that’s been coming up a lot in my discussions with twenty and thirty-something employees is empowerment. Today’s younger workers want to come into a job and have the autonomy to take hold of projects and run with them self-sufficiently. However, Read More... Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Employment Trends, Business, Management, Office Politics, Ownership & Initiative, Work Attachment(s): http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/06/08/images/2005060800310901.jpg

• It is ADHD or Just Life in Corporate America?

  Over at CareerHub , Andrea Kay has a great post about people seeking career assistance who claim they have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). She names some workplace strategies for coping with the disorder – including executive assistants, Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Employment Trends, Business, Daily Life, Work Attachment(s): http://media.urbandictionary.com/image/large/adhd-18223.jpg

• SHRM Says 3/4 of Employees Want Out of Their Jobs

  More than 75% employees are looking for new jobs, according to the 462 employees and 367 HR professionals surveyed in the 2006 U.S. Job Retention Poll released last week by the Society for Human Resource Management and The Wall Street Journal’s CareerJournal.com Read More... Posted Sunday, December 24, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Employment Trends, Business, Job Hunting, Life Balance, Work Attachment(s): http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/US/Careers/03/29/cb.quit.job/story.quit.job.jpg

• Holiday Bonuses Are Out of Fashion

  Hannah Clark over at Forbes has an interesting piece on end-of-year bonuses. Apparently, the traditional holiday bonus is nearly extinct, a fact which comes as no surprise to me given that I have never received one. Clark reports on a study by Hewitt Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 20, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Compensation, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Business, Work Attachment(s): http://www.emarketmakers.com/images/email/emm/holiday/CashBundle_05.jpg

• Calling in Sick is a Dying Art

  The Society for Human Resource Management reports that CCH Inc ., a provider of HR and employment law information and services, has released its 2006 Unscheduled Absence Survey . The rate of unscheduled absences rose to 2.5 percent in 2006, the highest Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 3 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Business, Life Balance, Workplace Humor, News and Politics, Work