Office queen bees hold back women's careers

may sometimes be as important as sexism in holding back women's careers. Female and older participants showed more prejudice against the idea of a female leader than did male and younger participants. Rocio Garcia-Retamero, a psychologist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in

The virtual office has arrived

This week I bumped into a number of people who had no office to go back to. But there is no need to feel sorry for them. It was not that they were too poor or unemployed, they just did not need an office to work from, writes Victor Keegan in the Guardian. I had looked up the headquarters of the

How to be a night owl and not get fired

They're called many things - "lazy", "unproductive", "lacking in ambition" - but late risers are starting to fight back. Long the butt of demeaning office jokes, sleepyheads are officially up in arms thanks to a Danish campaign to stop "the tyranny of early

BPO

których były one obsługiwane dotychczas. Istotna jest również poprawa efektywności poszczególnych funkcji przedsiębiorstwa. Rozwój usług BPO na świecie wynika z ewolucji infrastruktury komunikacyjnej oraz schematyzacji i digitalizacji zadań. Najczęściej przenoszone procesy to tzw. procesy typu back-office

How to look for a new job while still at your old job

need to make an excuse to get out of the office. You might want to consider taking the whole day off - either by using up one of your precious holiday days or, back in the real world, by calling in sick. In short, I have one word for you - dentist. Everyone knows that dentists like to string out

Zachodniopomorskie

(główny właściciel m.in. Pekao SA) do końca 2010 r. w centrum back-office chce zatrudnić 450 pracowników. W tej chwili oferuje ponad 100 miejsc pracy. Portugalska firma handlowa Jeronimo Martins Dystrybucja chce wybudować w Koszalinie centrum logistyczno-dystrybucyjne. Miałoby być gotowe na początku

What would work be like if women had their way? (part 1)

cultures and amassing life experiences. The Foreign Office is a great place for women to work: if I'm in the UK I can work from home or on flexitime. The civil service is forward-thinking in that respect. If you work abroad, people are hired to look after your children. In the foyer of the Foreign Office

Should you dare to take a lunch break?

game. Shoot back with double-barrelled fingers, wink and say: "I like your style." Słownik nitty gritty of everyday office life - szara codzienność biurowego życia preoccupies modern office workers - gnębi pracowników współczesnych biur the impact of the global credit crunch

How to... reinvent yourself

procrastinator Hire a serial nagger. Someone to follow you around 24-hours a day - interrupting your long lunches to chase you back to the office with a broom, and slapping you every time you log on to Facebook. Chronic shyness Do something bold. Something spectacular. Something your colleagues will be

Lesson 62: The office bully

You might have had one at school, now you may have one at work. Research shows that there is at least one of them in every workplace, disrupting your work and making your life a misery. Here's how to spot and stand up to the office bully. Do you feel you are surrounded by incompetent idiots

How to retire

series of repetitive activities until it's time to go home - isn't so different from being back at the office, thus providing a smooth transition into non-working life. Gap years are also becoming increasingly trendy among the over-60s. Why not accompany one of your grandchildren on their first big

How to retire

series of repetitive activities until it's time to go home - isn't so different from being back at the office, thus providing a smooth transition into non-working life. Gap years are also becoming increasingly trendy among the over-60s. Why not accompany one of your grandchildren on their first big

What would work be like if women had their way? (part 2)

represents my dream job, because I set out terms before I came back from maternity leave. I do three days a week in the office in London, the other two days I work from home, which means I save three hours on commuting time, plus I can do the school run twice a week. I haven't had to compromise in terms of

Cover stars

cover (we've all encountered one of those), maternity leave can be a good thing for all involved: parents, jobseekers - and even employers. For those entering the office, joining a new team on a short-term contract can be daunting. But there's plenty to be gained from your stint, if you know how to get

Promotion isn't everything

Employers value ambition, but are we obsessed with being promoted, asks Catherine Quinn in the Guardian. Every office has one - the new employee eyeing up the corner office before they've even got their knees under the desk. But it's not just the odd over-eager graduate desperate for a few extra

