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PayScale’s VIP Blog Roundup: Can You Be Fired Without Notice?
Most American workers are employed at will, which means that they can be fired at any time, for no reason at all. But what does that mean, really? If you’ve ever wondered whether your boss could really...
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How to Be More Charismatic
What does charisma have to do with career success? Just about everything. Even if you’re indisputably in charge at work, getting people to do what you want them to do is more complicated that simply...
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Negotiating While Shy: 5 Tips to Boost Your Salary
Shyness doesn’t disappear once you age out of recess and locker assignments. But, you wouldn’t know that from most career advice, which often seems geared toward people who are one pep talk away from...
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PayScale’s VIP Blog Roundup: 4 Ways to Be a Better Manager
By the time you become a manager, you probably have plenty of experience with bosses who don’t know how to motivate teams. But knowing what not to do is just the start. Being an effective manager means...
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PayScale Valentines: All the Love, No Awkward Conversations With HR
Your love is priceless, but just about everything else in this world comes with a dollar sign attached. If that feels unromantic, look at it this way: a couple extra thousand per year could buy a lot...
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Only 13 Percent of Workers Are in a ‘Committed Relationship’ With Their Jobs
If you’re like most workers, you spend more of your waking hours at work than at home. That makes your relationship with your job pretty important in the scheme of things. (Although, hopefully, not as...
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How to Date Your Coworker (and Not Get Fired)
The keys to a good relationship include communication, willingness to work on problems, and mutual respect — all things you’re likely to develop with your teammates at work. It’s no wonder, then, that...
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How to Keep Politics From Destroying Your Productivity
Remember way back in October 2016, when we all thought we’d soon be done talking about politics 24/7? We were a lot younger then. Image Credit: Aaron Burden/Unsplash Six weeks into 2017, it seems like...
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How to Stop Annoying Everyone on LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the largest professional social network, with 467 million members worldwide. Chances are, you’re on it … and if you’re not, it’s not for lack of invitations. Image Credit: A Name Like...
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Facebook Rolls Out Job Search Feature
Would you look for a job on Facebook? The social media giant is hoping you’ll say yes. Yesterday, the company announced a new feature that allows U.S. and Canadian companies to post job listings. Image...
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PayScale’s VIP Blog Roundup: How to Spot a Snake Oil Salesman
Image Credit: Guingm/Getty Images Even if you’re not particularly entrepreneurial and have no intention of striking out on your own, you’re probably looking to improve yourself professionally....
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5 Habits to Develop Right Now That Will Save Your Career
It’s easy to focus on breaking bad habits. By looking at the negative, you get to beat yourself up and feel like you’re doing something productive at the same time. But, of course, negative self-talk...
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10 Presidential Quotes to Inspire Your Career
Every third Monday in February, the U.S. celebrates Presidents’ Day. Originally to commemorate Washington’s birthday (February 22), the holiday now offers an opportunity to celebrate the achievements...
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Engineer Alleges Sexual Harassment During ‘Very, Very Strange Year at Uber’
Image Credit: FotografiaBasica/Getty Images Saturday, engineer and author Susan J. Fowler published an account at her blog of her time working at Uber, the creators of the ride-sharing app. In it, she...
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5 International Companies That Will Let You Work From Anywhere
Ninety-three percent of workers say they’re more productive outside the office, according to jobs site FlexJobs, and 100 percent telecommuting roles are the most popular form of flexible work. But even...
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PayScale’s VIP Blog Roundup: YOLO No-No, or How to Avoid Fake Self-Actualization
A life without simple pleasures isn’t a life lived to its fullest, but if you always have dessert or put off your deadlines, you’re likely to regret it. This is why The Happiness Project author...
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Women Who Take Flextime Paid Less, Perceived as ‘Less Likeable’ Than Men
Image Credit: g-stockstudio/Getty Images Flextime has grown increasingly popular with employers and employees alike. It’s a cheap perk for companies to offer, and allows workers the opportunity to...
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The #OscarsFail Reminds Us That Career Lessons Pop Up in the Oddest Places
Moments after La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz gave his acceptance speech for best picture and handed the microphone to co-producer Marc Platt, it became apparent that something was wrong. Image...
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Forget the Beauty Premium: This Study Says Ugly People Earn the Most
“Attractive people earn more, and very attractive people earn the most.” We’ve heard this theory for so long than most of us probably take it as a given. But a recent study suggests that when it comes...
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Fired for Using Marijuana After Work? NORML Pushes for Drug Testing Reform
One in five Americans now live in states where recreational marijuana use is legal, and 28 states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana. However, that doesn’t mean that using...
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