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Women who do find such jobs earn 22 percent less than men, a gap wider than in white-collar positions
Read More Six Pieces Of Bad Speaking Advice That Just Won’t Die
Anxiety, presence, breathing: They’re all real concerns for speakers, but addressing them starts with knowing which “solutions” to avoid.
“Nervous about getting up in front of a crowd? Just imagine your audience in their underwear!”
8 Strategies To Help You Quit The Snooze Button Habit For Good
Snooze sleep is lousy sleep. Try these strategies to take back your mornings, and your life.
If you hear your alarm in the morning and then decide to go back to sleep for a few more minutes, you’re not alone. According to one 2014 survey, 57% of Americans regularly hit snooze. There are worse habits, to be sure, but the problem with snoozing is that the alleged upside (more sleep) isn’t even that good. Sleeping in little chunks is far less restful than sleeping straight through to the time you intend to get out of bed.
Three Ways To Make Work Phone Calls Less Excruciating
Many of us have come to dread the dial tone in an age of email and Slack. Here’s how to be a phone person when you need to be.
For many of us, the thought of getting on the phone with someone when we can be emailing, chatting, or texting produces anxiety. If I can outline everything I need to tell someone in a clear and thorough email message, why would I take time out of my day for a phone call to discuss what can be summed up in a subject line, a couple of paragraphs, and a question or two?
The Secrets To Hiring Management-Level Freelancers
Hiring high-level freelance talent can deliver big returns, but you need to keep your company safe.
When you need to shore up talent on your team but don’t want the expense of a full-time employee, an independent contractor can be an effective solution. A recent survey by staffing firm Addison Group found that 94% of hiring managers are more comfortable bringing on freelance employees than five years ago, and 88% are more comfortable doing so for senior positions, too. Fifty-eight percent of employees said they wouldn’t mind if their boss was a temp.
20 Tech Companies Ranked On How Much Slave Labor They Use
Hats off to HP, Apple, and Intel—though even they have plenty room for improvement.
It’s not easy for tech companies to avoid labor abuse in their supply chains. Modern products are made up of hundreds of components and raw materials, each with their own chains of subcontractors and middlemen. Just drawing an organizational chart for a cellphone is hard enough. Ensuring nobody was coerced or abused in the manufacturing process is harder still.
Why The Queen Bee Theory Is BS
Copious amounts of research proves that women can and do support each other to ascend the leadership ladder.
The path to executive leadership can be paved with stumbling blocks for women.
How Will Brexit Impact The U.K.’s Innovation?
The U.K.’s way forward remains unclear, and some experts fear the country’s future innovation could be hindered.
The one thing that’s for sure is that nobody knows how Brexit will play out.
Seven Ways Facebook’s Big Algorithm Change Will Affect Marketers And Publishers
The social network is a fact of life for any company that creates content. And the new reality will require lots of adjustment.
The day many marketers and publishers have dreaded has arrived: Facebook is changing its algorithm to send less traffic to content sites.
