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Fred Harteis News Articles- These days, your job security is unstable enough as it is. The last thing you need is to make an off-the-cuff remark that gets you fired (or shunned from the likes of your co-workers). To help keep your career on track, here are 10 things you should never say or discuss in the workplace:

1. "That's not my job."

When you boil things down, everyone does things that "aren't their job." If everyone complained that a certain task wasn't in the offer they signed, the labor force would be in more trouble than it ... more »

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Wednesday, June 3

Fred Harteis News Articles - It's time to unspoil your kids

by maba on Wed 03 Jun 2009 11:57 AM EDT

Fred Harteis News Articles - Fourteen-year-old Dalyn Fountain has all the trappings of today's teens: her own cellphone, an iPod, a new laptop, and cable television in her bedroom. Until recently she also had a ready line of credit from the Bank of Mom & Dad - no payback necessary.

But with the country in a recession, Donna and her husband (Dalyn's stepfather), Dexter, 36, feel an urgency to change Dalyn's spendthrift ways - and, frankly, their own as well. "We've been extravagant with our kids and with ourselves," says Donna. "Now we're readjusting."

For one, they've put ...   more »

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Tuesday, May 19

Fred Harteis News Articles - The trouble with public colleges

by maba on Tue 19 May 2009 12:12 PM EDT

Fred Harteis News Articles - At the 50,000-student University of Florida, only 50 or so undergrads major in geology. It's not exactly an easy subject.

But Michael Perfit, the department's chairman, says that thousands of UF's liberal arts undergrads fulfill their science requirement with geology - and they do a lot more than sort rocks. Students learn about the patterns of the oceans, groundwater systems, and long-term changes in the earth's atmosphere. Pretty key things in this era of climate change, especially in a coastal wetlands state like Florida.

But Perfit's department may soon be unable to ...   more »

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Thursday, May 7

Fred Harteis News Articles- Help your teen get a summer job

by maba on Thu 07 May 2009 03:07 PM EDT

Fred Harteis News Articles- Better get your pep talk ready. "It's going to be a bleak summer for kids looking for work," says Andrew Sum, director of Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Studies.

Many seasonal positions typically filled by high school and college kids - including internships - have been eliminated. The jobs that are left will be increasingly offered to older, overqualified applicants, says Sum. To minimize your teen's couch time this summer, think about the objective first and the strategy second.

Objective: Earn money

Need your kid to help feed his college fund or ...   more »

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Wednesday, May 6

Fred Harteis News Articles - How to keep your job

by maba on Wed 06 May 2009 10:32 AM EDT

Fred HarteisNews Articles - Let's say you work in an industry that's been hit hard by the economic downturn, and you're watching competitors downsize left and right. You're pretty sure that layoffs are headed to your place too, and fast. What's your best strategy to keep your job?

You might first think of the approach that many people use at annual review time: Ask your boss for a meeting in which you quantify all your fabulous accomplishments over the past year. But that isn't likely to have much effect right now, in part because very few people's bottom-line ...   more »

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