There's growing discontent in the British IT workplace, according to an English on-line job placement service, and it's an important bit of news for everyone.
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With skilled workers increasing happy to cross continents to find work, how to manage talent shortages across the globe is set to be the key challenge facing HR for years to come.
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Knowing who its customers are is the foundation for any successful organisation. And as the US Federal Aviation Administration has demonstrated, getting this wrong can be disastrous.
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The key to a good night's sleep is leaving the office at the office. As a recent study from the University of Michigan has found, problems in the workplace can have a big impact on how you sleep.
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Economic woes are rapidly beginning to filter across Europe, with nearly a third of British firms planning to freeze salaries and a fifth expecting to shed staff.
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In this modern world focused on the self, is it any surprise that self-improvement courses would eventually hit the workplace?
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Fewer than a third of Generation X are confident they will ever be able to retire and stop work completely, with most worried about supporting aging relatives and debt-laden children.
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With the pressure of the upcoming Olympic Games keeping the spotlight on China for sundry reasons, it was just a question of time before we started to see concrete changes in Beijing.
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No longer just the domain of geeks and teenage boys, the growing popularity of virtual, computer-generated worlds is something businesses should be looking at tapping into.
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The first day of a new job can be stressful for anyone, so here's advice for getting through the first day and starting off on the right foot.
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A global shortage of skilled workers is severely hampering the ability of companies to grow and expand and could, in time, become an even greater threat than the financial credit crunch.
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Every time there's a downturn, organisations seem to become fixated with "business development" in the belief that there's some magical breed of executive who can wave a magic wand and save the business.
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Next to wanting respect from their bosses, it seems most employees want to earn a decent wag and too many don't think they are.
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If you're looking for a big piece of cheese no matter the quality of your performance, here's a hot tip: become a CEO.
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More than two-thirds of college graduates are worried about how the state of the economy will affect their chances of landing a job. Not that that's going to stop them demanding the earth from employers.
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Interesting and challenging work is what drives most managers to go the extra mile, not performance-related pay, cash bonuses or a stake in the business.
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With British Airways reeling from one of the biggest corporate PR disasters in history, it's worth mentioning just how much impact social media had on the Terminal 5 catastrophe.
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It seems that it never takes long to find the bad in a good idea; just ask the Washington Post who in a recent article seemingly went on an expedition to find negatives with respect to workplace gyms.
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Too much anxiety kills performance. Yet anxiety is often ignored in the workplace or considered a sign of weakness that needs to be swept under the desk. So what can those who manage others do about it?
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If you're planning on changing jobs at the moment, make very sure you want to do it for the right reasons. A better strategy may be to ride out the economic turbulence with your current employer.
Read the full article at Management-Issues.com: Be careful when quitting in a downturn
Half of American workers believe their boss regularly abuses his or her position to take time off during the working day, while keeping everyone else chained to their desks.
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Obesity rates have doubled in the U.S in the past 30 years, with overweight workers now costing a staggering $45bn a year in extra healthcare spending and lost working days.
Read the full article at Management-Issues.com: Obesity costs U.S $45bn a year
The looming recession is forcing Americans to put their retirement saving on hold, raising the prospect of a pensions' catastrophe in decades to come.
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When you're not experienced, being on the receiving end of a heated conversation can be tough. But verbal challenges can be addressed tactfully and professionally as long as we've thought through a process for how to do it.
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Time once again to visit the Corporate Cynic as he takes an in-depth look at the unintended effects of outsourcing.
Read the full article at Management-Issues.com: Law of unexpected consequences