Woodstock Wire: Employee Digest

CNN - Top Stories -- Certain kinds of moonlighting may actually help you in your main job, and wise organizations can embrace, rather than squelch, entrepreneurial zeal.

CNN - Top Stories -- Leaving to take a better offer elsewhere is nice, but pretty dull compared to climbing Mount Everest, or joining the circus.

TIME -- We've all been there. Business projects that start out full of excitement and promise lose focus and energy until it seems like they're a long way from that goal that once seemed so promising....

TIME -- Generation X may be a smaller population than Baby Boomers or Millennials, but it wields great influence in today's organizations. People in this generation are the all-important bench strength...

Springwise -- Apply App.ly makes job hunting less daunting by narrowing down the choice and matching candidates with vacancies, not only through previous professional experience, but also by personality...

ReadWriteWeb -- Everyone ought to be able to read and write; few people within the global mainstream would argue with that statement. But should everyone be able to program computers? The question is becoming...

Forbes - Technology -- Hewlett Packard, as reported by Bloomberg, is considering cutting 25,000 jobs or eight percent of its workforce to save $1.2 billion. HP should keep all those jobs and invest some of its $8...

Forbes - Technology -- All Things Digital reports that Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Meg Whitman will put the wheels in motion next week to eliminate about 30,000 jobs. Add them to the list of companies that are...

GlobeNewsWire: Software -- Today, the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Experience(tm) Inc., announced it has launched AustinTechSource, an online talent community designed to attract experienced,...

The 99 Percent -- Avoiding mistakes is impossible. But what if we accept that risk is inevitable and focus on making "smart mistakes" instead?

Bargaineering -- Thus far, my investing in individual stocks has been confined mostly to dividend stocks and a bunch of companies I really like (and have good financials), such as Apple and Southwest (ok, mostly...

Gallup Headlines -- U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, declined slightly to 8.2% in mid-May from 8.3% in April. Seasonal adjustments show a similar slight decrease in unemployment...

Portfolio.com: Business News -- With cloud computing about to make offices more optional, future workplaces might include living room-like spaces, walls that you can virtually write on and maybe even your own garden, say...

Gallup Headlines -- Americans' expectations for their personal financial situations have recovered from the low point of four years ago, with 63% now saying they expect to be better off a year from now, up from...

The 99 Percent -- Are you doing everything you can to generate new income? The more effective you are with "money work," the more time you'll have for "creative work."

Gallup Headlines -- U.S. economic confidence for the week ending May 13 is -18, unchanged from the previous week, meaning Americans are maintaining a slightly more positive outlook on the U.S. economy than was...

GigaOM -- Today, we're excited to launch a great new addition to GigaOM. GigaOM Jobs offers up a selection of job listings from some of the best and brightest companies in tech - companies like Akamai,...

Forbes - Business -- When I worked for IBM, the customer was always right. In today's column I interview Vineet Nayer, CEO of HCL Technologies, one of the largest I.T. outsourcing firms in the world. Vineet argues...

Ask a Manager -- Are you annoying all your coworkers? Find out here.

Bargaineering -- In recent months, there has been a lot of discussion about prepaid debit cards. From the introduction of Suze Orman's prepaid debit card, to suggestions that you don't need a bank account if...

Retirement - Only the Beginning -- eBooks adapt to senior citizens needs and wishes

HR Bartender -- Social media is a great thing. It allows us to connect with others and learn new things that will benefit our professional lives. But it can also be a huge time drain. Our time on social media...

HR Executive -- Encouraging employees to be flexible in adapting to accomplishing organizational business goals often has a positive result on the bottom line, according to a recent report. And "HR is in the...

Harvard Business Blogs -- If you're wondering what to do next in your career, you're hardly alone. The debate about where and how we...

Knowledge@Wharton -- If loyalty is defined as being faithful to a cause, ideal, custom, institution or product, then there seems to be a certain amount of infidelity in the workplace these days. The 10th annual...

TIME -- I am often asked about how I keep employees inspired and productive. It's an essential question since companies today must accomplish more, with fewer people. The most successful start-ups...

