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Become a Green Machine: 6 simple ways to make your office (or home office) more eco-friendly – and nearly paperless. (The Alternative Consumer)
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Is Work Hurting Your Health? — Most of us get stressed at work, but if you have one of the 10 unhealthiest jobs, it’s doing serious damage to your lungs, too. (Huffington Post)
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Work In Gender-Opposite Job, Get Criticized More Often

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Check out this post about gender-opposite jobs by Emerald Catron on MyDaily.

If your job as a lady fire chief seems harder than you expected (and you’ve seen “Backdraft” like 40 times), it’s not all in your mind. Research shows that people who have jobs associated with their opposite gender are often judged more harshly for their mistakes. … More »

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Work In Gender-Opposite Job, Get Criticized More Often

Christmas Gift Guide Roundup: Presents for Everyone!


Just in time for all your holiday shopping expeditions this weekend (in stores or online): We present a gallery of ten of our best Christmas gift guides all in one convenient place. Now all you have to do is check your list twice.

Gift Guide Gallery: 6 Co-Worker Presents

Holiday Gift Guide: 10 Sex Toys and Advice From Sexologist Dr. Carol Queen

Gift Guide Gallery: 8 Christmas Presents for Men

Christmas Gift Guide Gallery: 8 Stocking Stuffers for Women … More »

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Christmas Gift Guide Roundup: Presents for Everyone!

Gift Guide Gallery: 6 Co-Worker Presents


This holiday, don’t forget those people who may not have made it to the top of your Christmas list – you know, the ones who toil just a few feet away from you five days a week, 50 weeks a year. Isn’t that Secret Santa swap at the office coming up? To help you navigate this potentially awkward gift-giving situation, we’ve created a gallery of six presents that are perfect (and perfectly appropriate) for co-workers, whether they’re naughty or nice: … More »

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Gift Guide Gallery: 6 Co-Worker Presents

Attention, Women: Do Not Send a Photo of Yourself With Your Resume


Check out this post about the art of sending resumes from Emily V. Gordon on Lemondrop.

Apparently, in Europe, it’s become a trend to embed a picture of yourself into your resume, you know, to give it a little extra personality. We are relieved it’s not a trend here. (We have a hard enough time picking a profile pic for Facebook.) … More »

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Attention, Women: Do Not Send a Photo of Yourself With Your Resume

Blisstree » LIVE 2010-11-24 12:48:44


Vacation, All You Ever Wanted: Will you part of the 80% of Americans getting work emails over Thanksgiving? (via iSmashPhone)
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Are Dutch Women Happier Than You? Ja.


Check out this post on women’s quality of life in the Netherlands by Maureen Dempsey on Lemondrop.

According to a recent DoubleX article on Slate, Dutch women have cracked the work-life-balance code. They are happier, well-adjusted human beings who “work half days, meet their friends for coffee at 2 p.m., and pity their male colleagues who are stuck in the office all day.”

They would pity me, too. Two weeks ago, I started a full-time job after three years of work-from-home freelancing. (I have chronic grass-is-always-greener syndrome.) They would most certainly pity me as I worked up a sweat speed-walking home from the subway in order to capture every last remaining minute of the day with my 3-year-old and husband.

Do the Dutch possess the answer? Can women really have it all, or are we attempting the impossible, as these underemployed European women prove?

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Are Dutch Women Happier Than You? Ja.

Forget Body Scanners: Real Radiation Risk Comes From the Sky


Lately, some fliers are up in arms over the new full-body scanners that are being used at airports, because of the dose of radiation and the invasion of privacy. But it turns out that the real radiation worry could be coming from the sky, not the scanners. A new paper that will be released in December from the Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal says that people who fly more than 85,000 miles a year should be classified as radiation workers because of the radiation they’re receiving from the sun and the stars. … More »

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Forget Body Scanners: Real Radiation Risk Comes From the Sky

Your Sense of Smell and Sense of Happiness: Morning News Round-Up


Smells Great — A new study found that people who are obese have a greater sense of smell for food. (via BBC)

Feeling Anxious? Practicing yoga improves mood and anxiety, a new study says. (via The Seattle Times)

Bark and Bike — Whip your dog (and yourself) into shape. (via The Guardian)

Observe and Report — How checking in on your happiness levels could change your perceptions about mood. (via NPR) … More »

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Your Sense of Smell and Sense of Happiness: Morning News Round-Up