Responding To Career Setbacks & Job Loss

UNDERSTAND YOUR SKILLS The first crucial step when planning a career change or pursuing new employment is to take stock of what you know and what weaknesses you have. For example, if you are a great analyst but a poor communicator, then look for a role where you can utilize your analytical skills but won't have to give many presentations. At the same time, if you know your presentation and writing skills need work, start looking for opportunities to speak more. Informal meet-ups of peers and professional organization events are both great ways to build your speaking skills (and network). Continue»

Posted on August 1, 2008

Assertiveness and Bullying in the Workplace

Even the best of us has one of those days - or a memory of one of those days when we dread going to work - not because we don't want to work, but because the sheer thought of having to deal with one personality is enough to exhaust and drain us of energy. Continue»

Posted on July 18, 2008

Wrestling with Rudeness: Advice for Addressing Incivility

Rude behavior can make you want to scream, but confronting a rude person can make you squirm. Given the choice between standing up to a bully and seething in silence, many people pick the latter, at a loss for how... Continue»

Posted on June 13, 2008

New Book Explores Value of 'Emotional Labor'

Emergency dispatchers, caseworkers and other public service workers perform "emotional" labor that should be valued in the same manner as mental and physical labor, according to a new book co-written by a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher. Emotional labor... Continue»

Posted on June 13, 2008

Job Hopping Has Costs

Workers who frequently change employers risk negative consequences to their paychecks, according to new research published in the February issue of the American Sociological Review, the flagship journal of the American Sociological Association. To determine the impact of career mobility... Continue»

Posted on March 28, 2008

Extended Work Hours Should Factor Into Return to Job After Injury

Rehabilitation specialists guiding injured workers back to full-time employment should factor unconventional work schedules into their assessments and planning, new research suggests. Workers who are injured on the job have a harder time returning to employment if their schedules routinely... Continue»

Posted on January 22, 2008

Nearing Age 50 or Retirement? Watch Out for Age Discrimination

The threat of age discrimination against American workers seems to peak about age 50 and then again when workers near retirement age, according to a new study of validated discrimination claims. The first spike of age discrimination claims seems to... Continue»

Posted on November 12, 2007

Racial Slurs Common at Work Sites

By Larry Miller Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune [Editor's note: This article is not for use by member newspapers competing in the same market in which it was written. NNPA will deny access to News Service content... Continue»

Posted on October 11, 2007

Are Abusive Bosses Or Inferior Employees to Blame?

Considerable attention, both in blogs and in popular media, has been given to abusive bosses over the past few years. (See the Web sites HateBoss.com and WorkRant.com, for example.) Less discussed are employees' responses to such behavior. How do employees... Continue»

Posted on October 9, 2007

Maintaining your drive

Do you remember the story of the tortoise and the hare? The hare ran very fast, but got cocky and slacked off then lost the race. The tortoise moved very slowly, but consistently and won the race. The tortoise and... Continue»

Posted on March 22, 2007