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• Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Juggle and Be Merry

  Juggling multiple jobs is becoming more and more common, as people seek work that will provide an additional paycheck or personal satisfaction that is lacking in Job #1. Over at Stepcase Lifehack , Thursday Bram, a writer who has done this herself, has Read More... Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Employment Trends, Life Balance, Productivity, Daily Life, Blogging, Work

• 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

• Ladies Who Launch Abound

  As many of you know, I am writing a new book on drastic career change to be published by Random House/Ballantine Books in 2009. I've been scouting out potential interviewees for a few months now, and I've noticed a very interesting phenomenon. There is Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Employment Trends, Entrepreneurship, Life Balance

• The World Beyond 9-5

  Remember when you were a kid and stayed home from school because you were sick? Remember how weird it was to watch all those daytime TV talk shows and think, “so this is how the other half lives.” Remember how it was even stranger when you accompanied Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Employment Trends, Life Balance, Technology, Daily Life, Work

• Stressed? It Might Not Be For The Reason You Think

  Most people know that high levels of stress are associated with a number of negative physical and psychological consequences. Physical problems include high blood pressure and cholesterol, and an increased risk for heart disease, ulcers, and cancer. Psychological Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Employment Trends, Life Balance, Management, Productivity

• A Solution to Painful Commutes

  On Friday, I drove from Chicago to Racine, WI to meet a new client. Because I left my house at an odd time, my trip there was cake. I put in a few good CDs and jammed along to them as I cruised effortlessly along the highway. The meeting went well, and Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Employment Trends, Life Balance, Daily Life, Work

• Get Thee To A Doctor - Or Face the Consequences

  Fortune 500 companies across America are kicking off major wellness initiatives that aim to improve employee health and cut medical costs. These programs, which are being implemented by organizations such as Scotts Miracle-Gro , IBM , and Microsoft were Read More... Posted Monday, March 19, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Life Balance, Daily Life

• 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

• 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

• Is the American Dream on Steroids?

  I'm both frightened and intrigued by a new Center for Work-Life Policy study I found via the Fast Company blog . According to the new research and the CWLP study, work for many has become the ultimate extreme sport - high level, high impact workers pushing Read More... Posted Monday, December 11, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Life Balance, Work Attachment(s): http://www.chem.ucla.edu/~chia/snowboard.jpg

• Is Career Advancement Overrated?

  This week's Employment Digest blog cites a Wharton Business School article in which executive coach Monica McGrath says that middle managers are increasingly reluctant to take the next step in their careers because the corporate ladder is not as appealing Read More... Posted Monday, October 09, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 3 Comments Filed under: Employment Trends, HR Issues, Life Balance, Reviews & Promotions Attachment(s): http://www.lisarosscenter.org/Pages/Staff/first-place-blue-ribbon.gif

• The State of Laziness

  Michelle Medley over at Worthwhile had an interesting post this week about lifetime laziness. She cites the message of Stanton Ballard, geologist, geophysicist and inventor of "Mr. Ballard's Lazy Lecture:” if you want to be lazy over a lifetime, work Read More... Posted Monday, August 28, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Employment Trends, Life Balance Attachment(s): http://www.posters-artprints-pictureframes.com/images_articles/dem-laziness.jpg

• To Speak to Someone in Her Living Room, Press 1

  For those of you who can't stand vegetating in an office building from 9-5 every day, the American workplace is evolving in your favor. In the last few years, telecommuting has become all the rage, and the number of workers working from home and other Read More... Posted Friday, April 14, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Employment Trends, Life Balance, Daily Life