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To critics of office flirting, author Nicole Williams says "It's empowering. Flirting is one of many assets that you can work to get ahead." Flirting, after all, is one of the oldest tricks in the book. But how do you use it to your professional advantage without crossing the line or inviting unwanted advances?





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An angry boss may be just the thing to incite innovation among employees. That's according to a Dutch study showing that some people perform better after receiving angry feedback on an assignment.


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In this tough job market you need to do all you can to ace a coveted job interview. You need to avoid common mistakes. Here are ‘The Seven Deadly Sins of Interviewing.’


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In 2003, Ellen made her TV comeback as host of ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show,’ an award-winning daytime talk show.These stories on how celebrities who emerged from has-been status to find a place in the spotlight again can offer ideas on how to get your career back on track during a recession.





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At a time when even those willing to work cannot find jobs, it is tempting to dream of easy ways to make money — quickly and with minimal effort


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Precious Daniels is part of a growing backlash against the use of criminal and credit history background checks by employers. Some say the practice hurts minorities more than others.


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The number of workers who died on the job fell by 17 percent last year to the lowest level in nearly two decades, as workers logged fewer hours during the recession, the Labor Department said Thursday.


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From scoring a new car to nabbing a book deal, assistants to these celebrity bosses get star treatment.


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Dov Seidman, author of “How: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything … in Business (and in Life),” says that it’s not what we do, it’s how we do it that matters.


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A growing number of working women are envisioning success on their own terms.


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Choose your words carefully. When discussing the original plan, never use the word "disagree." Here's how you can argue successfully with the boss — and live to tell about it.





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Adrienne Hudson is photographed at the law office of Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen and Dardarian in Oakland, Calif.,  in this photo taken Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Hudson, a single mother, says she was fired from her new job as a bus driver at First Transit in Oakland, Calif., when the company found out she had been convicted seven years earlier for welfare fraud. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Companies using criminal records or bad credit reports to screen out job applicants might land afoul of anti-discrimination laws as the government steps up scrutiny of hiring policies that can hurt blacks and Hispanics.





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The U.S. unemployment rate was 9.5 percent last month, but for teens it hit 26.1 percent — and July is typically the peak of the summer employment season for teens. It’s been a long, frustrating summer for employment-starved teens. And most unemployed adolescents will struggle to find work until the holiday season, the latest data suggests.





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Most of us will probably never pull a Steven Slater: curse out a customer, grab a drink and leave our place of employment in a blaze of glory. But let’s face it, we’ve all had the urge.


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Most of us will probably never pull a Steven Slater: curse out a customer, grab a drink and leave our place of employment in a blaze of glory. But let’s face it, we’ve all had the urge.


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Hewlett-Packard Chairman and Chief Executive Mark Hurd will get severance payments worth an estimated $28 million despite being ousted in a scandal. News that ousted Hewlett-Packard CEO will get severance worth an estimated $28 million is hardly unusual in today's corporate world. Directors are often eager to avoid a legal battle.





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Job applicants who drink alcohol are perceived as less intelligent and less hireable by American bosses, a bias dubbed the "imbibing idiot bias" in a study published on Monday.


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During tough economic times, it can be even harder to fight an addiction. It can also be more challenging for workers trying to clean themselves up to hold onto their jobs.


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Criminologists call it murder by proxy — rampages by employees who go after their boss, supervisors and even co-workers they link to the source of their outrage.


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The shoddy economy is leaving many workers feeling overworked, underpaid — and yet relieved to be employed at all.


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Do you work for a manager who is younger than you? Does this age dynamic make work life challenging or frustrating for you? Tell us, and we might feature your story on an upcoming segment on TODAY.


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Monday is the anniversary of the signing of the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act, but we have made little progress when it comes to democratizing the workplace.


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Planning a wedding is so time consuming that nearly nine out of 10 women surveyed confessed to using company time to plan the big day. The survey also revealed most women believe they did more wedding planning than their partner.


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Although we doubt Angelina Jolie has trouble finding work as an A list movie star because of her many tattoos, some regular workers have had trouble in the past. Now, experts say that?s changing.Tattooing has become so common employers are increasingly forced to choose between rejecting inked employees or having a severely limited job candidate pool, experts say.





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