Advice for Delayed Sleep Sufferers  “For those with delayed sleep phase syndrome who have to get up in the morning, but can’t fall asleep in the evening, their sleep debt keeps building and threatens their health,” says Mansbach. “Chronic sleep deprivation increases the risk of many serious diseases,  including cancer and diabetes, as well as depression, fibromyalgia, and others. It degrades productivity and learning, and increases the chance of accidents. View Details

Only 30% of Canadians expect to be fully retired at age 66, according to the Sun Life Financial 2012 Canadian UnretirementTM Index. The index, based on the results of an Ipsos Reid poll of 3,701 working Canadians aged 30 to 65, also found 48% of Canadians plan to phase in their retirement by working part-time or freelance. View Details

When you’re selling your product, do you simply go into the nuts-and-bolts of how it works, or do you tell a story?   People ask me what I do at Emergenetics International, and I could easily say I own a human capital consulting firm that provides assessments for employee development, recruitment, and retention. That’d be informative, sure.   But you need to be prepared to say more, if you want to draw people in. View Details

Keep Personal Info Personal  Discrimination in the workplace is illegal. It’s also despicable and certainly not anything we condone. In an ideal world, the details of our personal lives wouldn’t matter nearly as much as our performance and productivity on the job. But the cold, hard truth is employers may still make decisions based upon details of an employee’s life. View Details

A few weeks ago, Steve Boese posted an interesting question on his Facebook wall. He wanted to hear the most annoying business speak out there. Of course, everyone chimed in with his or her most hated phrase until someone (me) asked the obvious question.   “Steve,” said I. ” Are you using this for blog fodder? View Details

Everyone wants a cool job, right? Check out Black Enterprise’s Cool Jobs section for profiles on some sweet gigs. Most of us want to find a job we love, but we don’t quite know how to do it. We’re looking for that job love in all the wrong places. View Details

Who hasn’t thought about quitting your job at some point? Maybe you’ve realized the position just isn’t you. Or perhaps you’re growing bored with doing the same tasks over and over each day. According to a survey from the U. S. Department of Labor,the 2012 quits rate, a government term for workers who leave a job on their own, rose to 2. 1 million. That is 300,000 above the 1. View Details

Long before you get to a job interview, hiring managers are forming opinions about you based on your resume and your job history. Here are six of the most common red flags they look for.   1. You have multiple short-term jobs. View Details

Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier today. Amazing. You’ve read or heard the stats and the many records he set jumping from the edge of space.   1. Challenge Yourself  Not in small ways, but big ways. Epic challenges don’t fit on a to-do list, but maybe better on a bucket list. This was a huge undertaking stacked with professionals and expensive gear, but the biggest challenge came when Felix had to overcome his fear. View Details

We all know the job market sucks right now. If you are a job seeker chances are you are sending out a lot of resumes and not getting a positive response. Maybe you are getting interviews but still not getting the job. Perhaps it is time to stop blaming the economy and start evaluating your job searching process.   Maybe you are making some mistakes. Take a look below at the 7 most common mistakes that job seekers make. View Details

Even in an uncertain job market, a December 2011 survey by human resources software makerCornerstone OnDemand and Harris Interactivefound that 21 million U. S. workers planned to change jobs this year, costing companies an estimated $2 trillion.   The survey also found that the solution to keeping employees might lie in better performance management, including employee performance reviews. Only 37 percent of respondents felt that they were given useful feedback by their managers during their reviews. View Details

You’re about to embark on your first-ever video interview. It’s a little daunting I’m sure, but there are ways to make sure you not only ace your first digital screening but get invited back for another screen-to-screen.   1. ) Plan. Prepare. Focus. Treat this interview like it’s a real one. Because it is. That means giving yourself plenty of time to prep, researching the company and the position. View Details

Let’s say you just found a great job online that fits your skill set. You follow the website’s instructions, and you submit your application and resume online. After you click the final “Submit,” button, you sit and wait for something to happen.   So what really happens to your online job application? View Details

How common is cursing in the workplace? And more importantly, how do certain words affect you or your job? According to a survey by CareerBuilder this past July, 64 percent of employers reported they would think less of an employee who repeatedly uses curse words. Fifty-seven percent reported to be less likely to promote an individual who swears in the workplace. View Details