Should Every Weekend be a Three Day Weekend?
Apparently, the science is settled in favor of it. You wouldn’t want to be a science denier, would you?
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The post is written by a developer, and he’s got good advice for anyone looking for that kind of work. I’m not a developer, but I can say with some confidence that this advice applies to everyone. In this job market, who you know is everything.
Scratch that. It’s not who you know, it’s who knows you and your work. The more people who see your work, the more likely you are to land a job. It’s not always that simple, but it sure increases the odds. Maybe for the rest of us, it’s not about having a GitHub repository for our projects, but about writing a blog, being involved in user groups, or volunteering with your industry’s educational resource.
Given recent events, I faced the question posed in this post and came to the same conclusion. Should you post that you’re #OpenToWork? A tale of two labor markets. Economic theory suggests that the people laid off or searching for a job in boom times are different from those laid off in a recession. If…
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Earlier this week, I gave notice to my current firm. I’ve been offered, and accepted ,a Litigation Support Analyst position with a much larger firm. (I’m not exactly sure about their policies regarding naming the firm in a blog post, so I’ll leave that out for now….) Anyway, the new gig is in their Greenville,…
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According to William Chalmers, yes we do. Truthfully, as I read through his list of ways that Americans are taking vacations wrong, I found myself thinking that I’m guilty of some of them, even though I agreed with much of what he said. His ways we travel wrong: 1. We are addicted to mini-vacations. 2….