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Two in five people are working extra hours as cost-of-living crisis bites

Workplace Insight

Faced with declining real incomes and mounting expenses, almost half (46 percent) of respondents have taken on additional hours at work, one in five (19 percent) now has a second job for extra income, and one in three (34 percent) has been actively job hunting for a higher salaried role.

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4 ways to "manage up"

On The Job

While you might believe you’d like to dish out a little payback like some extra work or longer hours, it actually can be an opportunity to help boost your standing within your company and help your career. Come up with an innovative idea that supports the company’s overall mission strategy. Baldoni says you should: 1. Act decisively.

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Answering Reader Mail: Taking Your Career to the Next Level

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

You care less, you’re easily annoyed, you start to do a cost-benefit analysis, you feel resentful, and you feel short changed. The most important thing is to take action and do something different so you can get promoted, get better tasks, that raise, or transition to a different role, dept, company, or industry.

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Answering Reader Mail: Seek Greener Pastures or Stay Put?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I am bilingual and have experience in financial analysis/reporting and database management. Aside from what I will write below, you should consider re-reading my post from July 2011 titled The Realities of Job Hunting As a High Level Executive Assistant. You don't want to appear as a job hopper. 3 months is very short.

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