CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

Introduction:
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is an injury caused by a pinched nerve in the wrist. The injury causes pain and numbness in the index and middle fingers and weakness of the thumb. Carpal tunnel receives its name from the eight bones in the wrist, called carpals, which form a “tunnel” through which the [...]

Rewarding Work
Providing the right incentive and recognition scheme is a top challenge for HR professionals. Tim Young looks at how the best companies are rewarding their top performers, and why getting recognition right is so important.
It used to be so easy. For our parents’ generation, a job-for-life, a long-service award and a pension might have [...]

Things You Shouldn’t Do During A Recession
In a very sluggish economy or a recession people should generally try to watch their spending and not take any undue risks that might put their future financial goals in jeopardy. There are several types of risks that everyone should avoid during a recession. Let’s look at some of the most [...]

How to Stand Above the Rest at a Job Interview
Mentally prepare while waiting for a job interview.
Standing out from the rest of the applicants at a job interview is essential to getting a job. With the amount of people unemployed and searching for work, you must be on top of your game to complete a [...]

How to Determine One’s Work Ethics
Your work ethics say a lot about you as a person. People make judgments about you based on your work ethics. It’s important to set out early in your career to determine what values are important to you. These are the ideas that govern your behavior while you’re working, including [...]

How to Be a Star Performer at Work
Show your employer that you are a reliable and valuable employee by being a star performer on the job. Employers are more likely to reward those who go above and beyond the call of duty with promotions and raises. In times of trouble, an employer may fight harder [...]

Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model
Implementing Change Powerfully and Successfully
What was true more than 2,000 years ago is just as true today. We live in a world where “business as usual” ischange. New initiatives, project-based working, technology improvements, staying ahead of the competition – these things come together to drive ongoing changes to the way we work.
Whether you’re [...]

Women Entrepreneurs Striking A Balance
Over half (53%) of women setting up their business are parents as well.
Over half (53%) of women setting up their business are parents as well.
According to a new UK poll of over 1,000 women entrepreneurs from Business Link. Whilst many found that owning their own business helped them spend more [...]

Why You Should Hire Overqualified Employees
Lately, I’ve been asking myself if in this kind of economy are professionals focusing on their career or are they focusing on keeping or getting a job? I ask this question because I hear so many stories about American workers struggling to get by.
When I came out of school [...]

How to Improve Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence, also referred to as ‘EQ’, is the ability to identify, evaluate and control your own emotions and to better understand and manage the emotions (or motivations) of others. The term “emotional intelligence” has been around since the 1980s and came to popular prominence through Daniel Goleman who wrote a [...]