Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Careers & Jobs #2

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Better think before calling in 'sick'

Since sick days are on the rise, some companies are hiring private detectives to ferret out the fakers

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Some companies hire private detectives to bust sick-day abusers.

So now companies are hiring private detectives to spy on employees who call in sick. Investigators have found them at bowling alleys, football games and funerals, and one private eye says that "80 to 85% of the time there's definitely fraud happening," BusinessWeek reports.


Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work
Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. At TEDxMidwest, he lays out the main problems (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make work work.
Jason Fried thinks deeply about collaboration, productivity and the nature of work. He's the co-founder of 37signals, makers of Basecamp and other web-based collaboration tools, and co-author of ...



10 biggest myths about job interviews
Knowing how to deal with these top misconceptions might make all the difference. Should you accept a drink?



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