On The Job

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Recently the American Institute for Cancer Research reported that about 100,500 new cases of cancer are caused by obesity every year. I enjoyed reading your article and sense that this bias is real. In fact (I'm a geeky academic), there was an interesting research article in the journal of Human Resource Management (vol.

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On The Job

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Atkins says employees should refuse any “nudge, nudge, wink, wink” requests from managers that they work extra time without pay, “and the manager should be reported for asking them to do it,” because under the law, an employee can be disciplined or fired for not reporting it, Atkins says.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Finnigan says recruiters, who often called young job seekers “challenging,” now report Generation Y job candidates are more willing to compromise on salaries or job duties. I thought this article was really well written. Didn't have any of the usual bias of Gen Y that these articles usually do.

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