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Productivity Nuggets Of The Week (September 11 2010)

Productivity Bits

Put into practice the lessons that you will learn. Your home-office is an important part of your daily life – whether you are working from home or working full time in an office (or if you are like most knowledge workers, that is a cubicle). I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did. And, don’t just enjoy them.

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4 Ways to Increase Your Chances of Finding Remote Work

On The Job

Sara Fell , the founder and chief of FlexJobs.com , says she's seen a 400 percent growth in telecommuting jobs in the past three years. The key is that an employer connects with you via technology while you do the same work you would as if you were sitting in a cubicle at an office. We were surprised at first," she says.

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4 ways to "manage up"

On The Job

Know what’s going on in an organization by meeting with those on the front lines and learning of their challenges. Not only did you learn skills that will help you in relating to managers throughout your career, but you also made sure others knew that you had some valuable input. Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You?

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8 tips to help you find your way in this tough job market

On The Job

But, I learned from the experience that it was just a waste of my energies that could have been better focused elsewhere. Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You? 2 Big Myths About Work You Need to Ditch 4 ways to keep your confidence during a job hunt Could telecommuting be a career mistake? Thanks for your comments.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Roberta, Hopefully, everyone -- no matter the age -- will learn important lessons such as being more resourceful, networking and being resilient. We can learn so much from history, but as soon as things start to do well again, we seem to forget everything we learned. At least they will be that way for a couple of years!

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: Are You Stuck in Gender.

On The Job

Instead, they say, women should “learn to say no and mean it.” Learn to delegate. What lessons have you learned about communicating better? Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You? 2 Big Myths About Work You Need to Ditch 4 ways to keep your confidence during a job hunt Could telecommuting be a career mistake?

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Is your employer clueless about your needs?

On The Job

What employers can learn from these answers is that an employee deciding to leave a company may not have anything to do with his age or satisfaction with his work, but rather on where he identifies himself in his career. Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You? We ask them to define their age in a more holistic way.