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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

You can’t look only at yourself and do this all on your own, or you’ll just be seen as a self-promoter. Don’t appear to “dither and dally,” suffering from what he calls “analysis paralysis.” I really appreciate the "analysis paralysis" idea. Let's hope 2010 lets us all shake off analysis paralysis!

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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. When you interview for new jobs, do your yearly job performance reviews, network, or whenever appropriate, make it clear you have bigger goals. When you job hunt keep this in mind.

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