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A number of studies have shown that a workplace promoting positive psychology among employees and clients can increase innovation, loyalty and pride among those who work with the organization. The goodwill promoted when companies focus on their human capital as opposed to the cold, impersonal bottom line often creates conditions that allow businesses to grow profits and thrive for the long term. However, the scope of a company’s socially conscious efforts can reach much further than the office walls. The positive effects of corporate social responsibility can often ripple throughout a community, impacting interaction between neighbors and human interaction with the natural environment.

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Το μέλλον των βιογραφικών αλλάζει…

 

Τα Video resumes, ή Video CVs, δίνουν τη δυνατότητα στους υπεύθυνους επιλογής προσωπικού να δουν, να ακούσουν και να αποκτήσουν μια ιδέα για το πώς οι υποψήφιοι παρουσιάζουν τον εαυτό τους. Αποτελούν ουσιαστικά ένα επιπλέον τρόπο για τα άτομα που αναζητούν εργασία να δείξουν τις ικανότητες τους στους πιθανούς εργοδότες πέρα από το παραδοσιακό βιογραφικό (paper resume). Με δυο λόγια, τα video resumes προσφέρουν στους υποψηφίους έναν περισσότερο άμεσο τρόπο να «πουλήσουν» τον εαυτό τους σε έναν πιθανό εργοδότη.

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When the National Organization for Research at the University of Chicago asked which jobs made
people happiest, most of the top-10 occupations involved creating a product, engaging the senses, or helping others.

 

Only two involved fondling a MacBook…

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Productivity and efficiency depend on your ability to focus on one activity at a time. Focusing is thinking about the task or activity you’re doing while you’re doing it. Focused concentration results in high levels of productivity. Multitasking, on the other hand, leads to low levels of productivity.

 

When you’re talking on the phone and typing an email, are you truly doing two things at the same time?No, that’s impossible. Instead of engaging in two tasks at the same time, your mind is rapidly switching back and forth between both tasks, and neither task is receiving your full attention.

 

Have you ever had to stop in the middle of a conversation and say, “I’m sorry, what was that you said?” If so, you were experiencing one of the negative effects of multitasking—not being effective at either task.

 

If you work in a hectic environment and don’t have the ability to close your door, or if you are a cubicle dweller working in the chaos of the modern office environment, you probably multitask more than you might imagine.

 

If you find you have accomplished only a mere fraction of what you had planned to do by the end of the day, chances are you are multitasking and allowing too many interruptions.

 

A study was performed at two West Coast high-tech firms to note how many times employees were interrupted. Each time a worker was distracted from a task, it would take an average of 16 minutes to return to that task. Even worse, some people forgot what they had been working on. As this study shows, interruptions wreak havoc on short-term memory.

 

The next time you’re focused and working on a task, and an email pops up or the phone rings, ask yourself, “How much more time do I need to finish this task before allowing an interruption? Is it more productive to keep working or should I allow myself to be interrupted?”

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Go on, have a few days off. Take a week – you’ve certainly earned it! Clear your mind, take a break – things will tick over til you return…

Easier said than done, of course. But respites from work are valuable, replenishing resources and preventing negative loads (mental fatigue, adrenaline build-up) spiralling out of control. Sadly, the positive gloss of the holiday itself tends to slip quickly when we return to work – a ‘fade-out effect’ described well in this Psychologist article. What makes you more likely to fall prey to the fade-out? The quest for perfection, new research suggests.

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