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13 Reasons Why You Should Quit Your Job

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:24:17 +0000

The job market might not be so stellar but that doesn’t mean you have to stay with a company that stifles your creativity, demeans you for their profit or makes you spend long hours away from your loved ones. But enough about every job that ever existed. Some positions are worth leaving to join the [...]

Could Your Social Media Profiles Cost You a Job?

Shauna Wright — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:28 +0000

A new CareerBuilder survey of 2,300 hiring managers and human resource professionals shores up the warnings many experts give job-seekers about social media — namely, what you post could wind up costing you a position.

Prankster Quits Jobs at Places He Never Worked

Don Deane — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:00:03 +0000

We’ve all had fantasies of quitting a terrible job before, but prankster Peter Butterman does it one better by quitting at places that have never even employed him in this hysterical video. Butterman tenders his resignation to random people in various stores and most react with confusion since they don’t recognize him. “Are you saying [...]

Survey of the Day — Most Workers Are 'Not Engaged' in Their Job

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:00:34 +0000

71 percent of American workers are either “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” in their work.

According to Gallup’s employee engagement index, which is based on workers’ responses to 12 workplace elements, 19 percent of the employed are actively disengaged in their work, 52 percent are not engaged, and only 29 percent feel engaged in their jobs.