Articles for tag: Burnout, Flex Time, How to Get Promoted, Job Sharing

Relieving Job Burnout Symptoms

Is there a chance you have job burnout? Is it possible you have been experiencing job burnout symptoms and are not aware of them? Let’s look at job burnout symptoms, causes and relieving job burnout symptoms. Learn how to recognize job burnout symptoms so you can identify problems, deal with them and get back to ...

Corporate Downsizing

Big Companies fall. How do rich get richer? By discarding you (“Downsizing Haikus”). While this comical haiku on downsizing represents the pessimism among many workers who have fallen victim to this practice, it indeed has some truth to it. Downsizing is the planned elimination of positions or jobs (Gowing, 55). You might even say downsizing, ...

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What is the Human Factor?

Most work places involve human interaction whether it is between co-workers or workers and the customers. How they interact with each will make a big difference in how productive the company will be. For many centuries experts have tried to harness the strength of human behavior and direct it towards the same goal. But through ...

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Quaker Oats: What Used to Be a Good Company

A Brief History The Quaker Oats Company was officially formed in 1901 when several American pioneers in oat milling came together to incorporate the now familiar name. In the late 1800s, each of three Midwest milling companies had independently begun to process and sell high-quality oats for the consumer – giving the American family a ...

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Companies that Offer Jobs to Senior Citizens

You have found that your Social Security does not provide all the income you need while in retirement. You could use a part-time or full-time job, but you might fear that it might be hard to get one at your age-at least one that would pay a halfway decent wage. There are a group of ...

Compensation and Benefits

“Compensation is considered to be the combination of all pay, salary, benefits, bonuses, and any other type of reward an individual receives for their work and or services,” (Mondy, 2010, p. 268). A comprehensive and well-balanced compensation and benefits package has many different components. It should be tailored and designed to complement the specific needs ...

How to Ace a Group Interview

Group interviews may seem less stressful than traditional interviews, but they can actually be even more nerve-wracking because you are meeting with prospective employers as well as your competitors for the job position. Essentially, a group interview involves several different candidates listening to prepared speeches by the hiring manager(s). Sometimes, a group interview will be ...