Working Late In Pregnancy As Dangerous As Smoking, According To Study
Posted by max at Jul
A few hours after Yahoo announced to the world that Marissa Mayer would be its new CEO, Mayer announced to the world that she was six months pregnant. She was going to work until her due date, she told Fortune magazine, and would only take a few weeks off with her newborn. It was a [...]
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Model, Laura Summers, Says Botched Lip Injections "Made Me A Monster"
Posted by max at Jul
“I looked in the mirror and screamed,” said Laura Summers, the morning after a quicky lip injection. “All I could see was a monster looking back at me.” Summers, 27, was working as a model at a trade fair, when she heard a promoter from another stall say they were offering on-the-spot lip fillers, reports [...]
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#1 Hidden Risk To Working From Home
Posted by max at Jul
By Elaheh Nozari, LearnVest Working from home today? It could have a serious effect on your career. The Wall Street Journal recently reported the results of a new study that suggests employees who work from home or remotely may end up getting lower performance evaluations, smaller raises and fewer promotions than those who work at [...]
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My Unemployed Life: Why I Wouldn’t Bother With A Career Coach
Posted by max at Jul
I’m sorry to say that I’ve developed a skeptical attitude toward career coaches and interview counselors and, in general, toward the profusion of job search advice I find everywhere on the Internet. A whole industry seems to have sprung up to serve the needs of unemployed people. While I’m sure this is good for the [...]
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Another Disappearing Blue Collar Job?
Posted by max at Jul
Working in coal mines for many brings to mind dirty and dangerous labor. But for more than century, it often was lucrative. Joe Caudill, who worked as a roof-bolted in an underground coal mine in Knott County in eastern Kentucky, brought home $105,000 last year, after factoring in overtime pay. But Caudill and thousands of [...]
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