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How Discrimination in the Workplace Impacts Black Women’s Health & Well-Being

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After lodging a sexual harassment complaint against a coworker at her job in 2009, Cynthia Watson says she was shunned in the office. Her manager, she said, would make sexualized jokes, resulting in what Watson felt was a hostile work environment. “It The experience took a toll on her mental health. I was good at what I did.”

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

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Crew members fulfill these needs from nonPareil Institute’s accommodating environment while gaining job and project management skills, working with others, meeting deadlines, earning a check and strengthening their resume and portfolio. Students are there to learn but are not subjected to a rigid testing environment.

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Small Business world News Round-up - 2009/10/27

The Small Business Blog

Small Business world News Round-up – 2009/10/27 by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 27, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world. — ST. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Master the Sales Mindset to Land Your Biggest Clients

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Attitude and actions go a long way in today’s selling environment. Whether you are selling health care or ice cream, the purpose of business is to make life better both for the customer and the company,” Cathcart says. This article was published in February 2009 and has been updated. That’s what the pros will tell you.

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The Centre of Your Small Business

The Small Business Blog

Trust – Trust is fundamental in order to secure a productive work environment. VB, Stefan Mike Said on June 9th, 2010 at 11:12 pm I came from working in a pretty populated environment with several staff which I was in charge of and now I run my own business with two partners (so not really staff). Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Co-Workers Annoying You?

Professional Assistant Blog

I also work in an environment where it gets a little too loud at times. Taking a break is good for your health, but its not a bar or a club. By The Professional Assistant on Monday, December 31, 2007 Filed Under: Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity A re your co-workers annoying you at work by talking to loudly?

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Work-Life Balance 2.0 and Small Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

This has created not only many health problems like cardiovascular disease, a weaker immune system, frequent headaches, backache to name but a few, but also social problems in areas like child-care, care for relatives, increase in divorces and other symptoms of a social fabric breakdown. Work-Life Balance 2.0 if you like.

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