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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

• Your Brave New Career as a Nurse Consultant

  I just received an e-mail from Pat Viro, a reader who has a job in an interesting new field known as “nurse consulting.” You’ve probably heard of the growing need for health professionals to care for a quickly expanding number of senior citizens. This Read More... Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Cool Careers, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Work

• 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

• Should You – and Can You – Get a Temp Job?

  I’ll be honest. I always thought that going to a temp agency was a waste of time. This perception comes from the fact that when I was in college in the late 90s, I visited a few firms, filled out reams of paperwork, took a few computer tests, did several Read More... Posted Monday, July 07, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Employment Trends, Handy Resources, Job Hunting, 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

• 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

• Why It Pays to Be a Math Geek

  As a college student in the late 90s, I used to curse my lack of proficiency at math. Back then, the perception was that if you could master integral calculus or organic chemistry, you could be the one landing the big paycheck right out of college. Over Read More... Posted Monday, March 24, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Compensation, Employment Trends, Work, School

• Encourage Your Kid to Be a Doctor or a Lawyer? Not So Fast.

  When I performed last year’s survey of the coolest jobs, I was a little surprised when no one voted for two of the most traditionally prestigious occupations – lawyer and doctor. And sure enough, this week the New York Times reported that the desirability Read More... Posted Friday, January 11, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Continuing Education, Cool Careers, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Work

• What Happened to Sick Days?

  Actually using sick days when you’re sick seems to be a thing of the past. Anne Fisher at Fortune reports on a recent poll by ComPsych , a major provider of employee assistance programs and other outsourced human-resources services. The firm surveyed Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Employment Trends, Productivity, Daily Life, Work

• Ingenuity Pays Off When Recruiting Millennials

  Thanks to Steven Rothberg at CollegeRecruiter.com for sharing news of the innovative, first-ever Deloitte & Touche Film Festival. The festival invited employees in the accounting and consulting firm’s US operations to make short videos that answered Read More... Posted Monday, October 01, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Technology, Work

• I/O Psychology and Job Satisfaction

  As you’ve heard me mention from time to time, my husband is a clinical psychologist. He’s currently studying for the Illinois licensing exam, and in this study materials I found a great section on industrial/organizational psychology (I/O). What is this, Read More... Posted Friday, September 14, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Ownership & Initiative, Work

• What Millennials Want Out of Work

  This week, I’m on a speaking tour at several corporations in the U.S. and abroad, training twenty-somethings and their managers on what recent college grads need to do in order to succeed in today’s business climate. As a result of meeting hundreds of Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Attitude & Motivation, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• 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

• 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