Thursday, April 6, 2017, the British Parliament passed a law requiring companies with at least 500 employees to declare the average income of more than 15 million employees, and 9,000 employers. Companies will also have to reveal the gender breakdown by salary:the top 25%, the next 25%, and so on do

Scientists are studying all avenues to reduce mortality around the world. Researchers at Harvard University have thus studied, for four years, the medical records of one and a half million hospitalized patients aged 65 or over, in order to compare the “performances” of men and women. Verdict? On ave

Having the stature of a leader is not given to everyone, it requires very specific character traits such as having charisma, ambition, a sense of responsibility or even natural authority. But there is one aspect of personality that is not thought of when it comes to leading crowds (or at least a tea

Do you dream of escaping endless journeys by public transport and the hubbub of open spaces? Telecommuting is for you. You are not the only one to be attracted by this trend:one in four French people already practice it and 65% of workers in France are interested in this mode of operation, according

1/ We play the opposite way “A clown is like an aspirin, except it works twice as fast,” said Groucho Marx. That said, lets recognize that putting in a good mood when everyone is already laughing is good, but its a bit like offering chocolate at the Nutella festival:at best its useless, at worst,

A double discrimination. This is the expression used by Jacques Toubon, the Defender of Rights, in his report entitled Employment of women with disabilities, published this Monday, November 14 as part of the 20th Employment Week for People with Disabilities . Disabled women are therefore more discr

2/ We create a climate of “confidence-marrade” Attention, little funny:we see you coming, with your mischievous eyes and your crooked smile! It has its charm, but be aware that this sign of pre-marrade can also scare some people:marrade on what? On which ? On me ? On my leg thats too short? On my

3/ Were marrade open 80% of giggles come from unforeseen situations. Improvised happenings that sometimes all you have to do is observe and note down for a mess to ensue. Are you the only one who noticed that the sketch quickly drawn by Kevin to compare the French market to the Turkish market look

5/ We stop bitching Of course the canteen beans look like dreadlocks, the carpet looks like a skin disease, and your boss looks like a distorting iPhone app. But if everything was perfect, would you be at your workplace? No, youd be at the Hilton (and youd find the gray in the bathroom doesnt matc

Internet, emails, applications, sms, calls... In a few years, smartphones have become so essential to us that they never leave us at all, not even (especially not?) at work. However, an experiment conducted by the universities of Würzburg and Nottingham Trent for the cybersecurity company Kaspersky

Sometimes, we accept a job thinking we have gotten our hands on the ideal job and we end up disillusioned:the boss is obnoxious, the atmosphere is not great, the premises, not better, in short nothing is going well. Those who apply for the offer recently published by Ryanair know perfectly well wher

We already know the famous “Paye ta shnek“, which compiles stories of street harassment. Now lets discover Paye ton taf, the Tumblr that denounces sexism in the world of work. At the origin of this initiative, Anaïs Bourdet, who is none other than the creator of Paye ta shnek! After having observed

A picture is worth a thousand words. This is an expression that sums up the initiative of Brice Ticelin, a young graduate of ESSCA in digital marketing. The 24-year-old, who wants to land a position as a strategic planner, has understood that the competition is tough. To deal with it, he had an inge

A job interview is never a very pleasant step:you can quickly lose your means after an unexpected question. And the stress can go up a level even more when the targeted company is a multinational that handpicks its employees in order to maintain a brand image, like Google. And to ensure effective fi

For:socializing with colleagues outside the office strengthens cohesion Able to go beyond the borders of your open-space, you want to take part in the aperitif organized by your colleagues in a trendy bar in the center and you are right! By getting to know them outside of work, you give yourself t

Team building, incentive, seminar:definition Behind these three terms hides the same intention on the part of a boss or a team leader:to seek to strengthen the ties between his collaborators. Sessions organized by a company combining different exercises to test ones self-confidence or in others, t

My colleague is my best friend:an implacable logic Always gossiping about the last awful sweater worn by your boss, laughing at the coffee machine about Sophies latest meeting blunder or managing to take your lunch break together, you and your colleague have a relationship more than professional a

After having listed our qualities and our faults, learned by heart the history of the coveted company and having taken care of our outfit, we are now ready for our job interview. Well...its believed! A study by the Georgia Institute of Technology, located in Atlanta, reveals the real secret to inter

My colleague smells bad:dare to talk to him about it directly My colleague smells bad:use tricks Obviously, if you feel rather close to the person, it is easier to tackle this kind of problem without too much awkwardness. On the other hand, if the colleague in question is not part of his close

Conflict between colleagues:an inevitable situation Even if all the reasons to feel good at work come together, it is logical to sometimes see conflicts arise between colleagues:personalities that spark between them, competitiveness pushed to excess or oversized ego are all character traits that c