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Archives for 2011
Happiness is….Work that you Love
Charlie Brown and the Peanuts found happiness in two kinds of ice cream, pizza and tying your shoe for the very first time but for many of us happiness is doing work we love. As I sipped my morning coffee, I took interest in a new post from MBO Partners, The Key to Happiness is…Work? […]
Land of the Free, Home of the Independents
Last week President Obama outlined a new job creation plan. There was a continued focus on small business and their role in the economy. Yet, long before the economic crisis there was a quiet revolution transforming the workplace. Daniel Pink called it the “freelance nation” and it has now become a steady march of the […]
Workers are Red, White and Very Blue Over August Jobs Report
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What the Jobs Report Means for Workers
Depending on whom you listen to, the latest jobs report was a bit of good news in a drab week or another sign of a still shaky economy that could teeter at any moment. Numbers can be dissected and spun to support nearly any viewpoint. The real question is what does it all mean for […]
An Empire in Peril
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How to Text Yourself Out of a Job
I get it. We are firmly in the digital age where texting is more common than talking. Our smartphones and gadgets have become an extension of our own limbs. We are communicating more than ever with our fingers and all of this “talk” requires us to adapt for rapid fire updates. So we use text […]
Ur Doing It Wrong: How Not to Suck in Social Media – Advertising Age – DigitalNext
Ur Doing It Wrong: How Not to Suck in Social Media Lessons From the 2011 Suxorz Awards Teach Us How to Avoid a Campaign Catastrophe Posted by Rebecca Lieb on 02.16.11 @ 02:50 PM Rebecca Lieb Quick! Which is the worst social media faux pas? Inviting consumers to follow your company — via a locked […]
What Does it Take to Get Hired in 2011?
According to economists and experts the recession has been over for some time and we continue to show signs of recovery. Yet, for many average Americans, the recovery has not yet become personal. Some remain unemployed or hanging on to jobs they hate for fear of being unemployed. Employment is expected to grow this year in […]
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