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10 Ways to Kill Your Career
I usually like to talk about success. But today, I want to discuss failure. All of us experience failure at some point in our career. But for some, failure is merely a temporary setback; for others it’s a recurring pattern and an ultimate career fate. It’s this career failure that you can and must avoid. [...]
Worst Excuses for Calling In Sick
Curiously, Lauryn’s list of behaviors that are likely to ensure career failure seems to be missing a key item: calling in sick with a lame excuse. So, as a public service to our SafetyXChange members, here are 10 actual excuses that employers say their employees have used to explain why they weren’t coming in to [...]
The Evolving Role of Ergonomics in Safety
As safety professionals around the world confront new safety hazards and continue to address work-related injuries and illnesses, more and more are realizing the effects and breadth that ergonomics plays within the safety and health area. Consider this: in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recently published report on non-fatal workplace injuries, over 50% of [...]
Using Social Networks to Find Jobs
The capacity to reach groups beyond friends and colleagues makes social networking a powerful job search tool. However, just like any job search method, you have to know what you want to accomplish from social networking before you begin using it. You also need to understand how the medium works to produce the results you [...]
The 2009 Hurricane Season
It’s been so cold on the east coast that I almost forgot we’re past mid-June and three weeks into the Atlantic hurricane season. So far, so good. No hurricanes or tropical storms. But sooner or later, our luck is bound to run out. Here are the official 2009 hurricane season predictions from the National Oceanic [...]
What Our Moms Taught Us About Safety
My mother passed away last year. In my sorrow, I couldn’t help but reflect on the many things she taught me. Many of those important life lessons were about safety. I wonder if my dear mother knew when she was teaching me these “safety lessons” how much of an impact her words would have on [...]
Safest Vehicles
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ranks vehicles for safety. Here are the rankings for 2009:
Large Cars
Acura RL
Audi A6
Cadillac CTS
Ford Taurus
Hyundai Genesis (4-door models built after 11/08)
Lincoln MKS
Mercury Sable
Toyota Avalon
Volvo S80
Midsize Cars
Acura TL
Acura TSX
Audi A3
Audi A4
BMW 3 series 4-door models
Ford Fusion 2009-10 models with ESC
Honda Accord 4-door models
Lincoln MKZ 2010 models
Mercedes C class
Mercury Milan 2009-10 [...]
5 Job Search Tips
The current business world is populated with two kinds of executives and managers: the out of work and those who are concerned that they soon will be. Whether a job search is in your present or prospective future, here are five tips to help you make it a successful one.
1. Check Out Your Online Profile
Google [...]
Children Drowning in Pools
Children and water often make for a deadly mixture. A new report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission documents pool and spa drowning incidents involving kids five-years-old and younger from 2006 to 2008. Highlights:
3,100 The average number of children treated in hospital emergency rooms for pool and spa-related submersion injuries each year
62 The percentage [...]
Complaints Are Up but Perceptions May Be Shifting
If you’re a regular reader of this column, you know that age discrimination is a topic I care deeply about. It’s also a serious concern for my clients, the members of ExecuNet. And if you’re 45 or over, you’re bound to encounter the phenomenon at some point in your career—if you haven’t already. Today, I’d [...]