Office Life


Two Naked Selfies Sent to HR: Chicago Man's Massive Hiring Fail

Two Naked Selfies Sent to HR: Chicago Man's Massive Hiring Fail

Talk about an HR fail. A young Chicago man sent naked selfies to the human resource manager at a company that had just offered him a job. Whether it was his way to introduce himself, or to say ‘thank you’...
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Employees Transform Boring Office Walls With 9000 Post It Notes

A little visual stimulation in the office space can go a long way – especially on Mondays after a long weekend. Tired of his boring, uninspiring office walls, one employee gathered his coworkers and transformed the office over a weekend into a work of art, with almost 9,000 Post-It notes
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Notable Workplace Trend: Walking Meetings

We’re big walkers here at Notable. We love doing it and we love writing about it, because we know first-hand just how beneficial and enjoyable this simple activity is for us young professionals. You can imagine, then, how thrilled we were to discover the new workplace trend of “walking meetings"
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Increase Your Productivity Now, Your Desk Will Thank You

Many people live in a state of organized chaos and that messy desk just may work for you. But other times, it can cause stress as you waste time and decrease productivity while you frantically search through all those papers, receipts and sticky notes for that one containing the information that you need. Here are some pointers.
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Comment partager un bureau avec quelqu’un que vous n’aimez pas

Nous ne pouvons choisir notre famille, et la plupart du temps, nous ne pouvons choisir nos collègues non plus. Il y a un bon moment déjà que nous avons accepté le fait que nous n’aurons pas nécessairement d’affinités, ou n’aimerons pas nécessairement tous les jeunes professionnels qui croiseront notre chemin - et que nous ne ferons pas l’unanimité non plus
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How to Share an Office With Someone You Just Don't Like

We can’t choose our family and, most of the time, we can’t choose our coworkers either. Long ago, we accepted the fact that we won’t necessarily get along with, or even particularly like, each fellow young professional (YP) who crosses our path – and not everyone will like us
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Five Ways to Offend Someone Professionally

We driven, successful young professionals have a lot invested in our careers and business ventures. We take pride in our professional successes and are generally passionate about what we do. Naturally, if a fellow YP says or does something to offend or undermine us professionally, it will be remembered. Here are five things that may offend professionally
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The Importance of Playing Nice for Young Professionals

The young professional workplace, as well as our many social scenes, is made up of all types of characters. We can’t expect to mesh perfectly with every personality, but in order to maintain a professional reputation, sustain the respect of colleagues, and enjoy our daily work, learning to get along well with others is a must
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Hump Day: The Elder

Appropriately dealing with the various office characters found in our daily professional lives is an important part of succeeding as a young professional. One character that tends to come up often in our conversations about corporate culture is “The Elder,” presenting a whole new dynamic for establishing a working relationship
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