Job Survival

Thinking about pursuing a career with children? Rather your pursuing your degree in education, working at a day care, a substitute teacher, or you've been a teacher for 20 years and are losing...

Most home or work offices could use a little love and attention. If you are like most people, this is the place where you work, day in and day out. Because you spend so much of your time in your...

One day you are laying in the beach in Hawaii, and the next day you are sitting in your cube at 9am with a pit in your stomach. Everybody knows how brutal it is to face the day back from a...

Pretending to be sick isn't unheard of in fact lately it might be the only way you get a day off. It is an unfortunate way to get the day off, but hey, that's how life is sometimes and you got to...

If you are like me and work in the real estate industry than you have more likely than not attended anyone of a number of recent market update conferences. The seminar includes industry titans...

Have you ever forgotten an important appointment? Or spent hours searching for a client's phone number just when you have to get in touch with them? Getting yourself organized and keeping it that...

There is an ongoing joke in my family when anybody gets burned out on the job and needs a day off. We always say, "I'm going to call in afraid today." Why afraid? Well, you're calling...

Although the common time to work is nine to five, many people work a graveyard shift. You work a graveyard shift in the middle of the night--hence the name. Graveyard shifts start at eight PM or...

I'm sure just about all of us have those days that you just don't feel like going to work but you've got to anyway. Or maybe you're tired of your current job and is looking for a better one. Here...

Whether you're aching from the flu, or feeling in need of a mental health day, there's a right and wrong way to let your boss know that you're taking a sick day. Here's what you need to know.

We live in a day where everyone feels the need to be multi-tasking. Couple that with the pressure's of day to day financial strain, it's easy to develop a feeling of being overworked. When you are...

Everyone has those workdays. You watch the clock and it seems to go in slow motion without moving your day along. If your day's dragging, you should figure out ways to speed up your time at work...

Some businesses call them sick days and others deem them personal days. Whichever name your company assigns to paid days off of work, you need to know that you have the right to use them! Sure,...

Every one gets tired of their job now and then. Sometimes it is important to take a day off just to keep yourself fresh. When this happens, you may consider taking a mental health day. This could...

There are those who live for their work, and are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in the office every day. Others need to make excuses to get out of work on occassion just to get by. Whether in the...

Everyone needs to take a sick day every once and awhile to maintain their mental health. Although most sick days should only be used if you really are sick, a few can be taken for your own...

When you aren't feeling fulfilled at work, every day can be a drain. Instead of getting bogged down in pity, concentrate on the good things about your job. Here's how.

Working the night shift takes a special attitude and some lifestyle adjustments. Often the night shift pays better than the day shift because of the sacrifices you must make. Your days and night...