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Are you unhappy with your job?
Will a new job really make us happier? A seminal study suggests no. Research suggests that instead of fantasizing about some dream job that doesn’t exist, we focus on pursuing meaningful goals in the here and now.
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Biggest Career Mistakes and Lessons Learned
Successful careers are often built off of lessons learned, but it’s hard to believe business moguls like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg have ever faced a career slip-up. We turn to the Quora community to see what others have to say about their biggest career mistakes.
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Study says 'Cash for Clunkers' created few jobs
The nearly $3 billion “Cash for Clunkers” program approved by Congress in 2009 did little to boost the environment and created few jobs, a new study released Wednesday found.
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How a Criminal Record Keeps You Unemployed For Life
Luis Rivera had some peace of mind for about five months, from late fall of 2010 through early spring of the following year. That’s the closest thing he’s seen to financial stability in more than twenty years.
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It’s harder to get a job in Italy with a college degree than without one
With Italy’s unemployment at an all-time high of 12.5% and youth unemployment at a dismal 40.4%, young Italians might well think that now would be a good time to go back to school. They might well be wrong. A college or advanced degree may actually put young Italians at a higher risk of unemployment, according to economic data gathered by the European Union’s statistical agency, Eurostat.
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New BlackBerry CEO Scores $88M Compensation Package
Struggling BlackBerry is sparing no expense for new CEO John Chen, bestowing upon him a compensation package currently worth $88 million.
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Caught in a Revolving Door of Unemployment
On a cold October morning, just after the federal government shutdown came to an end, Jenner Barrington-Ward headed into court in Boston to declare bankruptcy.
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STEM Jobs Infographic: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
a breakdown of the current and future outlook for STEM jobs. Bright futures for qualified STEM workers predicted.
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Tech firms are now hiring more women than men
A curious thing has happened in the tech world. In an industry that has long been considered a boys club, suddenly firms are hiring more women than men. Over the last 12 months, the tech industry added 60,000 jobs, and 36,000 - or 60% - of those positions went to women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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They're Watching You at Work
What happens when Big Data meets human resources? The emerging practice of "people analytics" is already transforming how employers hire, fire, and promote.
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London bank intern died of epileptic seizure, coroner finds
A 21-year-old London intern who was found dead in a shower after working for 72 hours in a row died of an epileptic seizure, an inquest has found.
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The Worst Jobs in Science and Three Awesome Ones
Sure, everyone loves monkeys. But few test that love like Jake Owens. An environmental science Ph.D. candidate at Drexel University, Owens studies the ecology and behavior of drill monkeys. Typically, that involves trips to places like Bioko, an island off Africa’s western coast, where he crawls through snake-infested vegetation to collect monkey dung.
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The Rise of the Aerial Commuter: When Will We All Be Flying to Work?
Last month, a blog post by Sam Cookney captured the imagination of anyone who pays a little too much money for the convenience of living near work. He reasoned that, for the same price he paid for his one-bedroom London flat, he could live in a three-bedroom flat near the beach in Barcelona and fly to work in London four days a week. And he'd still have 387 Euros left over at the end of the month.
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Falsifying government reports to get re-elected?
When government pays for something, it gets more of it. For the past five years, Congress has been pushing “emergency” subsidies for long-term unemployment, and, not surprisingly, we’ve been getting more joblessness — a fact some have been working overtime to conceal.
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Pope Francis Once Worked as Club Bouncer
Vatican City newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reports that Pope Francis, the Fellini-downloading, couch-surfing, gay-accepting, capitalism-hating holy hipster, once worked as a nightclub bouncer. At this point, it would have been more surprising news if L’Osservatore Romano reported that Pope Francis had not ever worked as a nightclub bouncer.
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Creativity is rejected: Teachers and bosses don`t value out-of-the-box thinking
In the United States we are raised to appreciate the accomplishments of inventors and thinkers—creative people whose ideas have transformed our world. We celebrate the famously imaginative, the greatest artists and innovators from Van Gogh to Steve Jobs. Viewing the world creatively is supposed to be an asset, even a virtue. Online job boards burst with ads recruiting “idea people” and “out of the box” thinkers.
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Apparently McDonald’s Thinks Its Employees Have Swimming Pools and Nannies
In a post on its employee website, McDonald’s gave some particularly tone-deaf holiday tipping advice to its employees, suggesting what they might give to an au pair or a pool cleaner as a holiday bonus.
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The 4 Weirdest Jobs You Could Get At SpaceX Right Now
A look at SpaceX's "open positions" page shows the company needs people in all types of positions, with a focus on its Dragon craft.
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Have a Seat and Start Working Out
The founder of the New York City-based custom closet design company Clos-ette, Melanie Charlton, 37, does a lot of yoga and dance, but says she has had some of her best workout results sitting down.
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Deadly conformity is killing our creativity. Let's mess about more
People's lives would be more fulfilling if they were given greater freedom in the workplace
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