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Hack Your Mind: 23 Tricks to Learn Anything Better
Greatist is the fastest-growing fitness, health and happiness media start-up. Check out more wellness news at Greatist.com. Learning hacks -- they’re a thing, and while the college kids are heading back to school, it’s a good time for all of us to rethink the ways we learn. Student, professional, ... Read & React
How Caring for Aging Parents Affects a Career
Having chosen the child-free life, I didn’t expect that caring for loved ones would play any significant role in my career path. But I didn’t factor in my mom and dad. Like many in my generation, I never fully considered the potential need to care for my aging parents. Foregoing children was a ... Read & React
What a Real Budget Process Could Look Like in Washington
In June, Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar of Texas spoke at a conference where he declared he wanted to embed performance measures in each agency’s appropriations bill. What would this look like? When Cuellar served in the Texas legislature, he saw how his state used performance information in ... Read & React
Why Some People Have No Boundaries Online
Many people are often shocked by what others post online. Sometime this year, you’ve probably marveled at an offensive Tweet, a debaucherous Facebook picture, an embarrassing YouTube clip, or an unprofessional comment on LinkedIn from someone you know. Why is it that some people seem to have no ... Read & React
Service to America Medal Finalists: Homeland Security and Law Enforcement
There are numerous unheralded civil servants who play critical roles protecting the nation and its citizens from criminal activity and foreign threats. On Oct. 3, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service will present the prestigious Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for ... Read & React
So Many Bosses, But Who’s Doing the Real Work?
Many supervisors today were promoted or hired into their managerial positions after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, so they have only known a world of government expansion and increased staffing allocations -- especially for national security and law enforcement agencies. Before sequestration, some ... Read & React
Former Convicts Make Bad Employees — And Other Hiring Myths Big Data Expose
Despite the high rate of unemployment in the US, 4 million job openings remain unfulfilled. Attrition and lost productivity contribute to $350 billion in annual losses for US businesses; outdated hiring and workforce management practices are largely to blame. Used in the right way, big data ... Read & React
5 Ways to Get Your Conference Approved
Budget cuts and tighter regulations in the wake of high-profile cases of excessive conference spending have combined to put the squeeze on federal off-site gatherings this year. However, the U.S. Chief Financial Officers Council shared guidance recently indicating that government travel is, by no ... Read & React
Unless You Live in Europe, You Are More Likely to Be Hired Than Fired in the Fourth Quarter
Want to boost your odds of getting a job? Consider moving to India. The latest results of Manpower’s quarterly survey of employers suggest they are approaching hiring with caution for the rest of the year. Of the 42 countries where hiring managers are surveyed, companies in 29 of them expect to ... Read & React
You Won’t Get a Trophy, But Go Ahead—Fail
Atychiphobia: Have you heard of it? It’s the irrational, constant, overwhelming fear of failure. Chances are you don’t have this condition. But if you’re a member of Gen Y (born in the early 1980s to early 2000s) you might experience a mild case from time to time. When you’ve been handed a trophy ... Read & React
