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- the expenditure of physical or mental energy to achieve a purposeful task. Work is usually performed by employees within organizations, where it involves completion of a particular activity that contributes...
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- How to Close the Gap between Your Work and Your Ambitions
- Ira Glass, the host of This American Life, wouldn't be my first choice as a pump-you-up-type motivational speaker. But in the above clip, he outlines a simple solution to a problem that most people have: your creative output isn't as good as you think it should be. ...
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life | HBR IdeaCast
- When it comes to work life, Stewart Friedman says, "Balance is the wrong metaphor because it implies trade-offs." To bring more passion to their work, managers need to integrate work, home, community, and self. Friedman discusses how to truly integrate those elements through introspection, discussion, and experimentation. ...
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Harry Potter And the Case of the Copyright Infringement
- It seems that every media outlet in the country is covering J.K. Rowling's testimony today in a copyright case over a publisher's plans to publish, in book-form, the contents of "The Harry Potter Lexicon," a popular fan-created website that is a companion encyclopedia to her books. What's interesting here is...
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Air Force Awards Pratt & Whitney $120 Million For JSF Engines
- Pratt & Whitney [UTX] was awarded a $120 million ceiling-priced cost- plus-incentive-fee, award-fee contract for the low-rate initial product LRIP lot 1 procurement of five F-135 propulsion systems for the Air Force Joint Strike Fighter JSF F-35A Conventional Take-Off and Landing Aircraft, according to the company. ...
- Research articles 2006-04-25
- Increasing Job Satisfaction
- There is a big difference between temporary and permanent job dissatisfaction. If the situation is only temporary, you can take steps to improve your level of satisfaction. Otherwise, it may be time for a serious career reorientation.Poor levels of job satisfaction are linked to stress, and in extreme situations, burnout....
- Articles 2007-11-09
- Finding Freelance Work
- Freelancers depend upon their ingenuity and their networks to build and maintain a work pipeline. Often, a person pursues a freelance career because he has a particular skill that one client—maybe a past employer—finds valuable. However, an arrangement that depends on a relationship with one client doesn't offer long-term security....
- Articles 2007-11-08
- Managing Your Time as a Freelancer
- In theory, when you work in an organization, systems and processes are in place to help you manage your work. However, often it is these very systems and processes that drive people out of organizational contexts and into freelance work.The freelance world, on the other hand, is defined by its...
- Articles 2007-10-18
- NASA AWARDS HIGH-SPEED PROPULSION CONTRACT
- As part of the High-Speed Research Program, NASA has signed a $266 million contract with the industry team of GE Aircraft Engines and United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney for work on the critical propulsion component technologies for a 21st century High-Speed Civil Transport HSCT. The...
- Research articles 2005-02-28
- Defense Contracts
- Lockheed Martin [LMT], Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $35.7 million modification to a cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide for establishment of an integrated training capability that supports operation of the Space Operations Center for the Space Based Infrared System SBIRS High program. The work is expected...
- Research articles 2001-01-31
- Defense Contracts
- Longbow Limited Liability, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $327.3 million base year total firm-fixed-price multi-year contract with a cumulative total of $1,.4 billion if all options are exercised. The contractor will manufacture and deliver to the Army 10,397 Longbow HELLFIRE modular missiles. Work will be performed In Orlando, Fla....
- Research articles 1999-05-04
- General Dynamics, Electric Boat Div
- General Dynamics, Electric Boat Div., was awarded a $206.7 million contract for 275,000 man-hours of engineering technical support systems for the design, manufacture and test phase of the New Attack Submarine Main Propulsion Unit and Ships Service Turbine Generator. Work is expected to be completed by December 1998.
- Research articles 1995-01-18
- Hughes Aircraft Co
- Hughes Aircraft Co., Tucson Div., Tucson, Ariz., $6.1 million modification to a firm fixed price contract for definitization of option exercise for additional procurement of 804 TOW missiles. Work is expected to be completed by Aug. 31, 1995. The contracting activity is t he Army Missile Command, Redstone...
- Research articles 1994-10-18
- Salary Cuts Persist Long After Layoffs
- A recent study found that even 15 to 20 years after a layoff, many affected workers are still earning 20% less. Here are the true stories from one Florida networking group.
- Videos 2009-08-11
- Facebook vs. Your Job
- Companies are cracking down on employees' personal Web use. But sites like Facebook and Twitter are becoming part of work as well. Daniel Sieberg reports.
- Videos 2009-11-16
- Finding Work At An Older Age
- Consumer correspondent Susan Koeppen reports on the status of Diana Schuman, an unemployed former school teacher who has received help from "The Early Show" on her search for a new job.
- Videos 2009-03-27
- Creating White-Collar Work
- Over a million white-collar jobs are expected to be created by the new stimulus plan, which could provide a significant boost to the nation's weakening economy. Ben Tracy reports from Los Angeles.
- Videos 2009-03-06
- Facebook and Your Boss
- The social networking web site Facebook serves as a popular online destination for millions every day. But, as KYW's Susan Barnett reports, this can create issues with employers.
- Videos 2009-03-10
- Obama's Economic Confidence
- President Obama and top White House staffers are urging Americans to remain confident about the economy and its ability to rebound. CBS News chief White House correspondent Chip Reid reports.
- Videos 2009-03-13
- Mastering the Art of Social Networking
- As the unemployment rate sky rockets, jobs have become increasingly difficult to find. Erica Hill speaks with career coach Win Sheffield and Alana Tepper, who found work through social networking.
- Videos 2009-03-14
- Will The Jobs Ever Return?
- N.Y. Daily News publisher Mort Zuckerman, Fortune Magazine editor Lee Gallagher, and Jill Schlesinger from StrategicPoint Investment Advisors discuss the state of employment.
- Videos 2009-03-14
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