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- Why staying up on the news can help your career
Keeping up with current events is important to any job because it shows you're interested in events that could impact your industry, and it will help you spot and react to trends sooner, Heather Huhman writes. "Following current events can seem daunting and boring. But if you truly enjoy the industry in which you work, you are bound to find some interesting stuff every day to share with your colleagues," she writes. TheGrindstone.com
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- Every boss keeps secrets
No matter how loose-lipped your boss is, she's not going to tell you when you're about to be laid off or a co-worker is about to get fired, Alison Green writes. She's also not going to tell you if your salary is less than everyone else's in your department or that you could get a raise if you asked for one. U.S. News & World Report/On Careers blog
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- Applications that can make networking easier
BranchOut, Viadeo and CanWeNetwork are some of the networking applications to try, Emma Sinclair writes. For example, CanWeNetwork is "perfect for conferences or a busy room where you may be intending to network -- but might not know which person in the room you should be speaking to," she writes. The Telegraph (London)
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- Study links TV watching to reduced life span
Data from the National Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study showed the life expectancy of a person older than 25 was reduced by 22 minutes for every hour spent on a couch watching TV. The findings in the British Journal of Sports Medicine demonstrate a sedentary lifestyle poses adverse effects similar to smoking and obesity, researchers said. News.com.au (Australia)
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- What does your surname say about you?
Surnames get passed down from generation to generation, offering a way for researchers to gauge social mobility -- or the lack of it. It turns out that people who share surnames with wealthy individuals from past centuries are far more likely to go to elite universities and to have high-powered careers, and live an average of two years longer than counterparts with less illustrious monikers. National Public Radio (text and audio)
(10/16)
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