Learn to let go of your anger towards co-workers | Empowering people is better than bossing them around | LinkedIn users show fun side, turn endorsements into pranks
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Anger at work can cause stress and lead to continued problems if not addressed, writes Art Markman. To get over your anger with a co-worker, create some distance from the situation and try to consider it from the viewpoint of the other person, adds Markman.
WNBA President Lisa Borders says she's learned to empower people around her to take on responsibilities and become her allies, not just employees. "Nobody gets anywhere by themselves, and you have to learn to trust," she says.
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Some LinkedIn users are having fun at the expense of their colleagues by giving them endorsements for such abstract skills as "cheese" or "foosball." The good-natured pranking shows young professionals want to work hard, but also like to have fun by endorsing others "for things like sword fighting or birthday cakes," said user Matt Nicolaou.
Skilled trades such as electrical and machining work, plus health care, manufacturing, sales and math-focused jobs, are at high risk for labor shortages, a recent report predicts. The report suggests that a labor shortage will disproportionately affect some traditional industries in the next 10 years.
It's important to make note of transferable skills that work in multiple industries when writing your resume, especially if you're looking for work in a new field, Dana Plowman writes. Communication, interpersonal skills and management know-how are among the top five skills Plowman says job seekers should notate on their resumes.
It's convention season, and politicos have been bouncing and bopping their way through a succession of pop tunes. Ballroom dance instructor Tiara Shelley assesses past and present politicians' dancing chops, noting that Hillary Clinton has "a great sense of rhythm" and that Barack Obama's slow-dancing skills are "really something."