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• 4 Day Work Week is a Reality in Utah

  According to USA Today , this summer Utah will become what experts say is the first state to institute a mandatory four-day work week for most state employees. Gov. Jon Huntsman, a first-term Republican, says he's making the change to reduce the state's Read More... Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, News and Politics, Work

• Easing Commuter Shock: The New In-Demand Perk?

  I was recently interviewed for Yahoo! Hot Jobs for a story on how the continuing upward pressure on gas prices is forcing many workers to change how they get to their jobs and to seek added benefits that offset commuting costs. In a recent survey by the Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Compensation, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Daily Life, News and Politics

• You Can't Always Get What You Want

  At the gym, I was thumbing through a new issue of Time Magazine . One of the articles was about college wait-listing. According to Time, the high school class of 2008, 3.4 million strong, is the largest in American history. As such, getting into a first Read More... Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Professionalism, News and Politics, School, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• The Unbreakable Corporate Ceiling

  The Washington Post reports that most diversity training efforts at American companies are ineffective and even counterproductive in increasing the number of women and minorities in managerial positions. A comprehensive review of 31 years of data from Read More... Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Management, News and Politics

• Likeability Trumps All

  With Iowa behind us and the New Hampshire primary tomorrow, everyone I know who’s remotely interested in politics was tuned in for the Republican and Democratic candidate debates, sponsored by ABC News and Facebook , that took place this weekend. Myself Read More... Posted Monday, January 07, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Current Affairs, Emotional Intelligence, People Skills, News and Politics

• Intriguing Career Trends for 2008

  Everyone has been buzzing about the different careers featured in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Careers of 2008 piece. Since I’m going to be doing my fair share of talking about cool jobs come the spring , I thought I would highlight some of the more Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Current Affairs, Discovering Your Passion, Employment Trends, Handy Resources, Job Hunting, News and Politics

• Superdads Are Stretched Too

  It’s interesting. You always hear about supermoms trying to do it all, but what about superdads? Here’s what Stephanie Armour at USA Today has to say about this issue: Todd Scott, 32, has two children under age 5. Each workday, he leaves his job at Himmelrich Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Life Balance, Management, Daily Life, News and Politics, Work

• Holiday Etiquette at the Office

  Every year, I get asked by one media outlet or another how to handle the office holiday party. This year, I decided to share the advice I and others provided to the Wall Street Journal last weekend: “We spend so much time communicating on Blackberries Read More... Posted Sunday, December 16, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Business, Office Politics, Professionalism, News and Politics, Work

• Harsh Realities from Dancing with the Stars

  Okay, I confess. I’ve been hooked on Dancing with the Stars . I started watching this season because over the summer, while on a Southwest Airlines flight from San Francisco to Chicago, I met one of the professional contestants, Mark Ballas . It was especially Read More... Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Current Affairs, Personal Marketing, News and Politics

• The Benefits of Being “Out” at Work

  Thanks to Penelope Trunk for sharing a great post from Nina Smith over at Queercents . In recent years, I have met many gay colleagues who felt more comfortable being out of the closet at work, then with, say, their parents. Smith maintains that gays Read More... Posted Monday, October 29, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, Current Affairs, HR Issues, News and Politics, Work

• Environmental Preservation a Part of Everyday Business

  Vickie Hann, HR Director at the Hilton Arlington near my old stomping grounds of Washington D.C., contacted me to share the great work her hotel is doing around the Earth Charter , an international people’s treaty for building a just, sustainable and Read More... Posted Friday, October 05, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Current Affairs, Business, Daily Life, News and Politics

• Career Changers Are Everywhere!

  I’m really interested in the topic of career change, so I was intrigued by this new study by Career Builder and Harris Interactive , which showed that fully one-third of employed workers are seeking a change. According to the survey, nearly three-quarters Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 22, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Employment Trends, Job Hunting, News and Politics

• Mums the Word on Politics at Work

  Thanks to Lisa Cullen at Time’s Work in Progress blog for pointing out a recent survey by Harris Interactive for The Marlin Company . According to the findings, nearly one out of four (24%) U.S. workers believe their top managers are openly expressing Read More... Posted Monday, July 30, 2007 8:28 PM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, HR Issues, Office Politics, People Skills, News and Politics

• Career Lessons from J.K. Rowling

  Now that " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows " is upon us, Andrew over at Jobacle.com has a really neat post on career lessons we can learn from J.K. Rowling , the most successful author in history. Use Delays to Your Advantage. It was during a four-hour Read More... Posted Sunday, July 22, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Personal Development, Personal Marketing, News and Politics

• Amy Jacobson's Poolside Lesson

  This week, a top reporter for WMAQ-TV, Amy Jacobson, was fired after she was videotaped hanging out poolside with Craig Stebic, whose wife has been reported missing. Jacobson told the Chicago Sun Times that she was on her way to go swimming with her kids Read More... Posted Friday, July 13, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 3 Comments Filed under: HR Issues, News and Politics, Work