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Poor air quality affects chess players, and it might be affecting you too

Workplace Insight

The computer analysis judged the errors they made were 10.8% Analysis of daily air pollution data in China revealed a negative relationship between air quality and stock returns from 2005 to 2014. At the same time, the share of middle-skilled occupations in total employment declined in both regions. more likely to make an error.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

Why you should (or shouldn’t) work with freelancers After learning about Fishkin’s past hiring experiences, we decided to do our own analysis on the subject — comparing full-time marketing employees to outsourced agency and freelance talent. They have the templates, time trackers, project history, and people skills. Her secret?

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

Practically Perfect PA

While people were probably ‘bleisuring’ long before the advent of the awkward word amalgam, it has recently gained attention as a trend due to quantitative analysis carried out by several corporate travel companies (namely BridgeStreet® Global Hospitality and Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s 2016 white paper on the topic).

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The Truth About Impostor Syndrome and How to Overcome It

Stephanie LH Calahan

Impostor Syndrome reflects a belief that you are inadequate and, or incompetent despite evidence that you are skilled and successful. A 2014 study on Impostor Syndrome shows that those people with it tend to undervalue their skills or fail to recognize how other opportunities might place more substantial importance on their abilities.

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Climb the career tree, all the way to the top!

Practically Perfect PA

In honour of National Employee Motivation Day (January 21 st 2015), we thought we’d inspire all the Practically Perfect PAs out there with a few tips for climbing the career tree, all the way to the top. Absorb the information on your company’s website and try and learn new skills where possible such as reading balance sheets.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

Success

When I read it in 2015, I was working both a full-time government job and launching a side business that would eventually eat up 80 hours of my week. To round out your technical analysis of the perfect product, Richard Lazazzera at A Better Lemonade Stand suggests you also consider: Is there a growing market with little competition ?