National Edition - July 2, 2006
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Think your office is a zoo? Companies go pet-friendly
Dogs sitting-in on a boardroom meeting seems as unlikely as dogs playing poker. However, it's a scene happening with greater frequency at companies across North America as owners bring their mutts to work in record numbers. In one instance, a company based its whole brand around everyone being animal lovers. It saw pets as great "ice-breakers" in meetings. However, dogs are a major setback for peevish "germophobes" who were campaigning hard for a "scent-free" workplace.
(Source: Reuters)
The worst of the bad bosses
As tempting as it may seem to tout your skills to your superiors in an attempt to appear like a well-rounded individual, keep a lid on those not related to your field of work. For example, if your boss finds out you can sew, you may end up darning socks, or worse. "Oh, you cook Mexican. Will you cater my fiesta?" Perhaps you'll fine solace in these tales of outrageous situations, making yours seem somewhat more bearable.
(Source: ABC News)
Peak oil = Urban ruin
In the long run, it's probably best to listen to the opinions of renegade economists early. Bedroom communities, one of white-collar work's dirty little secrets, are being turned upside-down by high oil prices as commuters watch their SUV gas gauges drop while idling in bumper-to-bumper traffic jams. Hedge your real estate investments now, by relocating to a condo downtown and walking to work.
(Source: AlterNet)
More companies tell workers to silence cell phones
If you thought your ever-changing Top-10 ring-tone was winning you friends at work by keeping everyone in the loop music-wise with all the latest jingles, think again. Your colleagues are already plotting to see who can throw the furthest the next time you turn your back. According to a study done earlier this year, it was the number one workplace pet peeve.
(Source: USA Today)
All work, no play, no more
Some companies are rolling back the clock in the workplace to a kinder, gentler era when employees worked 9-to-5 and took their weekends off. While the developed Western world has always taken pride in its 40-hour workweek, due to a variety of factors, it's now just a far-off ideal to a growing number of overtime-clocking employees on the verge of burning out.
(Source: Maclean's)
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Are you... going for your MBA? The tuition costs of this graduate degree are skyrocketing, but employers say the diploma is still worth its weight in gold.
- Almost 80 per cent of those who participated in the poll said that, all other things being equal, they would hire a candidate with an MBA over another without one.
- The Environics survey was conducted partly to find out what is preventing young professional women from taking MBAs.
- Thirty-six per cent of the female executives who took part identified family responsibilities as the main obstacle.
- Most people enroll in MBA programs when they are in their late 20s or early 30s. That is about the time professional women start thinking about the biological clock and decide to start families.
(Source: Business Edge)
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Research and editing: Austin Macdonald
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