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SLEEP AND WORK: AN UNLIKELY COMBINATION
According to the same survey by the National Sleep Foundation, the odds are 1 in 10 an employee has taken a nap at work.
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SIX-FIGURE SALARIES AND EDUCATION
If you're interested in earning a six-figure income, pack your books, head off to school—and plan on staying there for a while.
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WORK AND THE WEB: SURFING ON THE CLOCK
Finding ways to waste time at work is a time-honored tradition. Office March Madness betting pools for the NCAA basketball tournament are estimated to cost billions of dollars in lost productivity.
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WEIGHT AND WAGES: A WOMAN’S DILEMMA
Over two-thirds of the US population is overweight or obese. Today, extra weight, for white women in particular, translates into confidence-sapping stigma and lower salaries.
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UNION MEMBERSHIP BY AGE
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the odds an employed person 16 or older is a member of a labor union are 1 in 8.04 (12.4 percent) compared to 20.1 percent in 1983.
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A SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION: Q&A WITH WARREN BROWN
Warren Brown was headed for the court, not the kitchen. But a 1999 New Year’s resolution set him on a different path.
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THINGS LIKELIER THAN BEING EMPLOYED
Few circumstances are more depressing than facing the New Year without a job. And the odds are not very cheering. Of people 16 or older, only 1 in 1.71 (58%) has gainful employment.
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COUNTING THE UNEMPLOYED
Although it crops up more during a recession, concerns about who's got a job and who doesn't are never far from many people's minds. But just because you're out of work doesn't necessarily mean you're unemployed so far as the government is concerned. In fact, with regard to labor statistics, you’re the second largest group there is.
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THE ODDS OF CHANGING JOBS
Millions of people are currently scouring want ads and the Internet, looking for new employment opportunities. Some are out of work, some are worried a pink slip is on its way, and some are just plain dissatisfied with the job they have now. The days of getting a job straight out of school and sticking to it for decades seem long gone. Are there any companies left holding out the promise of a gold watch in return for years of service?
DAILY LIFE & ACTIVITIES–
RECESSION CREATES A NEW ROLE FOR WORKING WOMEN
Early on in her marriage, Samantha Campen chose to work outside the home. A recruiter for a Chicago-area nursing school, Campen hoped her second income would help her growing family inch a little closer to the elusive American dream. “We still rent and have dreams of owning a home,” she says, “and we have debt that needs to be paid off.”
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