What’s Best For You – Contract or Permanent?
The availability of contract work has grown enormously as an alternative to conventional permanent work, but how do you decide which is for you? Let’s examine their individual benefits and drawbacks.
You don’t need to be a CEO to be a leader
An interesting post on Forbes.com by leadership expert Mike Myatt got me to thinking. What about leadership skills in “non” leaders. Why can’t you and me—the bottom half of the ladder, okay maybe the middle third—take a page from the leadership manual and be leaders in our own right?
Surviving Office Politics
Observe any kindergarten class. You’ll witness a startling range of politically motivated behavior. One kid is a whistle-blower, snitching to the teacher in hopes of winning favor. Another is a bully. He specializes in intimidating the best and the brightest into a kind of grade-school oppression.
Preparing to Start Your New Job: A Checklist
Congratulations on landing your new job! The hard part may be over, but you still have some loose ends to tie up. This is a checklist of tasks to take care of before, during, and after your first day at work.
Running a Good Race
The surprising parallels between seeking public office and managing your career
Avoiding Bruised Egos at Work Avoiding Bruised Egos at Work
Imagine you find out that the majority of your team went out for drinks after work and didn’t invite you. Or you have to tell a colleague that you prefer to be called Michael, not Mike, for the fourth time. It might be simply annoying if things like this happened occasionally, but a pattern of
Journal Review: When Boss Resembles Beast
Feeling growled at, bullied and preyed upon? Readers won’t come away from Richard Conniff’s “The Ape in the Corner Office”with a simple guide to surviving a beastly boss. But they’re likely to learn how their boss’s moves, not to mention their own, grow from mankind’s evolutionary roots in the animal kingdom.
Focus Heightens On Retaliation Complaints
The Supreme Court hears arguments today in a case testing how managers may react after an employee complains about harassment or discrimination. But legal specialists say employers can take steps to minimize retaliation complaints through beefed-up training, investigations and follow-up efforts. The touchy issue confronts many companies. Complaints to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that
Offensive messages, e-mails: What’s safe for work?
The messages law enforcement personnel sent one another — more than 5,000 — were crude, referring to people as animals, using profane terms as labels — and, worst, containing some horrifying jokes implying violence. They were fired. That was in Camden County, N.J., where 11 white prison guards lost their jobs for racially insulting texts
Tyson Foods to close Chicago plant, lay off 480 workers
CHICAGO — Tyson Foods announced that it will close one of its Chicago plants next year as it consolidates production at other facilities. The shutdown of the facility, which will occur before Oct. 1, 2016, will mean the loss of 480 jobs. The company also plans to close a pepperoni plant in Jefferson, Wis. The
Wal-Mart relaxes employee dress code, allows some jeans
Denim days are ahead for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees. The Bentonville, Ark., company told employees Wednesday that they will be allowed to wear khaki or black denim pants to work starting July 1. Workers with more labor-intensive jobs, such as in the gardening department, will be allowed to wear T-shirts and blue denim. The dress
Networking And Career Tips For Introverts
Think being an introvert prevents you from things like networking or holding a leadership position? Think again! Introverts are generally misunderstood, not only by those around them, but by themselves. Check out these five common myths about introversion and career tips for introverts. Myth #1: Introverts are incapable of social interaction While this may be true
Your Office Coach: How to defeat favoritism
Q: Two years ago, our department got a new director who came from another business. “Rick” gradually brought in more employees from his previous company, and they now make up a rather large group. These people all enjoy socializing and often attend parties and ballgames together. After awhile, I began to notice that Rick’s friends