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Mental Health First Aid: The Critical Skill Set Every Workplace Needs

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It’s standard practice to have multiple employees in every organization qualified in first aid so they can attend to physical injuries until professional medical help arrives. However, the same consideration is seldom extended toward mental stress and strain—otherwise known as mental health first aid—and that needs to change.

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These Are the Accommodations Working Parents Want Most From Their Employers

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Gone are the days of women hiding their pregnancies in job interviews or dads being secretive about the fact they have to be home for a 4 p.m. On-site child care is gaining momentum Sometimes a kid needs a parent to drop off medication or stop in for a behavioral concern. bus drop-off. As the saying goes, just take the first step.

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What toll has workplace stress taken on your life?

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, April 5, 2010 What toll has workplace stress taken on your life? Everyone who walks in my office is stressed,” says Lewin, medical director of Cinergy Health.

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Is Stress Making You Want to Kiss Your Job Goodbye?

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, June 1, 2009 Is Stress Making You Want to Kiss Your Job Goodbye? What levels of stress was he seeing? Just got a new deadline! goes a typical Tweet.

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Answering Reader Mail: I Got Really Sick Before An Interview & Still Went. Did I Make The Right Choice?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Are you looking for networking advice, job hunting advice, resume services, interview prep, career navigation, LinkedIn self branding, or getting mentored about career/life? Today I had an interview and just as I arrived, I got really sick and wasn’t feeling well at all. Go on the interview and try to explain it so it is very minimal.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

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After more than 2,500 workers moved to a 35- or 36-hour workweek and declared themselves happier, healthier and less stressed, the country is now moving to make this an option for the majority of its workforce. Synergy Vision, a London-based medical and health care communications company, introduced a four-day week in late 2018.

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Why Employers May Not Be Hiring Veterans

On The Job

Specifically, many companies fear that veterans have post-traumatic stress disorder and would be a problem at work. While some veterans do suffer from severe PTSD and need medication and counseling, others are able to cope with minimal assistance, experts say. But another reason is often not discussed openly among employers.

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