How to Start a Small Business Podcast

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If you’re like most people these days you probably listen to podcasts regularly. You probably have a few you like and probably know the company or person that produces it fairly well. But have you ever thought about producing your own small business podcast?   If not, you should at least consider it because podcasts […]

Make More! is Mindless Factory Work for Your Thumbs

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Gamification, the application of game elements to non-game tasks and activities has spread from marketing trend, to education, to our daily lives at home and at work. App developers have made a game of learning, getting healthy, answering our emails and even watering our plants. Gamification is everywhere — including HR. So why not look at […]

Introducing Workology

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Starting December 16, 2016, you might notice something different around here. Blogging4Jobs is now Workology. Celebrating Change and Introducing Workology Blogging4Jobs has been in existence since 2005. Originally created by me as a resource for job seekers, I created and aptly named the site one late Friday evening not really considering how this blog might […]

Does Your Workplace Need An Emoji Translator?

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Today Translations is looking for a specialist in emoji-to-traditional language translation. The London-based translation firm’s job post says that they are seeking a candidate who can grasp the subtle cultural differences in emoji use across languages, and communicate them to speakers both native and new to the language. Does Your Workplace Need An Emoji Translator? […]

5 Benefits of Promoting Employee Participation

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Increasing employee participation is a big challenge faced many managers and human resource professionals. After all, feedback and suggestions are essential aspects of making useful changes that benefit all participants. However, sometimes it can seem as though encouraging employees to get involved beyond doing their job is like pulling teeth. Oftentimes it isn’t that employees are […]

Unemployment Fell to 4.6% in November

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The November jobs report is here and the news is good: the US economy added 178,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in November and the unemployment rate has dipped to 4.6%, its lowest rate since August 2007. September’s job gains were revised to 208,000 and October’s to 142,000. This steady growth means that it’s likely that when the Fed meets […]