Most of us will experience a range of different management styles throughout our careers. How one reacts to different styles is unique to each and every person. Some people prefer to be left to alone to work independently, others need to be micro managed and hand held as they work through their tasks. Whatever your [...]
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Management Styles – What kind of Boss do you have?
December 27th, 2011 · No Comments
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Your Boss is Watching You – Monitoring Rights of Employers
December 4th, 2011 · No Comments
As technology leaps from frontier to frontier it becomes easier for those that employ us to monitor many of the things that we do each day. With email and internet monitored, logins tracked, GPS units tracking where we drive and even little swipe cards we use to get into the office recording our every move, [...]
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What Annoys You About Your Co-Workers?
August 16th, 2011 · No Comments
Chances are there is someone at work that annoys the crap out of you – and you don’t know how or are not quite sure of the best way to deal with the situation. If this describes you then you should take a few minutes and read this article – you will soon see that [...]
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Equal Pay ??? – Why Do Women Earn Less Than Men?
July 23rd, 2011 · No Comments
The Gender Wage Gap ( Gender Pay Gap ) is a fiercely debated topic – and one that doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. From information gained from this information on Wikipedea we can create the following chart showing the percentage of Gender Pay Gap from the countries we are interested in looking [...]
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The Most Dangerous Job in the World
June 25th, 2011 · No Comments
The world’s most dangerous job is one that can be as rewarding as it is risky. Men and women put their lives on the line for the most deadly catch in the sea. If you are a member of this elite group, that has the dubious honor of working in a death zone, you are [...]
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Personal Email At Work
November 26th, 2007 · No Comments
One of the biggest time wasters in todays office environment is personal emails during work time. Its a hard one for employers to police without infringing on employee’s privacy as well and many ethical questions are raised around this area. From my own experience I would recommend that most employers and employees attempt to operate [...]
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The Most Depressing Jobs in the World
October 15th, 2007 · No Comments
If you are reading this article the chances are that you are probably depressed in your job. In this video however we look at what types of jobs are the most depressing. A couple of points I found very interesting from the quick clip were that woman were more likely than men to be depressed [...]
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How Many Work Days In A Year
September 25th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Its often handy to quickly work out exactly how many working days there are in a year. It’s easy enough to work out with a few simple calculations, and below we show you exactly how to work through this and show examples. Australia and NZ are very similar however Australia does tend to vary a [...]
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Work from Home Careers
May 5th, 2007 · No Comments
Have you ever thought about avoiding the traffic, getting away from office politics and taking on work that enables you to work from home? With recent advances in technology over the last few years more and more of the work force are finding that they can in fact work from home. Laptops, highspeed internet and [...]
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Ethics of Spying – Is your Company like Big Brother?
May 4th, 2007 · No Comments
Most offices these days have the ability to scan every email you send and receive, every website you visit, and may even be watching what you are doing with a hidden or unhidden camera. Companys have the ability to block you from visiting certain websites like Trademe, and/or virtual Rugby sites. Why? Well your company [...]
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