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Dear Student, Don’t worry when people tell you it will be hard to find a job. What the doom-and-gloom folks don’t understand is that they have something as contagious as the H1N1 virus– anxiety. Like the flu, they are probably “carriers” without even realizing it. You can innoculate yourself.

Article roughly 925 words.  Reading time 4 minutes. Three years ago, “the most wonderful time of the year” became a much dreaded time of year for me. New family dynamics required 5 Christmases (tell me about it!). Of course there was also the office party – wouldn’t be proper to miss it, right? And I …

“Can you imagine … looking forward to work every day? … Knowing that you make a difference and feeling good about the work you do?” So starts this book by Val Kinjerski about taking action to improve the quality of our work lives. BOOK REVIEW: Kinjerski, V. (2009). Rethinking Your Work: Getting to the Heart …

Want to know some evidence-based methods to create stronger bonds with your co-workers? Here are effective tools and techniques from positive psychology theory and research. Most of it is simple to implement too, but does that make it easy?

Have you heard someone boast that they had worked 70 hours last week? Were you impressed or did you think the speaker was exaggerating or inefficient? Why do some take pride in proving that their work is more effortful, difficult, or even painful than that of others? This need to feel indispensable comes at the …