by Joseph Forbes | Feb 24, 2013 | Blog Entry, HAPPINESS, TECHNOLOGY
from the gonna-ask-you-to-come-in-on-saaaaaturday dept. AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher reported and tweeted that Marissa Mayer (CEO since July 2012) has just sent an all-hands email ending Yahoo’s policy of allowing remote employees. Hundreds of workers have...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 24, 2013 | Blog Entry, HAPPINESS
The NY Times reports that a college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum requirement for getting even the lowest-level job. Many jobs that didn’t require a diploma years ago — positions like dental hygienists, cargo agents,...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 31, 2013 | HAPPINESS
Most career problems stem from the fact that we are terrible at picking jobs. We think we are picking a good job and then it turns out to be a bad job. It’s almost impossible to pick a good job on the first try, actually. So don’t think you’ll be the...