5 Simple Phrases to Avoid at Work for a Better Professional Personality
In a professional environment, one has to be cautious about his words as well as his gestures. This is because every working individual has to maintain certain decorum wh...
Ace the Client at a Business Lunch with Impressive Persuasive Skills
For an entrepreneur, trying to ace the client is a very crucial process for the progress of the company. Bringing in an important client can keep the company busy for mon...
Tesla Lawsuit accuses former Autopilot Head for Recruiting Engineers for Independent Venture
Tesla Motors Inc. is taking strict action against the director of its Autopilot system. The well-known automobile company has accused the former director along with the m...
Can a country like the U.S. afford to have shorter workdays?
In 2016, the Swedish city of Gothenburg began trials for a corn-flake capitalism experiment. The government coalition proposed a year-long trial that would divide municip...
Penalties for an employee sleeping on the job?
Hi Jane, We have an employee who is really unlikable and has a bad attitude towards work. Let’s just say I’m dealing with a one-of-a-kind jerk. Two or three times ...
How Can You Transform Your Workforce For Your Customers?
Company culture plays a critical role in companies at the forefront of its digital transformations. For example, Apple has a unique corporate culture that emphasizes inno...
E-mails after Work Hours can Affect an Employee’s Inclination towards Work
At some point in life, any working individual would have felt irritated when he needs to reciprocate to e-mails after work hours. Imagine going home after a long day and ...
What is the best interview response to ‘what is your greatest weakness?’
Hi Jane, You know how they ask ‘what is your greatest weakness?’ during an interview? Now, this is a cliché, tricky question and one is expected to respond to the qu...
Despite High Literacy Rate, Problems Recruiters Face are Increasing
Unemployment has been a challenge in almost all the countries of the world at some point or the other. In the presence of unemployment, one expects the employers to recei...
Microsoft Sued By Employees Who Developed PTSD Over Violent Content
IN BRIEF: Two former Microsoft Corp. employees are suing the company for not protecting them from the psychological damage of viewing extreme content, resulting in severe...
How Can Americans Workers Overcome A Sedentary Lifestyle?
I wake up. I get ready for work. On some days, I practice yoga in the morning, but not daily. I sit at the desk and do work, sometimes 8 straights hours without a proper...
Gone Are the Days of Office Vending Machines Stocked with Soft Drinks
Think all that sugar and soda is going to help your employees carry you to the top of your industry? Think again: according to The New York Times, a growing number of wor...
Nonprofit Workers are Burned Out and Overworked
At the beginning of 2016, the Department of Labor signed one of the most consequential update to the federal rules on overtime. The new rules doubled the salary threshold...
No Doctor Should Work More than 30 Hours
The subject of doctors who work more than 30 hours per shift has always been a matter of heated debate within the medical community. ...
This One Interview Question We All Dread
At the end of a job interview when they ask the inevitable, ‘So, do you have any questions?’ Make sure you have prepared some good questions. After all, a job intervi...
Q & A with Jane: How to Address Hygiene Issues in the Workplace
Hi Jane, I work in the kind of workplace where people are busy minding their own business and hardly interact with each other. This kind of atmosphere is quite convenient...
