Laid Off? 5 Ways To ‘Slash’ Your Way Back To Work
Last month, more than 165,500 people were laid off in the United States, according to a report released last week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Many of those job losses were part of mass layoffs; some 391 mass layoff events were reported in the manufacturing sector alone. A look at national headlines shows that layoffs continue and aren’t expected to slow down anytime soon. (more…)
October 17th, 2011
Sacrificing Love for Work
Sacrificing Love for Work On the most recent season of “The Bachelorette,” contestant Ed Swiderski told bachelorette Jillian Harris that he wasn’t being fair to his employer in Chicago and that he had to leave her and go home. Jillian made Ed promise that when he did find “the one,” he wouldn’t choose work over love. (more…)
July 1st, 2011
7 tips for handling a mean manager at work
tips for handling mean manager at work: Michelle Ward has worked for a slew of mean managers in her career. One of the most notable, she says, was a bully. “The better you did your work, the more he’d verbally abuse you,” she recalls. The second was when she was an assistant to an executive who made her unpack five boxes — which she had spent all day packing — so he...
June 9th, 2011
