How to Suggest Working Remotely in a Job Interview

Slightly more than 2 percent of the US workforce (2.8 million people) telecommutes. So how do you become one of those people? And how do you bring it up in a job interview?

How to Make the Best of an Unhappy Workplace

Sick of your job? Feel trapped? Fantasize about walking in to your bosses office and declaring emphatically “I quit!”?
Don’t let negative thoughts and emotional trappings derail a career, wrote Pat Olsen of Harvard Business Review in his post “How to Survive in an Unhappy Workplace. Find ways to make the job work for you while [...]

Prepare for Remote Job Interviews

Business are growing more accustomed to employees working remotely and recruiters are following suit, wrote Kevin Wheeler, president and founder of Global Learning Resources in a blog on ERE.net.
Job seekers should be ready to face the new tools of the trade such as remote interviews, Wheeler said.
Hiring managers may never meet face-to-face with a candidate, [...]

10 Best Companies to Work For

It’s good to work for a consultant. Consultants and contractors make up six of the top ten positions on the GlassDoor.com list of “50 Best Places to Work.”
Glassdoor.com uses anonymous reports from users to track salary info and company performance at U.S. companies. The survey was based on user responses. “The survey addresses key workplace [...]

The Peter Principle Revisited: Random Promotions Work Better

Three Italian scientists believe they have found a way to beat the “Peter Principle” that fouls so many corporate hierarchies – promote people randomly instead of by merit. The sturdy, by Andrea Rapisarda, Alessandro Pluchino and Cesare Garofaloa of the University of Catania in Italy, made The New York Times Magazine’s 2009 “Year in Ideas” [...]

Defending the Company (Even Anonymously) Can Get You Sacked

An American Airlines Web developer who defended and explained his company’s culture — anonymously — to a critical Web designer over e-mail in May was fired by the company, said Kris Dunn on the HR Capitalist blog. It’s a cautionary tale on what can happen when an innocently written, carefully crafted employee perspective gets into [...]

Grocery-Store Chains Offer Best Job Security

Want to choose a safe place to ride out the recession? Try a grocery-store chain. Four of nine companies on Investopedia’s Top 9 companies for Job Security are grocery- or convenience-store chains.

Nugget Market, grocery store chain, Woodland, Calif., Privately held
Devon Energy, oil and gas producer, Oklahoma City, Okla. Publicly traded
Aflac, supplemental insurance provider, Columbus, Ga. [...]

Edelmen PR Tries Mentoring in Reverse

At the public relations firm Edelman, veteran employees are paired with younger employees, who mentor the seasoned staffers on things like technology and cultural and generational differences. The program called “Rotnem” (mentor spelled in reverse) is part of a new management trend is taking on at organizations, said Ramon Greenwood on the “Secrets of the [...]

You Catch More Jobs with Honey than Vinegar

Being passed up for a promotion can be a hard pill to swallow and lead to career-crushing behavior on the job.
Your bad attitude at work can lead to a destructive cycle that harms your chances for a future promotion or even endanger your job, said Shawn Achor, a Harvard psychology professor and CEO of Aspirant [...]

Your Boss Is a Jerk Because He Needs a Hug

Researchers at the University of Southern California and the University of California at Berkeley reportedly found a link between aggressive managers and the managers’ feelings of inadequacy.
Researchers believe the pressure to perform at a higher level can lead to feelings of incompetence. Those emotions ultimately put some managers in defensive mode, a negative psychological state [...]