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Pocket Amplifier Guarantees Every “A-Ha!” Moment” is Heard Loud and Clear

In order to advance, business people must demonstrate regular...
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Told to Put Their Heads Together, Two Analysts Now Can’t Get Them Apart

When the accounts receivable staff at Cleveland ad agency...
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Does Starting a Fan Club for My Boss Make Me Look Like a Suck-Up?

Q) As I understand the concept of “Fan Clubs,”...
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Wisconsin CEO Sued After Appropriating Staffer’s Signature Greeting for Himself

A popular employee at Milwaukee’s Lamernoy Genistics is taking...
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Novice Chicago Ad Man Mistakenly Gets His Foot in the Wrong Door

Steve Wilson was on top of the world. Three years after first sending out his resume, then following up with over 100 query letters, he thought he’d finally gotten...
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Man Walks 2300 Miles to Find Employer That Moved and Didn’t Let Him Know

When Delmar Stratagems relocated from Seattle to Detroit in April, 57 year old accounting clerk Harold Walters was not invited to make the move. In fact, he was not...
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“Writing on the Wall” Strategy Moves From the Workplace into the Home

To avoid paying expensive severance packages to terminated employees, HR departments have long utilized the strategy of writing on their office or cubicle walls to get them to resign...
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Nod, Shake or Hug? Employees Returning to Work Choose Greeting

When employees return to the office after many months working from home, the idea of having to interact with colleagues again can cause anxiety and concern. "Before the pandemic people...
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Consortium Says Giving 110% No Longer Enough, Mandates Increase

The Nevergo consortium of St. Louis notified its 1300 employees this week that it is no longer sufficient to give 110 percent. New requirements – which increase expectations to...
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Despite Being Told There Was No Need, Banker Re-Invents the Wheel Anyhow

Ignoring what her superiors considered a pretty clear directive, Sheila Cosgrove, a conformities specialist at Denver’s Pomeroy Trust, re-invented the wheel last Thursday. “We were asking that she conduct a...
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With “Walking Out” Fired Staffers Now Common, Companies Seek More Humiliating Methods

When major auto companies began instituting massive layoffs across the country this month, those affected were invariably “walked out” – that is, provided with a box in which to...
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Sting Operations Cracking Down on Friendly Workplace E-Mails

Sally Kaspers thought she was making a new friend. In reality, she'd been caught in an e-mail “banter sting” - a tactic used by over 10,000 American companies to...
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Servers at Midtown Eatery Will Specify When Telling Diners to “Enjoy!”

Mishap, the Corktown bistro nouveau whose glazed prawns were recently featured in Swallow magazine, is requiring its waitstaff to tell customers what to enjoy instead of just saying “Enjoy!”...
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As Performing Opportunities Decline, Mimes Being Hired for Regular Jobs

With Covid meaning fewer crowds on street corners to perform for, mimes across the US are turning to other means of making a living – taking jobs at advertising...
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Researcher’s Career Takes Off When He Starts Asking, “What Can I Do You For?”

For 14 years, Level II Researcher Carl Mortons languished in anonymity at Cincinnati's Penrod Group, spending day after day analyzing Midwest auto mileage trends. He’d all but given up...
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Excessive Pivoting Blamed for Five Million US Workplace Injuries

A health care system already strained by Covid-19 has also been dealing with another challenge – injuries caused by increased pivoting in the workplace. Since March 2020, over 15...
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