National Edition - July 8, 2007
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NEGOTIATION TIPS
How to get a four-day workweek
The four-day workweek isn't some far-off pipedream. Imagine how sweet life would be if you had a whole day to run non-professional, life-related errands. Or, for less industrious types, long-weekends every weekend. First, however, you need a plan to successfully negotiate what still is a futuristic workplace concept with the boss.
(Source: Jobboom, Career Zone)
RELAXATION/VACATION
Career breaks prompt gap years
So, you never went backpacking across Europe or volunteered at an orphanage in Central America. Now experts say it's not too late. They've noted a growing trend of mid-career adults taking off from stable, regular jobs to enrich their lives. While common among ivory-tower academics, corporate professionals have adopted the practice. Companies go along with the caper because it is a strategy to keep top talent long term. So, only top talent need apply.
(Source: The London Free Press)
Have you ever taken a year-off from your job?
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HEALTH/WELLNESS
Smokers toxic to bar, restaurant workers
The war against smoking may be ongoing, but hospitality just got a big break. Though only 22 of the 50 American states have smoking bans in restaurants and bars, militants now have irrefutable, scientific proof that second hand smoke exposes hospitality employees to dangerous carcinogens.
(Source: CBC)
PERSONAL ADVANCEMENT
Laziness lives in the next cubicle
Audiences still watch the reality-television program Survivor with riveted interest because it's a microcosm of the workplace and presents a distilled version of the special brand of self-interested teamwork required to get ahead. Unfortunately, in the "real world" you can't vote the laziest member of a team off of the island. However, if word gets out, the lazy employees will be doomed. All the skills in the world can't save them now.
(Source: Chicago Daily Herald)
CAREER PATH
Failure breeds success
People who ooze success are such fragile things. According to scientists, failure is an effective teaching lesson and may lead you sooner to success. Psychologists have discovered a brain mechanism that reacts to avoid humans from repeating previous painful mistakes. Finally, there's proof of the popular idiom "once bitten, twice shy."
(Source: Scientist Live)
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Do you... feel all alone in the office? Perhaps you are. After all, the summer vacation season is in full swing. However, before peering over your cubicle walls, here are some tell-tale signs that you've been abandoned at work:
- No receptionist
- Very quick morning meetings
- No line at Starbucks
- The hour-long commute takes you 20 minutes
- The company cafeteria is closed
(Source: Boston Globe)
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Research and editing: Austin Macdonald
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