Articles associated with topic: workplace

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  Did Open Offices Backfire on the Modern Business?

  Cubicles might have started out as a good idea theory, but in practice, between the isolation and long expanse of grey walls, they have driven generations of office works into depths of despair. Next came the “…
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  How To Schedule Your Day to Keep Yourself Sane

  My cousin MJ is something of a whirlwind. He juggles phone calls with meetings with the real work that needs to get done in order for his company to grow. (He's an IT consultant and value-added re-seller, with…
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  Tackle Social Media Legal Issues at Work

  The way we engage professionally via social media is offering new opportunities in the world of work. However, it's also limiting the overarching control that companies have on employees’ ability to communicate…
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  Hiring Humor: Always Be Professional

  It's the golden rule of the workplace: Be Professional. You’d think that would be a given, whether you're the CEO or simply a job applicant. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work that way. Sometimes you can't h…
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  Get Rid Of Your Social Media Policy

  Heather Bussing (@HeatherBussing), an employment lawyer for Bussing Law and blogger for HR Examiner, advises companies not to write a social media policy – and if they currently have one, to get rid of it. Wh…w…
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  Improve the Candidate Experience

  Recruiting and hiring can be tough. It's not easy to align the right person, the right job and the right company at exactly the right time to create an excellent candidate experience. At the 2012 SHRM National…
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  Don't Change Your Social Policy, Change Your Culture

  A very hot topic of discussion in the blogger lounge at this year's SHRM National Conference was whether or not your company should have a social media policy. John Sumser (@johnsumser), founder of HR Examiner,…
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  Hiring Humor: The Office Hamburglar

  Never trust a carrot cruncher. When your office mates are crunching on carrots all day, but later your bacon cheeseburger and fudge brownie leftovers go missing, there’s only one conclusion you can reach. It ha…
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  Should You Be Hiring Professional Innovators?

  "Innovation" as a profession or a job responsibility is on the rise. Big companies are beginning to recognize there is a skill set and discipline to helping innovate their services, products and culture, says J…
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  Top Three Tips to Improve Onboarding

  We've all been there. You start a new job, settle into your desk, meet a few people and then it's time for corporate training. Hours – or maybe days – of company history, policies and paperwork. But how much of…