Laid-off workers are flocking to the Web in search of jobs. The problem is that job-seekers are posting their resumes to more sites than there are jobs.
Many portals are setting up shop and not all offer very much at the same time – but, W2 got these notes in an email and we thought they [...]
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This is a good one. Went to my bank the other day to deposit a check from a customer. I’ve been banking there over 10 years – never bounced a check, never overdrawn, never late on a mortgage payment, never had so much as a financial hiccup. So the cashier tells me since it’s an [...]
From Nicholas Aretakis
1. Control the volume of your voice
2. Keep personal phone calls brief
3. Turn your cell phone to low vibrate
4. Don’t eavesdrop
5. Clean up public areas for others
6. Decorate with discretion
7. Do not get drunk at business events
8. Don’t engage with chatty time wasters
9. Don’t procrastinate
10. Don’t gossip
Be reliable.
Shark attacks are on the decline due to the current economic downturn, a biologist speculated today.
In 2008, attacks worldwide dipped to their lowest level in five years, a sign that Americans were forgoing vacation trips to the beach, said ichthyologist George Burgess of the University of Florida. So, fewer people going into the water [...]
Before you engage in your next workplace battle, you might want to make sure the skirmish you’re undertaking is one that’s worth what it might cost you.
Even if you win, will you emerge truly victorious? You could end up with what is known as a “Pyrrhic victory”—one that involves devastating costs to the victor.
The [...]
“Federal regulators today accused Countrywide Financial Corp. co-founder Angelo R. Mozilo of fraud and insider trading, saying he and two other executives failed to warn shareholders of the real risk of the mortgages the company was making at the height of the housing boom.”
Statement on behalf of Mr. Mozilo:
The lawsuit filed today by the SEC [...]
After going through a virus attack, losing a hard drive, fighting off hackers, upgrading all my software, installing fire-walls, being threatened with being cut-off by my email provider, and a host of other problems, I have fixed my computer… and NOW it works exactly the way I want it to!
Scheduled time for one on ones and honest feedback isn’t working for us. Everyone at all levels are suspicious and second guessing their own work and everyone else’s. How do we continue to do good things and take great steps during these difficult times.?
HOUSTON, there’s a problem! You’ve got more issues going on here…..honest feedback [...]
While you’re looking for your next job or just looking to make some extra money, check out some of these opportunities that one of our readers recently sent to us. We checked out scores of these sites on the internet and you need to be careful with what you do, but, hey, if you can [...]