WebWorkerDaily -- As a manager you may be willing to hire the best talent no matter where they're located, but how do you go about determining if a candidate is excellent not only at their job but also at working...

WebWorkerDaily -- Study after study shows that flexible work arrangements increase productivity and make for happier employees. But studies also reveal middle managers resist the idea. A recent forum on paid...

CNN - Personal Finance -- Giving speeches at industry events is a time-tested way to get noticed by headhunters, but Twitter has made it more of a gamble. Luckily, you have other options.

The Exceptional Workplace - Inc.com -- The best places to work also often have the best employee productivity, customer retention, and financial performance.Exceptional workplace. It sounds good, right? We all want to have one or...

Gallup Headlines -- About two in three adults worldwide believe corruption is widespread in the businesses in their countries. This belief is commonplace throughout the world, ranging from 60% in the U.S. and...

Bargaineering -- There's a better than average change that you won't spending your entire adult life working for the same company. Although the BLS wants us to know that the average worker holding seven careers...

Gallup Headlines -- Thirty-two percent of 18- to 29-year-olds in the U.S. workforce were underemployed in April, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment. Young adults are more than twice as likely as...

IT Business Edge -- If the Job Fits Five questions you should ask before accepting your next IT job. If there's one thing I've learned about Infosys after more than a year of covering the company's wanton visa...

Gallup Headlines -- U.S. economic confidence for the week ending May 6 is at -18, up slightly from the previous week and within one percentage point of the highest weekly average measured since Gallup began tracking...

Musings on project management -- Jeff Haden at the Owner's Manual on Inc.com has a great posting on the 8 qualities of really remarkable employees. By Haden's telling, great employees have these qualities: They ignore job...

Ask a Manager -- A sea of college students are preparing to start summer internships, which are a crucial way to get much-needed experience before graduation. But simply having an internship isn't enough; you...

Ask a Manager -- Improving your relationship with your boss isn't about sucking up or manipulation; it's about knowing how to work with her effectively, and understanding what a manager wants from you. Over...

TIME -- Friday's jobs report was a disappointment even though it showed unemployment falling to the lowest level since shortly after President Obama took office. The trouble is that job creation is...

TIME -- Any way you cut it, the Labor Department's announcement that the U.S. economy added just 115,000 jobs in April is a disappointment. Economists had been expecting 160,000 new jobs, and even...

FastCompany -- Last week I attended a fascinating forum on paid family leave at the Ford Foundation. As is often the case in any discussion about the demands of work and family, the need for work flexibility...

Gallup Headlines -- U.S. consumers reported spending an average $73 per day in April. That figure is essentially the same as in March, but ranks among the highest Gallup has measured in the "new normal" spending...

Entrepreneur.com -- Many of us dread walking into a room and introducing ourselves to a bunch of strangers. Here's some advice for building professional relationships.

Bargaineering -- After talking about how half of Americans don't pay any income tax, CNN took a quick look at the reasons why. They don't go into greater detail but basically they pointed to all the various...

Gallup Headlines -- More Americans report that their personal spending is up in recent months than said so in Gallup's prior measurements in 2009 and 2010. But Americans are more likely to say this increase is...

Gallup Headlines -- U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, showed a modest decline to 8.3% in April from 8.4% in March. However, Gallup's seasonally adjusted rate increased to 8.6%...

Bargaineering -- One of the difficulties that many face when self-employed is finding health insurance that works for them. The rising cost of health care and health insurance means that many would-be entrepreneurs...

Gallup Headlines -- Gallup's Job Creation Index increased to +20 in April from +18 in March and is now at its best level since July 2008. While better hiring levels are occurring in the private sector, government...

Ask a Manager -- If you're having trouble finding a job, it might be because you're sabotaging your chances without even realizing it. Over at U.S. News & World Report today, I talk about 10 common mistakes...

Bargaineering -- Who pays the bills in your house? Our house isn't much different from most households around the country. I'm the financial person in the family so I handle all financial matters in our home...