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Archive for June, 2008

Proctored or unproctored?

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on June 23, 2008 
Filed Under Selection | Leave a Comment

It is well known that job applicants lie in their resumes and at interviews to gain an advantage. In addition, much evidence exist that students cheat and plagiarise. Integrity testing and background checks of job candidates are now an integral part of the selection process. The question is who can you trust not to cheat or lie at the pre-employment stage.

Why work sucks

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on June 19, 2008 
Filed Under Current Reading, Work Behaviour | Leave a Comment

If only my job could be like this. Picture an office where no meeting is mandatory and employees can come and go as they please as long as they get the job done. Too good to be true! Well, Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke–the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific suggests that this results-only work environment (ROWE) actually works.

Shut-up and listen

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on June 4, 2008 
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As much as we might like to tell a back-seat driver to shut up, it seems that it is safer to listen to them than to talk to them. Recent research provides a better understanding of why language – talking and listening, including on a cell phone – interferes with visual tasks, such as driving.

Escape from Corporate America

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on June 2, 2008 
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You will search far and wide to find someone who doesn’t hate their job. Yes, the majority of us truly hate what we do, and only continue working because we can’t afford not to. Pamela Skillings looks at people in that predicament and offers them a way out in her book Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams.. It’s a well-written book that should give you all the help you need to start making choices and decisions to change your current situation.

Weighing down your career

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on June 2, 2008 
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Being overweight or obese is not only bad for your health but can also be bad for your career, according to a US study. Cort Rudolph, a researcher at Wayne State University looked at over 25 years of research on weight-based bias in the workplace to see whether being overweight hindered the chance of getting a job or moving up the work ladder.