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You may think not staying at your office until 8 pm and instead going home and putting some work in from your comfy bed makes you healthier, but you would be wrong. This kind of habit actually leads to procrastination during the day when you should be working, hurts your sleeping habits and makes you more of a workaholic. Plus, it kind of ruins the whole concept of the bed.
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Do you hate your job? That sucks. Maybe you can try getting a job at SAS Institute. The analytics software company topped Great Place To Work’s list of the 25 best multinational workplaces. The list was determined by employee surveys and audits of the companies’ policies and practices. And don’t worry, if SAS doesn’t sound appealing to you, here are the nine other companies that made the top 10. Get your resumes ready! More
There was a time when I was known for my pristine cursive penmanship, as my third grade teacher called it. I was mostly practicing my autograph for when I would become the next Oprah, duh. But, as computers replaced composition books, my dove-like, ball-point grace turned into chicken scratch. And, I know I’m not alone. More
Addicted to your smartphone? These days, your boss may be OK with that. As recently as last year, less than a third of companies allowed employees to use their smartphones on the job. Now almost half do. But if you’re using your personal devices for both business and pleasure, you could end up in a real mess. More
A little bit of rain (well actually quite more than a little bit of rain) isn’t going to keep the tech startup crowd from going to work. Though restaurants, Wall Street and other small business have all shut down, tech startups are still open. Due to cloud-based management systems, social enterprise tools and impenetrable servers, tech founders can work through natural disasters and even get ahead. More
With Hurricane Sandy stirring before striking the Northeast, lots of my fellow coworkers will be doing the same thing I’m doing: working from home in house slippers. How can you do this from your couch without missing a beat in your usual workflow? Here are 10 tips. More
Most PR girls know that using free tools like Twitter and LinkedIn can be a great way to take your career to the next level. The digital space has opened up endless opportunities for PR girls to pitch media, create social media content and build personal brands that can support them throughout their career. However, with all of the tools out there it can be easy to miss some of the free resources available that can support your career. More
Hey, crappy combination printer-fax machine: Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. LinkedIn recently surveyed more than 7,000 professionals to get their take on which office items and trends are least likely to still be around five years from now, and the cursed fax machine is on the chopping block. (As a freelancer working from home, my own extinct supplies and trends include dress pants and putting in my contacts before lunch, but never mind that.) Here are the 10 “cubicle dinosaurs” least likely to exist in 2017, according to LinkedIn. More
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No one is shocked by the idea that women are adaptable. In fact, ask any group of females if they think women are adaptable and be prepared to receive a resounding, “duh.”
Hanna Rosin’s recent book The End of Men has us looking at not only at the success of women in our new, post-recession economy, but why they have been more successful than men. And part of female adaptability in the workplace has to do with the increasing usage of technological resources like Twitter chats.
Listen up, ladies: Ignoring the Twitter train will only leave you in the dust. More
In case you hadn’t heard, it is New York Fashion Week. If you live in New York, it is pretty hard not to notice with all the stores doing promotions and extra models running around the city. But how did this crazy week that costs $865 million for the city of New York to put on? We decided to take a look at the history of fashion week so we could see why all this spending was necessary and what all the hype was really about. More
It is never easy to fire someone. It is probably the toughest thing a boss has to do. If they could, they would probably have someone else do it like a middle manager or a janitor or a robot. But most bosses know the right and respectful thing is to do it face to face. Or via text message? Well, that is what restauranteur Peter Demos did when he had to lay off more than 60 people. More
When it comes to finding love in the workplace, pedestrian pleasures often have to sub in for traditional engines of romance: Coffee instead of cocktails. Fast food under fluorescent lights instead of long dinners over candlelight. And, as it turns out, emoticons instead of love letters. According to a new survey, about 45% of women and 59% of men who have gotten romantically involved with a coworker say the affair started with an emoticon in a text message or email. More
This morning, the New York Times gave business people everywhere a little separation anxiety when they suggested that we all step away from their tech devices. Then, our sister-site Blisstree spelled out how late-night web-surfing and cable-browsing can lead to depression. It all started adding up to a very clear picture: We need to take a break from technology. And while I appreciate all the research and information that went in to those articles, I could’ve figured that out without reading a single word. How am I so knowledgeable?
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