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Admit it. Even if you didn't like Michael Jackson's music and dance moves, you and your coworkers huddled around one computer for hours, reading about the 911 call, watching him moonwalk on YouTube, and sharing your own thoughts on Facebook about the week's celebrity deaths....
You've no doubt heard about the recession driving people to start their own business, try their hand at freelancing, or change careers altogether. You've probably also heard about laid-off folks spending more time volunteering for causes they're passionate about. This rise in volunteerism should come as...
One of the positive side effects of this nasty recession is that many laid-off workers looking to reinvent themselves have grown more concerned with better balancing work and play. If this sounds familiar, you may want to take note of a new report published by the...
Convinced that not all laid-off dads become either the domestic divas or identity-stripped depressives the media makes them out to be, I spoke with more than a dozen unemployed fathers myself this month. Sure, some were thrilled to be home cooking, cleaning, and slinging diapers....
What a difference a couple of seasons make. Last fall, warnings that 2009 would be the year of the furlough were daunting enough. As the year got under way, we began to hear the tales of how workers were spending their mandatory days off, whether...
Lately I've been lamenting to anyone who will listen that there isn't enough time in the day to do all my work, eat a civilized dinner, tackle a couple errands or household chores, and sleep 8 hours before doing it all again the next day....
I don't know about you, but I always feel more in control of my life when my inbox is down to a manageable 50 to 100 e-mails. Sadly, my inbox has been holding steady at 350 messages for several months now. That's why I was...
I saw this post whiz by on Twitter the other day: "I feel so guilty about enjoying my funemployment, but I am." Among the Twitterer's recent activities: hiking, biking, and the Sasquatch music festival. Proof that she wasn't alone? A recent Los Angeles Times article...
If you've lost that loving feeling for your job but feel stuck there because of the economy, can bringing a passion or hobby to the office help? Career expert Alexandra Levit says yes. As Levit wrote in a recent Wall Street Journal column, "Bringing a...
Forget checking your BlackBerry or iPhone after hours. Forget 7 a.m. breakfast meetings. Forget giving that high-profile keynote speech at the leading industry conference two time zones away. According to a recent Forbes piece by Hannah Seligson, some burned-out executives have gone from considering 2...
