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Attitude is in the eye of the beholder.
Desert Jobs Blog By Murrel Crump on 10/31/2007 3:25 PM
One area of work for Human Resources professions across the globe involves going out in the field to study jobs, which sometimes involves gauging how well people like their assignment. I am always surprised at the differences in job satisfaction reported from one incumbent to the next in jobs that have the very same duties and responsibilities.
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Is conflict brewing… Older Worker/Younger Boss?
Desert Jobs Blog By Murrel Crump on 10/30/2007 5:53 PM
This year, an average of 4.6 adults turn 65 each minute, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That rate will almost double by 2025.
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Is your office making you sick?
Desert Jobs Blog By Murrel Crump on 10/29/2007 6:37 PM
Workplace Tops Public Restrooms in “Survey of America's Germiest Places.”
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Dilbertville – Life in a Cubical
Desert Jobs Blog By Murrel Crump on 10/25/2007 5:20 PM
Reviled by workers, demonized by designers, disowned by its very creator, it still claims the largest share of office furniture sales--$3 billion or so a year--and has outlived every "office of the future" meant to replace it. It is the Fidel Castro of office furniture.
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Eat at Home Moms, Yes… Stay at Home Moms, No
Desert Jobs Blog By Murrel Crump on 10/23/2007 4:44 PM
The decades-long rise of women in the work force -- and the related rise of meals bought from restaurants -- has ground to halt and begun to reverse since the turn of the millennium. The numbers have gotten little attention, and they fly in the face of conventional wisdom, but their ramifications are huge for restaurant, supermarket and food marketers.”
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E-mail… can’t live with it, can’t live without it.
Desert Jobs Blog By Murrel Crump on 10/19/2007 4:35 PM
"E-mail is not a communication device, it's a broadcasting device," says Ken Siegel in a recent article. "It will actually truncate communication. And in the truest sense of the word, it has become a psychological dependency. We have convinced ourselves that we can't live without it."
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GREAT IDEAS – What to do with them?
Desert Jobs Blog By Murrel Crump on 10/18/2007 4:34 PM
Ever had an idea cross you mind and thought to yourself, “I should write that down!” Well I do… have ideas that is, and quite recently I created a file on my (virtual) desktop where I list these ideas. You see, I have to do this because I have a mind that works like lightning… one brilliant flash and it is gone.
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Workplace pranks could cost you… then again, you could profit handsomely.
Desert Jobs Blog By Murrel Crump on 10/17/2007 5:51 PM
OLYMPIA, Wash. — An oral surgeon who temporarily implanted fake boar tusks in his assistant's mouth as a practical joke and got sued for it has gotten the state's high court to back up his gag.
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Happy Boss’ Day!
Desert Jobs Blog By Murrel Crump on 10/16/2007 11:10 AM
Some people have speculated that Boss’ Day is just an invention of the greeting card industry, rather than coming from the sentiments of employees. Whether it is or not, I want to take this opportunity to honor a great boss…
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Call in Sick or Go to Work? Here's Some Advice
Desert Jobs Blog By Murrel Crump on 10/15/2007 6:54 PM
The alarm's buzzing ... but something's not right. You're sniffly, sneezy ... queasy. You have a common cold. Or is it something worse? Should you drag yourself to work? Or spend the day in front of the tube with chicken soup?
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Welcome, my name is Murrel Crump, and I am a member of Riverside County’s Human Resources Recruiting Team.   My assignment is in the eastern portion of the County from roughly Palm Springs to the City of Blythe and the Colorado River border with Arizona.  I also oversee the Desert Jobs page on the County’s Human Resources web site, ergo the title “Desert Jobs Blog”.  read more...

  
 
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