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Is Stress Making You Want to Kiss Your Job Goodbye?

On The Job

He was not surprised to hear how many people were willing to leave jobs -- even entire careers -- and join the job hunt. “A They can’t even look forward to retirement, because they’re going to have to work longer now. A lot of people just don’t have anything to look forward to anymore,” Hochwarter says.“They

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Answering Reader Mail: The Other Assistant Isn't As Qualified - Should I Express My Interest?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

So, some reasons why a previous assistant does not come with their boss are: 1) The boss moves to a new city/state and the previous assistant can’t come because they don’t want to/can’t move, the commute becomes too far, or they don’t want to work in the new office/environment. Job hunting and dating are very similar.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Though the job market now is bad, it's been bad for years now. And due to outsourcing, Boomers not retiring, and Gen Yers being told (by older generations mind you) to get degrees in their "passion" or that "any degree" is a path to success.you end up with a lot of overworked, underpaid 20somethings.

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