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'Absolute clarity' key to make best use of time ****
Are you frantic about time? Most people would answer yes. Are you effective at time management? Fewer would reply in the affirmative.
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35-hour work week too short, French PM says *
"One of the major factors [why] you aren't getting mothers to breast-feed for six months is that women are working," says Rona Cohen, president of MCH Services Inc. of Los Angeles, which provides corporate lactation programs.
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A working woman's clock: In a minute, there'll be time *
Apart from significant others, children, relatives, friends, bosses, co-workers, babysitters, and, oh, maybe hair stylists, most working mothers I know have another key relationship in their lives. It is fraught with emotional twists and turns, often dysfunctional, occasionally triumphant and usually inescapable.
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After vacation, refreshed but anxious about return *
More than half of Canadians return from vacation feeling refreshed and ready to work -- but one-third return "relaxed, but not looking forward to going back to work," according to a new survey by the polling firm Ipsos-Reid.
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B.C. women place careers low on satisfaction meter *
A survey released by the YWCA of Vancouver suggests that almost 62 per cent of women in British Columbia say family brings the most satisfaction to their lives.
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Benefits likely to shrink for American workers *
U.S. workers' health and retirement benefits will shrink even if their pay rises in the next 10 years as more companies cut costs, according to a report from the American Benefits Council, which lobbies Congress for Fortune 500 companies.
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CFOs yearn for time off, study finds *
Chief financial officers burning the midnight oil are seeking a little relief.
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Demand for 24/7 service brings more night shifts *
One in five U.S. workers now works the late-late shift -- going to work between midnight and 6:30 a.m. -- according to newly released numbers from the 2000 census.
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Don't let your fear rule the workplace *
It underlies how many of us behave on the job, author ART HORN writes. Here's how to face, embrace and erase it. . .
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Engineers content with careers, report says *
Engineers are one happy bunch...
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Feeling like a fraud *
'Impostor syndrome' leaves many high achievers convinced they're scamming everyone about their skills and will be unmasked-- evidence to the contrary be damned, SUSAN PINKER writes.
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Feeling paranoid? You must be a senior executive *
Paranoia goes with today's top jobs, according to leadership coach Irving Buchen. Senior executives live in turmoil, and the inevitable result is some paranoia about the people, events and organizations apparently conspiring to get them.
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Freelance Work Exchange *
Unsatisfied with your present job? Consider your options, then visit this site for even more ideas for your imminent prosperity!
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Getting the jet's the big dream on Bay St. *
With only ice cubes remaining from the second scotch, it seemed an opportune time to lob the big question at the big deal maker.
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Hiring stars is more chic than it is profitable *
Workplace advice from Susan Pinker...
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International experience viewed as vital to a career *
About two in three workers believe that international experience will help their career, according to a worldwide Internet survey conducted by recruitment consultancy Robert Walters.
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It pays to be a man for most jobs in the U.S. *
If a woman wants to make more money than a man in the United States, her job options are severely limited. She could clean up hazardous waste. Or install telecommunications lines. But not much else.
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Jack Stats (and Jack Jobs) *
Since re-igniting the antenna ball craze in 1995 with its Classic Jack antenna ball, Jack in the Box has sold or given away more than 22 million antenna balls.
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Job-related stress is a bother in Britain *
Nearly half of Britain's workers suffer from work-related stress, a new survey suggests.
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Lend the forgetful club member a buck; it will generate many returns *
I am a student who works at the reception desk of a sports club with two other employees...
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Loss of one's job called worse than divorce *
Losing your job causes more long-term damage than divorce or widowhood, according to an international team that spent 15 years studying the impact of unemployment on personal happiness.
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Managers hold key to keep staff happy *
Effort is vital for firms struggling with not only how to retain but also motivate employees, consultants tell WALLACE IMMEN.
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More raises in the works for workers this year *
Eighty-seven per cent of employees at North American companies and organizations will receive an increase in base pay this year, a new survey indicates. That's up from 83 per cent in 2003.
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Newcomers to Sweden find job hunting is tough *
Newcomers to Sweden are smothered with kindness when it comes to welfare and education, but where jobs are concerned it still pays to be a "true Svensson," as the archetypal Volvo-driving Swede is known.
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North shore Youth Job Fair -- who's hiring now? *
Thursday, April 19, 2007, North Vancouver, BC
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Old and young have different measures of job success *
What's a successful career? The answer, it turns out, depends to a large degree on when you were born.
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Pay gap between sexes on the rise in Britain *
The pay gap between men and women in Britain widened significantly over the past year, according to statistics collected by PayFinder.com, a website designed to let people compare their salaries with those of others.
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Priority shift: motivation over cost-cutting *
Canadian companies are shifting their priority from cost-cutting to finding ways to retain and motivate their employees, according to a new survey.
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Profit is personal in non-profit jobs *
More executives are forgoing corporate salaries and perks for less lucrative but more self-satisfying not-for-profit roles, ANN KERR writes.
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Stifle yawns: Wake up your meetings *
Most managers spend one-quarter of their working lives in meetings, yet at least half of all meeting time is wasted.
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Success: a slippery concept ****
When successful people share the secrets of their success, they often boil down to hard work, determination and commitment. "You rarely hear any real secrets," say the authors of a new book on success.
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The 'New Luxury' for Canada's aging cash-rich middle class: first-rate health care *
U.S. consultant foresees an insistence for the best by the 50-year-old-plus group.
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Three in four Britons think they work too much *
Almost three-quarters of Britons questioned in a new survey think they work longer hours than their contracts specify and half think their personal lives are affected.
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Work eats into lunch time for employees in Britain *
One in five workers in Britain never takes a lunch break, according to a new survey by business caterer Eurest, part of Compass Group PLC.
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WORKPLACE ETHICS 101 -- Wednesday, June 2, 2004 *
Every day, people are faced with moral dilemmas at work. Now, here's a chance to put your two cents into the ethical pot.
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