Warning over maternity leave threat to women's careers

A commission has claimed that the right for a woman in the UK to take a year for maternity leave may be making employers hesitant to hire or promote women, for fear of losing them for a eyar down the line."THE right to a year's maternity leave could be ruining women's...

Next Fundraiser Scheduled for The Wooden Cow Gallery and Art Space!

"Our next HUGE Yard Sale Fundraiser is taking place on Saturday, June 28th, 2008. Mark your calendars now!   All proceeds benefit The Wooden Cow Gallery and Art Space, a local grassroots creative co-op devoted to promoting arts awareness, while improving the lives and...

VIAGRA

" New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens, who was recently outed by a New York tabloid for using Viagra to increase his performance on the field, is among many professional athletes who make unorthodox use of pharmaceutical drugs. (ABCNews Photo Illustration) Experts believe...

Arizona politicans battling over the hot-button - immigration

Gov. Janet Napolitano came closer than ever last week to a full-blown conflict with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio over their differing approaches to illegal immigration. The governor ordered $1.6million in state money to be redirected from Arpaio's operations to a...

Indian finance executives get highest pay hike in Asia

India Inc has topped among its Asian counterparts when it comes tothe monetary measures taken for retaining the right talent while dolingout highest salary hikes to its finance executives across the region. According to the CFO Asia magazine's latest compensation survey,...

Rankings: Best Places For Business And Careers in the US

Forbes is the king of lists. Today they published the ranking of the best places for business and careers in the USA. It comes at a time when economic uncertainty is hitting and job security is becoming a major...

Are men and women hardwired for different jobs?

Does biology determine the different ways men and women go about--or want to go about--their careers? Is Hillary Clinton an anomaly, while Donald Trump a fully-realized and prototypical man (yikes).Writer Susan...

Retire Retirement? Another 30 Years of Work at 50 plus?

I am not sure, I can square my life or rather the next 30 years of it with the idea of a 'new career'...Working until I am 81 plus does not sound that exciting to me at least if I was to frame it in the traditional definition of work.I do not see myself retiring anytime...

Google Job Interviews: Grueling Brain Teasers & Reflections from Rejectees

Google gets over a million resumes annually. A chosen few make it to an initial 45 minute phone interview. Fewer make it to several follow up skill accessment phone interviews. Even fewer will get invited for a...

Falling Asleep on the Job? Ways to Fight Boredom

We are not talking here of those of us who find themselves napping at work due to exhaustion. This can be caused by being burned out by endless days or because you are juggling multiple jobs to say afloat. An overly long commute can be a reason as well. The topic at hand...

A Good 30 Years Left to Go (at 53), What 's Your Plan?

At least in the 'developed' world, I should correct, once we reach the tender age of 53, we still have 30 years to go.We might not be consumed by ambition the same way than we were in our 30's. Many of us have no clue what we would do with our life if we had to change...

Index It, '50-something and laid off? Stop shaving now', Jessica Says

Truth or dare: Jessica Hagy, the Indexed girl suggests that if you are 50-something and laid off? Stop shaving now...No Femmes a Barbes please! Could be one of the slides for our Just Over 50 and Not Dead Yet panel.

Speak Out! Voices of Dissent at Work? (Think 'Peanut Butter Manifesto')

I am not talking about the eternal complainer who never finds anything positive about her/ his work or company. In that case it might be time to move on.  The news of Yahoo! being put in play by Microsoft got me thinking about Voices of Dissent at Work... You might...

Comic Book Artist Salary: How to be a Comic Book Artist

Are you interested in becoming a comic book artist?  Look no further, comic book artist Dustin Evans has come to the rescue! In this Salary Story, you'll learn how to be a comic book artist and about the factors that affect a comic book artist salary. The wacky...

RICS qualification increases earning potential

"Chartered Surveyors just beginning their careers, aged 26 to 30 years, can expect to earn on average 59,200 (HKD935,360) per year as compared with non-qualified property professionals who earn on average 44,900 (HKD709,420) per year. The highest salary increases were...

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