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What brings you great joy in the workplace? Employees and managers experience varying degrees of happiness and joy when their experience of their workplace is congruent with how they enjoy spending their days. For every employee, the experience of joy is different because it depends on individual wants and needs. Each person knows what brings them joy in the workplace. Perhaps some of you share meaning with these examples about joyful events and circumstances in your workplace?...

Foundation design is the creation of a construction plan for a building foundation. It is a highly specialized function and usually performed by a structural engineer. The foundation is the structural base that stands on the ground and supports the rest of the building. Therefore, foundation design must involve extensive study of the ground below the foundation as well as the design and materials used on the foundation itself. Foundation Depth...

Construction is a broad career field that includes many different jobs, including careers in carpentry, drywall, floor and carpet installation, masonry, welding, painting, roofing, and more. Some jobs are management-level positions, such as construction supervisor and construction manager jobs, while other jobs (such as construction helpers) are entry-level positions. When creating a resume for a construction job, you want to tailor the resume to fit the specific job. Check out these tips for writing an impressive resume for a construction job....

In the cult film “American Beauty,” no one is who they seem. The movie touches upon dysfunctional families, which may look picture-perfect on the outside. ​"American Beauty" is a dark satire—a profoundly complex, yet brilliantly executed movie that tells you a tale you didn’t want to hear. It is a thought-provoking, incisive movie with a message that each family is special in its own way.​ Review the main characters and read a compilation of some of the best lines from this classic 90s movie....

With excused absences, an employer has granted an employee permission to be away from work during their normal working hours. Excused absences may include time off such as a vacation. Learn what counts as an excused absence and why it’s important to schedule them in advance. What Are Excused Absences? An excused absence is time off from work with the permission of a manager or supervisor. Excused absences are usually requested ahead of time....

The most common Flemish name for grandmother is bomma along with bompa for grandfather. Some Flemish use oma, along with opa for grandfather, as do other Dutch and German neighbors. Ending with an “i” instead of an “a” is a common variation, creating bommi, bompi, omi, and opi. Flemish, one of the three official languages of Belgium, is spoken primarily in Flanders, the northern part of the country. Flemish is very similar to Dutch, it is considered a dialect, and is sometimes called Belgian Dutch or Flemish Dutch....

Recipe contests reward you with big prizes for using your cooking skills to come up with great new recipes. If you’re looking for the best current baking contests, cooking contests, and other food contests to enter right now, here’s where to find them. Scroll down for the latest recipe contests; but first, some tips:How to Come Up with Original Recipes: So how do come up with recipes that are truly unique?...

If you work from home as an employee of a business, you’re among a growing group of millions of employees who telecommute. One of the benefits of telecommuting has been the ability to reduce income taxes by taking a home office deduction on your personal tax return. That deduction is no longer available to employees who work from home. Changes to Work-From-Home Tax Deductions According to C.P.A. Gail Rosen, before the 2018 tax reform bill, you could deduct employee business expenses—such as the home office expenses for employees who telecommute—as a miscellaneous itemized deduction on Schedule A....

If you’re job-hunting and find out that you’re going to have a blind audition, you’ll probably wonder exactly what that means, and how blind auditions work. Blind auditions are a tool employers use to screen job applicants based strictly on the job and the candidate’s qualifications for it. Blind auditions are an effective way for companies to screen a variety of job applicants in an objective manner. The theory behind implementing blind auditions is that recruiters may otherwise pick applicants who are more like themselves than they are different....

Baby boomers belong to the generation born between 1946 and 1964. The oldest members of the generation reached retirement age (or 65-years old) in 2011, and the youngest members will reach this milestone in 2029. By that year, nearly one-fifth of the U.S. population will be 65 or older, and during the 18-year period between 2011 to 2029, about 10,000 baby boomers are expected to reach the age of retirement age each day....

A meeting agenda is a list of items that participants hope to accomplish at a meeting. The agenda should be distributed in advance of a meeting, minimally 24 hours in advance so that participants have the opportunity to prepare for the meeting. Preferably, if possible, the agenda should be available several days before the meeting. The more time your colleagues have available to prepare for a meeting, the more likely they will attend prepared to participate effectively....

As with any experience, you may find yourself faced with obstacles in your internship that you hadn’t anticipated. When going into any new situation, we usually assume that everything will run smoothly and that the overall experience will offer what we hoped for; in this case, an opportunity to grow both personally and professionally. Unfortunately, you may find yourself faced with challenges that you don’t feel able to handle. The two important things to remember is always to maintain your professionalism and always work to find ways that are mutually beneficial to both you and the employer that will help solve the problems you are facing....

Most Canadian businesses must register to collect and pay the goods and services tax (GST) and harmonized sales tax (HST) on eligible items. If you are operating a Canadian business and registered for the GST/HST, you can get back the GST/HST you’ve paid out during a particular reporting period by claiming it through input tax credits (ITCs) on your GST/HST return. When you complete your GST/HST return, you declare the amount of GST/HST you collected from various customers and deduct your ITCs from this amount to determine your GST/HST net tax....

If you enjoy being outside and working in different locations, then starting a pool cleaning company could be for you. What a Pool Cleaning Business Involves Pool cleaners visit client’s homes or businesses (hotels, apartments, gyms, etc.) to check and adjust the water’s chemical balance, maintain the pumps and filters, check the skimmers, and clean. Along with a regular weekly schedule during the season, they might make extra visits to open and close down a pool, or after a storm that blows debris into pools....

Input tax credits (ITCs) are credits that some Canadian businesses can claim for sales taxes paid on items purchased to produce their goods and services. If you pay the goods and services tax (GST) or harmonized sales tax (HST) on goods or services for your business, you may be eligible to claim some of these taxes as credits and reduce your total taxes due. Learn more about ITCs and how to claim them on your Canadian tax return....

Job abandonment occurs when an employee fails to show up as expected at work on consecutive days without notifying their supervisor or requesting the time off in advance. The prolonged absence is considered a resignation. Review how job abandonment works and alternatives to failing to go to work. What Is Job Abandonment? Job abandonment occurs when an organization’s policy states that any prolonged absence is considered a resignation if the employee fails to have contact with their manager or the human resources department....

Interested in a job as a librarian? Here’s information on what librarians do, specializations, educational requirements, skills employers seek, and what you can expect to get paid. Librarian Job Responsibilities Librarians evaluate books and other informational resources for consideration as additions to collections. They organize resources so that patrons can easily find the material that they desire. Librarians assess the research needs of individual visitors and identify the necessary resources. Librarians arrange speakers, entertainers, and workshops to educate and entertain patrons....

Pet adoption counselors are responsible for facilitating the adoption of cats and dogs at animal shelters, working with shelter managers. They must have a love for and understanding of animals and empathy for those that are sick or injured and abandoned. These counselors must be able to assess the personalities and needs of animals and determine whether a potential human adopter or family of adopters is a good match. If they don’t think an adopter is right for a given animal, they must be able to explain their decision and direct the adopter to an animal that’s a better fit or to a different shelter....

English is the usual language of pop music, almost exclusively so in the United States. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find some Spanish-language hit songs if you look around. Nearly a dozen such songs have become hit material in the U.S. since the 1950s, and so have a few bilingual ones. Here’s where you can find them: Despacito Luis Fonsi appears at a shopping mall in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 2019....

Being in charge can be exhilarating, frustrating and challenging – sometimes all in the space of a single hour. But whether you’re a small business owner or working as a manager for someone else, being the one in charge is always busy. It’s understandably tempting to cut some corners so you can fit more into your busy schedule. But be careful. Shaving some corners to save time can gouge your reputation and undermine your good management efforts....