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November 2008
Moms: Looking for work?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
More and more stay-at-home moms are finding themselves heading back into the workforce in order to help pay the bills. Where can moms find jobs that will allow them the flexibility of taking care of their children while earning a paycheck? Mom Corps is a service that works with a variety of staffing agencies and employers to provide job listings that truly have a flexible schedule. This article gives tips on how to be a super mom in the workplace.
If you are a mom looking for a job, what’s more important to you: the amount of the paycheck or a flexible schedule? For those of you that are already working moms, what advice do you have for those entering the workforce?
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Are holiday jobs hard to find this year in Atlanta?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This year’s hunt for holiday jobs is supposed to be more intense than usual. Because more people are unemployed going into the holiday season, there’s a lot more people out there trying to apply for seasonal and other part-time jobs. Instead of teenagers and housewives, which make up the typical seasonal job applicant pool, the recently laid-off from a wide cross-section of industries are scrambling for these jobs.
Of course, retailers, who tend to hire the most amount of seasonal workers, have low expectations for spending this holiday season, considering the state of the economy, which means they will need to hire less people.
Are you looking for seasonal work in Atlanta? How has your part-time job search been? Do you think it’s harder to find seasonal jobs this year in Atlanta?
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5 tips for a job search in a recession
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Our guest blogger Chandra Fox provides job seekers some helpful tips for searching for work during a recession:
- Now is not a good time for a passive job search. This means if it only took you 10 days to find your last job 10 years ago, things have changed. You need to really get it together and make first contact.
- Update your resume. If you have an objective listed on your resume and you’ve been working for more than three years, update your resume. If your resume is longer than two pages, seriously evaluate and probably edit your resume.
- Network! Network! Network! This means listen to those around you that are looking for new work. You never know what ideas they may come up with that will help you better your position.
- Be aggressive, not desperate in your follow-up. Be sure to send a note at the end of any interview thanking the hiring professional for their time and calling back at the time specified by the interviewer, not before.
- PMA: Positive Mental Attitude. Just because you have been looking for a job for the last six months, never let them see you sweat! Walk in to your interview with all the confidence in the world. Just because the right person hasn’t met you yet does not mean you are not a wonderful employee. Be confident, but not cocky.
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Can conflict at work be a good thing?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A recent study by CPP, Inc. may surprise many workers. The results suggest that workplace conflict may not always be a negative distraction, but can actually be linked to innovation and increased performance.
In the U.S., workers on average spent 2.8 hours per week dealing with workplace conflicts. Of those, 81 percent of workers report having seen positive outcomes from workplace conflict. Nearly half of those surveyed said they ended up with a better understanding of others, while around a third report improved working relationships and found better solutions to problems. Around one in ten saw a major innovation result from a conflict, while almost a quarter saw improved team performance.
According to the study, conflict management training provided the crucial link to positive outcomes with workplace conflict. That being said, the majority of survey participants stated they have received no training in conflict management.
Do you think workplace conflict can be a good thing? What do you think about conflict management training - is it important or a waste of time?
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Is your job making you sick?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Think your jobs is making you sick? You may be right. According to “Dr. Germ”, aka Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona, “The office environment has created a mechanism for moving germs around,” which has created a need for “some kind of hygiene strategy for offices.” Dr. Gerba and other University of Arizona researchers studied the desks, computers and phones from various professions and here is their list of the ten professions with the most germs:
- Teacher/day-care worker
- Cashier, bank employee
- Tech support/computer repair
- Doctor/nurse
- Lab scientist
- Police officer
- Animal control officer
- Janitor/plumber
- Sanitation worker
- Meat packer
Do you think your job make you sick? (And just for the record, the study found that home offices had even more germs.) Do you think sick co-workers should be sent home? What about you, have you ever gone to work knowing you were ill?
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Does firstborn always get the better job?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Do you think your birth order has made a difference in your career? Some experts think birth order impacts everything from workplace personality to career advancement and compensation.
Experts say firstborn (and only) children tend to be more assertive and confident, while the youngest children in the family tend to be more creative and manipulative. What about the middle kid syndrome? Experts say middle children tend to be more rebellious and adventurous. When these children grow up, the firstborn tend to be more successful in completing higher education goals and be more ambitious in their careers. Middle children tend to excel at negotiating and people skills. Youngest children tend to gravitate towards creative careers that allow them to remain in the limelight that they probably grew accustomed to being in as a child.
Do you think your birth order has had an impact on your career? What about your siblings?
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