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- Vanoc CEO promotes mandatory vacations Friday, November 14, 2008 @ 4:07AMVanoc CEO John Furlong has urged businesses to do what they can to reduce traffic congestion during the 2010 Olympics, suggesting everything from closing up shop for the duration to getting employees to take transit or work from home.
- Job Hunting: Learn The Fine Art Of Counteroffers Sunday, November 16, 2008 @ 11:26PMIt was 2001. The dot-com crash had put Patrick Lannon in job-hunting mode twice. He and his wife, expecting their son, left Portland, Ore., for Knoxville, Tenn. The offer Lannon landed after extensive internal interviews surprised him. He countered, asking "if it would be worth it to pay me 20 percent more if it would positively impact the business." ...
- Many working harder to hold onto their jobs Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 11:16PMFor many workers and managers the downturn has quashed such luxuries as vacations and two-day weekends.
- The High Cost of Travel Is Changing the Way We Work, Collaborate and Communicate Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 7:00AMThe high cost of travel is changing how businesses and their employees work, communicate and collaborate, according to a survey sponsored by Plantronics, Inc.. The study revealed that many companies have significantly reduced business travel due to rising fuel costs over the past year, while more people work from home at least once a week.
- Ranks of Women Workers Grow: PAR Survey Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 3:51PMFor the first time in six years, the number of women in the cable industry rose slightly from last year’s totals, according to the 2008 Women In Cable Telecommunications’ "PAR Initiative Survey."
- Foster kids say medication is overprescribed Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 7:24AMBefore a roomful of important adults, foster kids and graduates of the system talked about being put on powerful psychiatric drugs and undergoing "treatment" when what might have helped more was a chance for a regular life with sports and clubs and jobs.
