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Editorial Team 3by Gregg Adams
Through the cobwebs weaved from too many glasses of cheap wine the night before, he opens his tired eyes and rises with the hope that today will be different from the last hundred. “My ability, experience and yearning desire to contribute will match somebody’s need today,” he says, desperately trying to believe his own testimony.
Tips For Standing Out At Work
Editorial Team 2At a time when many companies are keeping a close watch on staffing needs, make sure you stand out to colleagues and leadership without being terribly obvious that you are attempting to do doing so, says Sandra Naiman, author of The High Achiever’s Secret Codebook , now on bookshelves (Jist, $14.95.) Her tips:
Doubling Up: Would You Do It For A Friend In Need?
Editorial TeamIn these tough times, would you open your house to a friend in need? I got to thinking about this recently when I repurchased the house that my ex-husband and I sold in 2002. Moving from a small Cape Cod to a spacious Dutch Colonial has given me room to breathe, but it’s not lost on me how fortunate I am at a time when people are downsizing.
Blogging as Therapy or to Find Job Leads
Editorial TeamDespite an M.B.A. and a decade of marketing experience, Rachel Levy was laid off in July. Rather than keep her feelings to herself, she did what thousands of others now do: she started a blog to chronicle her life post-layoff. Her first post was about her best new job opportunity: baby sitting. The Wall Street Journal reports that as layoffs increase, some job seekers are sharing their woes by blogging. For many, it’s therapeutic. For some, it’s turned into a way to garner job leads.
Accent the Positive
Editorial TeamIt’s almost impossible these days to not hear the doom and gloom of the economic reports on the news, by the water cooler and at family dinners. We are inundated 24-hours-a-day with negativity, up-to-the-minute reports of lost jobs and stock market crashes. While it’s important to be informed, you owe it to yourself and your business to not go down the slippery slope of negativity.
Can Couples Have It All?
Editorial TeamIn Getting to 50/50: How Working Couples Can Have It All by Sharing It All, Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober, two highly successful working moms, have written an action plan for couples based on the simple belief that in order to achieve a successful work-life balance, moms and dads must be equal at home. Published by Bantam Books, 50/50 is on bookshelves now. We asked the authors Three Questions.