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The 5 Best Ways to Get Noticed at Work

Kathy Landin — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:29:34 +0000

Getting noticed at work can be difficult, but we’ve got a few tips to help make that happen—and to make sure it’s for the right reasons. No matter the size of the staff at your workplace, just being good at your job may not be enough to help you move up the ladder. If you [...]

Bring on the Holiday Office Parties! Even Though Employees Would Rather Skip 'Em.

Jen Austin — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:00:27 +0000

Oh those holiday office parties...if you want to be a good employee you have to go. But you can't have too much fun or you'll risk ending up dancing on a table with someone else's shirt on your head, and the video will get thousands of hits on youtube.

A study by Forbes says 90 percent of offices will have holiday parties this year. That's good news! It's a sign that the economy is back on track.

Only 5 percent of employees actually want a holiday office party.

Your Smartphone or Tablet Adds Two Hours to Your Work Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:00:10 +0000

When you buy a new smartphone or tablet, you may not realize that perhaps the biggest effect it will have on your life is that you will work more. A study by technology retailer Pixmania found that the average worker spends up to two hours a day checking and responding to work business on his [...]

Thanksgiving Doesn't Always Mean a Day Off

Jen Austin — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:00:52 +0000

What's your family tradition on Thanksgiving Day?

For many of us, Thanksgiving means getting up early to put the turkey in, smelling the aroma of baking turkey and coffee-brewing while watching parades all morning, then expecting family to arrive promptly at 11am. The rest of the day is all about grazing over piles of turkey and green casserole and putting black olives on our fingertips to make puppets, and then watching the Cowboys on TV. That's what my family does and I thought perhaps you could relate.

Will you be asked to work on Thanksgiving Day? Heaven forbid! But more and more bosses are expecting it!

How Much Coffee Do You Drink?

Jen Austin — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:00:09 +0000

Coffee is part of life for many of us.

Before making the big decision about whether or not to become pregnant, I asked my doctor if I could still consume my daily 2.5 cups of coffee during pregnancy. It's a must. If I have a sip less than that, I can feel it. And I knew I may not survive pregnancy if I had to ween myself off, or worse yet, quit cold turkey.

What's the Biggest Way to Waste Time at Work?

Shauna Wright — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:00:23 +0000

Telecommuters may have some creative ways to while away the day, but at least they’re not shooting the breeze with colleagues — something a new survey finds is the biggest time-waster at work.

Can Music Make You More Productive at Work?

Shauna Wright — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:00:15 +0000

Having trouble getting things done at work or staying focused on the task at hand? Fire up your iPod. A new study indicates a little music can really boost your productivity. In the study, those who listened to music came up with better ideas and accomplished more tasks than those who didn’t. Why? Because the [...]

How Many Americans Work More Than 40 Hours Per Week?

Shauna Wright — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:20:13 +0000

The eight-hour workday is fairly standard in the United States, and June 19 marks the 100th anniversary of it becoming law for federal workers back in 1912.

Private companies began to follow suit four years later, but these days, working only eight hours a day sometimes seems downright quaint.

School's Out for the Summer, So Why Can't the Same Be True for Work?

Jen Austin — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:05:10 +0000

We grew up having our summers free, out of school. Why can’t that yearly sabbatical continue into adulthood? Could you imagine having the summers off? We’d be at Lake Palestine every day sunning ourselves, not thinking about conference calls and work meetings and deadlines. We could go the the movies whenever we wanted, and go [...]

What Are the Happiest and Unhappiest Cities in Which to Work?

Shauna Wright — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:27:35 +0000

If you work in Miami, congratulations! According to a recent survey by online employment advice forum CareerBliss, you earn a living in the happiest American city in which to work. The list, based on postings by employees, took into account factors such as job resources, company culture and work environment. The news for New Haven, [...]

Insomnia Costs America $62 Billion in Productivity

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:00:09 +0000

Insomnia isn’t just a bad deal for those who suffer through it. It’s also a bad deal for the nation’s economy. A study of 7,428 workers by Harvard Medical School found that 23.8 percent suffered from insomnia, and that the average American worker lost 11.3 days — or $2,000 worth of productivity — because of [...]