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6. Employers who insist on knowing your salary history but won’t reveal what the job pays. Employers regularly insist that candidates name their salary history or expectations up front, while simultaneously refusing to divulge the range they plan to pay. There’s no reason for employers not to share that info, other than to make the hire at a lower price. It’s unfair and they usually get away with it, but we’d all be better off if employers simply shared the range they plan to pay and put an end to the drama and coyness.

2. Learn another job. It’s an unfortunate fact that many corporations in the throes of restructuring won’t think twice about piling additional work on the employees who survive the layoff rounds. So knowing how to fill more than one position in your office can be a surefire way of getting a survivors’ edge.

Phones and tablets are also showing up in meetings. It’s easy enough to pretend you’re taking notes, but many use the technology to drown out the sound of the meeting coordinator. The meeting time is wasted when workers aren’t paying attention.

And then there’s tech envy. Do your coworkers spend more time envying your technology than getting their work done?

Gregory says he chose to travel to South Korea to teach English. According to the report, he said: “It’s the easiest way for me to put my education to use, get government-supported health care, a pension, and earn a living wage. And I’m not the only one. There are thousands of us here in Korea. And thousands more in Japan, China, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. All of us young, healthy, and well-educated. But for many of us, the best way to find a steady job or pay off a student loan is to leave America. People like me should be teaching English in America, helping Americans, and paying American taxes.”

“There’s no bright-line test on sexual harassment since the courts—including the U.S. Supreme Court—have made it clear that it will depend on the frequency and severity of the conduct, whether the conduct is physically threatening or humiliating and whether the conduct interferes with the employee’s job performance,” says Paul O. Lopez, director and chair of the litigation department at law firm Tripp Scott.

Some economists began to refer to the depths of the recession as a “mancession,” since the bulk of the jobs lost were among men in male-dominated industries such as construction and manufacturing. During the recession (defined as December 2007 to June 2009), the economy shed more than 7 million jobs. Men fared worse in the recession, suffering more than 70 percent of the job losses. But strikingly, in the midst of a slow recovery, women have lost 117,000 jobs while men gained 1,140,000—a staggering difference of about a million jobs.

Understand why you are feeling burned out. Get a really clear picture of why you’re feeling burned out. Take inventory. Don’t just say, “My job is burning me out.” Get specific. Say, for instance, “I’m working too many hours. I don’t like what I’m working on. I’m experiencing too much conflict with my co-workers. I feel stuck and trapped.” Awareness is a key ingredient. Understanding the specifics of the source of your burnout opens the door to asking, “What can I do about this? Are there any changes I can make that would improve the situation? What steps can I start taking to make changes in the long term?”

Tips from one man who spent 13 months in Venice telecommuting to his job in the States.

Traditional pension plans, paid family leave, and even the company picnic are all on the decline. Employers have significantly cut many of the benefits they offer to workers over the past five years. Some 77 percent of companies report that benefits offerings have been negatively affected by the slow pace of recovery, according to a Society for Human Resource Management survey of 600 human resources professionals.

“When confronted by one or more job demands, a flexible schedule provides working moms with alternatives for meeting those demands while caring for their newborns. When working moms are better able to control their work environment and adapt, work-related stress is less likely to become a family issue,” study author Dawn S. Carlson, a professor of management at Baylor University, said in a university news release.