Job fair attracts hundreds of jobless When Lisa LaCourte walked into the Glenpointe Marriott in Teaneck to look for a technical or communications job Tuesday, she had no idea that she would be waiting on long lines.
Tact: An attitude, 'not a script, formula or plan' An interpersonal skill like tact isn't always adequately taught or learned during childhood. Taken to work, this deficit may go outwardly unchallenged.
Emotions and responses to conflict Have you ever raised your voice at a boss, co-worker or customer? Pounded your fist on your desk? Retreated and become downcast, silenced by anger?
Job mismatch can threaten professional identity "In good and bad economic times . . . companies sometimes find themselves taking anybody," comments Joseph Weintraub, organizational psychologist and management professor at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.