Gossip at work

juicy titbit - untrue, as it turns out - that the town administrator wanted quashed is being discussed on Good Morning America. Meanwhile the women have engaged lawyers to win their jobs back. The outcome has implications for us all. Because office gossip is a basic human right. Oh, you don't think

Lesson 98. KISS at work

communication rules. So, when you do the talking: KISS - all the time. No, it doesn't mean that you have to run round the office kissing everybody in sight; it means you have to Keep It Short and Simple. Get your message across and don't waffle. Think about the five Ws: What? When? Who? Where? And Why? Get

Norway looks after its elderly - in Spain

Malaga for a cheaper hip replacement or a shorter waiting time than back home. All the Norwegians have to do is get the approval of their doctors, fill in a few forms and they are eligible for six weeks to a lifetime stay near Benidorm, at the expense of Norwegian tax payers. "Instead of building

How to socialise with the boss

in the next month you are doomed to find yourself in a bar with your deskmates, writes Giles Morris in the Guardian. So best to take advantage of the situation with some turbo-charged hobnobbing. Why, after all, spend time talking with Steve from the Swindon office when you could be chatting with

Wizerunek polskich imigrantów w brytyjskich mediach

wydaniu The Mirror odnajdujemy słowa ministra Home Office Tony'ego McNulty: - Nie znajdziesz Brytyjczyka, który ustawia się w kolejce po prace typu łamanie kości albo czyszczenie ryb. Wydaje się zachwycony faktem, że dzięki nam są w stanie wypełnić "dziury w zatrudnieniu, które nie będą zapełnione

How to get a pay rise

If you're working your socks off and still being paid peanuts it's time to take the bull by the horns and get negotiating, writes Clare Dight in the Times. Colleagues call you ace, you always look busy and the chief executive knows who you are thanks to some smart moves at the office Christmas

Czego wymaga się od kierowników?

pracownicy na co dzień posługują się danym językiem, dokształcają się. Zdarza się, że kandydaci z nieco mniejszymi kwalifikacjami, którzy jednak dobrze rokują, zostają przyjęci na stanowiska back office, a po pewnym czasie i uzupełnieniu kwalifikacji, awansują do front office. Bariera - 50 lat W

Kto zatrudnia

województwie znajdzie ok. 1,5 tys. osób, ale to nie rozwiąże problemu prawie 4 tys. osób, które stracą pracę po upadku Stoczni Szczecińskiej. Największą firmą werbującą teraz szczecinian jest UniCredit. Włoski potentat finansowy (główny właściciel m.in. Pekao SA) do końca 2010 r. w centrum back-office chce

Jak życie zawodowe wpływa na życie rodzinne

przytrafiają się różne związki po drodze. Generalnie bardziej stali w związkach emocjonalnych są pracownicy zaplecza (tzw. back office). A jak wpływają na życie osobiste wydarzenia w firmie? - Na pewno źle się dzieje, gdy różne sytuacje kryzysowe w firmie pokrywają się z kryzysem rodzinnym. Lepiej, jeśli

Gdzie zwalniają, gdzie zatrudniają

- 15 Zakłady Chemiczne "Police" - 200 Pulse Polska Mierzyn - 213 KPGO Karnieszewice - 13 Work Service Stargard Szcz. - 21 Zatrudniają: Otwarty w maju w Szczecinie back office banku UniCredit zatrudnił na początek 114 osób, a do końca roku ma zwiększyć stan załogi do 260 pracowników

Problemy zwalnianych bankowców

banków, kiedy stanowiska się pokrywają, zostają często nie lepsi fachowcy, ale pracownicy silniejszego partnera - opowiada Olga Kowaluk z SMG/KRC. - Niestety, zredukowani pracownicy bankowego back office, czyli ci, którzy nie mają bezpośredniego kontaktu z klientem, mają małe szanse na znalezienie