Hot Job: Organizing Director for Screen Actors Guild

Looking for a job? Here’s a cool opportunity that just might be a great new start for the right person. The position: National director of organizing for the Screen Actors Guild Location: Los Angeles Job duties: The main goal of this position is to work with content producers in an effort to persuade ... Continue Reading

Top Skills Employers Look for in Employees

*Interpersonal Skills A candidates interpersonal skills are very important to employers. Since many jobs entail levels of customer service either internally or externally, and perhaps even global interactions, an individual’s ability to positively communicate and interact with others is highly desired. *Worth Ethic Employers tend to be attracted to potential employees who can ... Continue Reading

Things You Can Do When You Don’t Agree With Your Boss

1. Never do anything in the heat of the moment. Step back and think carefully about what your boss has said. It could be that he has a point. Think why he might have taken the stance he has. How can you change his mind and still give him/her what ... Continue Reading

Can Employees Distance Themselves from BP?

Three months ago, BP managed to do what some thought was impossible. No, I’m not talking about the possibility that they’ve single-handedly destroyed the entire Gulf Coast, although that is pretty impressive in its own right. Rather, BP successfully unseated Goldman Sachs as the most hated company in the America. At ... Continue Reading

Hot Job: President of Boys and Girls Club Pasadena

Looking for a job? Here’s a cool opportunity that just might be a great new start for the right person. The position: President and CEO of Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena Location: Pasadena, California Job duties: This person will be directly responsible for all areas of running the operation, including strategic planning, ... Continue Reading

Google Workers Bash Their Employer

Google (Stock Quote: GOOG) has long been considered one of the best companies in the world to work for and with good reason. Google’s perks are legendary. Employees get free massages, haircuts, car washes, gym memberships and, of course, food. One of their chefs actually used to cook for the ... Continue Reading

Career Couch: Avoiding Collisions of Church and the Workplace

Q. You want to take time off for a religious observance that does not occur on your day off or on a paid holiday. Should you tell your manager the reason, or just take it as personal time and leave it at that? Chris Reed A. Although some companies give employees paid ... Continue Reading

The Search: Weighing the Risk and Freedom of Self-Employment

SITTING in their cubicles, rolling their eyes over the latest bureaucratic slowdown or marveling at the near-incompetence of higher-ups, some employees are thinking: If only I were my own boss, I wouldn’t have these problems. Sean Kelly No, they wouldn’t. They’d have a host of different problems. Still, some people make the ... Continue Reading

5 Companies With the Best Benefits

CHICAGO (TheStreet) — As some companies have been forced to shrink benefits to save money, the ones that continue to reward employees stand out even more. To attract the best and brightest, they offer not only company-matched retirement plans and flexible work schedules, but a variety of creative perks. Here are ... Continue Reading

Will the World Cup Kill Productivity?

There is no doubt that the World Cup 2010, which kicked off today, is inspiring workers across the globe to be less productive. Of course, just how lackadaisical the tournament is making employees varies from country to country.   Concerns over workplace productivity in the host country of South Africa seem ... Continue Reading

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