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RIP, Social Media Managers -- Tweeting Is Everyone’s Job Now
September 12, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Social media managers, it could be time to find a new title. Many employers are homing in on other terms—but don’t worry, your skills are still valuable. Overall, jobs with social media in the title grew by 50 percent over the last year, a much slower rate than in the ...
To Get Promoted, Women Need Champions, Not Mentors
August 28, 2013 Instead of adding a mentor or more Twitter followers this fall, women need someone far more powerful for their career if they want to succeed: a sponsor. As a ticket to the top, a sponsor will work equally well whether you’re climbing the corporate ladder or a working as an ...
Going Shoeless at Work Could Make You Less Stressed and More Productive
August 9, 2013 Kick off your shoes and work a while. Working barefoot may not be mainstream yet, but it’s spread far beyond the street performers, yoga instructors and writers, especially in the summer months. Some librarians and college professors, entrepreneurs and marketing managers wear nothing on their feet. So do some politicians, ...
Your Boss Is Reading Your Text Messages
July 29, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
It’s not just Big Brother looking over your shoulder and into your phone records; your boss is reading your text messages, too. And the bot or software now is scanning your texts to see if you’re sharing company secrets or racy photos on your company mobile phone, as well as ...
How to Boost Collaboration at Work: Sit at Round Tables
July 10, 2013 Pre-school teachers have been right all along: sitting in a circle is the best way to encourage sharing, even among 30- or 50-year old professionals. The round table approach may work to foster collaboration for corporate boards, at workplace meetings or at restaurants, new research from two Canadian business school ...
Too Much Collaboration Is Hurting Productivity
June 27, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Companies love collaboration—it’s become the go-to approach to solve corporate problems and spur innovation. Yet by emphasizing it at the expense of solitary work, employers choke worker productivity and satisfaction. A new report by Gensler, the global workplace design and architecture firm, found that workers are spending more time in ...
More than 40 Percent of Managers That Are Sent Abroad Fail
June 5, 2013 Getting a job placement overseas sounds like a dream until it’s not. The failure rate of expatriates is amazingly high, and experts blame a lack of corporate support and an abundance of family issues. Some 42% of overseas assignments are judged to be failures by senior executives in a new ...
The Shorter Your First Name, the Bigger Your Paycheck
May 7, 2013 Shorten it to Bill, Bob, Marc or a Cindy, if you want to work in the executive suite. That’s the messages from a new study by TheLadders, an online job matching site, which says every extra letter in a person’s first name may reduce her annual salary by $3,600. Since ...
