January 2012
"No" is the New "Yes": Four Practices to Reprioritize Your Life
Sony Throws Away Japan Recruitment Rulebook - Japan Real Time - WSJ
Gone are the indistinguishable black suits requisite for interviews. Gone is the formulaic interview involving a table, a chair either side and rote answers. Gone is the hiring taboo on applicants who spent the year after college studying abroad instead of jumping into the job market.
December 2011
Sylvia Ann Hewlett: Japan's Working-Women Problem | TIME Ideas | TIME.com
Nearly two-thirds (63%) say that they quit because their career was not satisfying and a startling 49% left because they felt stymied and stalled.
Cambodia Tuk-Tuk Drivers Hit a Bump | News | Khmer-English
While demand is sinking, costs for tuk-tuk drivers continue. Sambath has recently invested in a new tuk-tuk and motor, that cost him close to $2,000. Drivers are also required to pay the government $5 annually to renew their operating licences.According to Sambath, living expenses in Siem Reap have risen, especially in the areas of housing and food, making it more difficult for the working class to make ends meet. He said more than a third of drivers' salaries go to room rentals, as most of them come from villages in search of better job opportunities in Siem Reap.
November 2011
Japan: I am Isolated in My Workplace · Global Voices
“The Internet can be a saving grace if you’re isolated in your school or workplace.” - This was a remark from my recent interview with Izumi Mihashi from Lingua Japanese. I was reminded of it when chancing upon a poignant cry in the form of an anonymous blog entry [ja]. Bullying doesn’t stop at the schoolyard.
Japanese Women Quit Unrewarding Careers - Japan Real Time - WSJ
About 68% of Japanese women who identified themselves as career-minded or ambitious said they believed foreign companies are more woman-friendly than Japanese firms.
October 2011
A House to Live With: Paul Rand in Esquire 1953: Slideshow: Slide 6: Observatory: Design Observer
A House to Live With The creative heart of the Rand home is the studio. Lighting fixtures, beam lighting insets in ceiling, plus full window footage and white reflector make it an artist’s delight. The house is square in outline, subdivided into 8 rooms, 3 baths, has virtually no corridors, radiant heating throughout. Photo by Hans Namuth.
September 2011
The end of an era
loyalty is a two-way street. You can’t expect anyone to be loyal to a company, unless that company returns the sentiment. And a salary and benefits doesn’t count, that’s just economics.
August 2011
stamen design | The World by National Geographic is live
respectWe usually don't call out individual people at Stamen—we're a collaborative studio and everyone has their role to play in contributing to each project
Help wanted: U.S. workers to fix Japan reactor - Business - Personal finance - Careers - msnbc.com
"Jumpers" is the industry term for people who enter highly radioactive environments to quickly perform a task. The practice was common in the United States in the 1970s and early 80s.
June 2011
9 Ways To Increase Your Productivity While Working From Home
unique benefits of working at home
May 2011
April 2011
The Fallout Guys: See Smurfs or CBIRFs? - Japan Real Time - WSJ
color codes for roles.One innovation the CBIRFs shared with their Japanese counterparts is the use of colored helmets to help distinguish various roles in a “hot zone” contaminated with radiation. White helmets designate supervisors, red helmets are used to signify search-and-rescue teams, yellow are for decontaminators, and green for identification and detection specialists. Blue helmets are used for medical personnel.
architectureinuniform
travailler allongé.Ford Motor bomber factory, Willow Run, Michigan, by Albert Kahn Associates, view of the drafting room, 1942. Photograph by Hedrich-Blessing. CCA Collection PH2000:0393. Gift of Federico Bucci. Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal. Gift of Federico Bucci. © Chicago History Museum, HB-07074-G.
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