Self-Employment: Disturbance in Sleep & Chronotherapy

Self-employment has many advantages and one of them is the freedom to choose when, and where, you will work. For many self-employed iniduals, the complications with regulating a work schedule are quite common and,  in fact, it is not uncommon for the sleep schedule to become disrupted. If ... Continue Reading

If you only do one thing this week … organise your work wardrobe

Head start: Office wear needn’t be a chore or take hours to organise. Photograph: David Levene Admit it: since you started your working life there have been occasions when you’ve started the day behind schedule because of some kind of wardrobe crisis. Unless you are slipping into a uniform, dressing for ... Continue Reading

Is it OK to ask for a pay rise this year?

Will workers see more pounds in their pockets this year? Photograph: Maria Toutoudaki/Getty Images Last year, when the world appeared to be on a precipice, buttonholing the boss for a rise seemed irrelevant. More important was avoiding redundancy. Now the economy has stabilised, and bonuses are clearly back, have pay ... Continue Reading

The Boss: No Road Map Necessary

I WAS born in South Korea. When I was 2, my family, including my grandparents, emigrated to Brazil for a better life. My father saw more opportunity there. Multimedia My father was an elder at our Korean church, and he rallied members to start a Korean preschool, which I attended for ... Continue Reading

Teaching Summer School

Now that you have decided to teach summer school, you must still somehow manage to get all of the rest, relaxation, and rejuvenation that you desperately deserve after a school year. For  a summer vacation survival guide for those teachers that teach summer school, it is imperative that you make the ... Continue Reading

Posting Regularly to Your Blog: Why Bother?

Blogs are a bit like psychic vampires in that, when you go to write on them, you’ve suddenly lost your energy. Often when keeping one or more blogs, it can seem as if you are putting  in a lot of effort for very little return. But there are a lot of ... Continue Reading

Preoccupations: Neither Men Nor Mice

LAST fall, while working with corporate women across various industries, job levels and generations, an age-old issue re-emerged at a near-fever pitch. Women were obsessed about being labeled a “bitch,” and to a degree I hadn’t seen since the 1990s. Katherine Streeter The reason for their nervousness? Sure, they saw obnoxious women ... Continue Reading

Corner Office: An Office? She’ll Pass on That

This interview with Meridee A. Moore, founder of Watershed Asset Management, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Watershed is a $2 billion hedge fund based in San Francisco. James Estrin/The New York Times Meridee A. Moore is the founder of Watershed Asset Management, a $2 billion hedge fund in San Francisco. ... Continue Reading

Unemployment Rate Holds Steady at 9.7%

WASHINGTON (TheStreet) — Employers shed fewer jobs than expected in February, though market observers continue looking for any signs of sustained employment growth. Nonfarm payrolls fell by 36,000 during the month, and the nation’s unemployment rate held steady at 9.7%, according to the Labor Department. According to consensus figures provided by ... Continue Reading

How to cut stone

‘You start from flat surfaces, and they get progressively smaller’ Photograph: Sam Frost The craft of cutting and dressing stone is about as old as civilisation; a Roman stonemason would have little to learn from his 21st-century British counterpart. That’s if he could find one: with the advent of other, simpler ... Continue Reading

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