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There is quite a bit of construction happening downtown and hopefully this will help you miss it and have a easy journey home.

There is some construction on and that will entail some road closures for the coming weeks. Click for more details.

Today, Amy from the XL Morning show talked me into putting on the head of a moose costume, and scaring our HR lady here in the office. Since, I'm a push over and easily influenced, I decided to do it. It was a bad idea. The HR lady was not pleased and for some reason didn't find it as funn…

Good to know.  That's a vacation!

If you've ever had a coworker start crying at the office, you know how awkward it is.
So awkward that you probably get irritated at the person for making you uncomfortable. Here's a list of six slightly more appropriate reactions.

Working that job 9-5 can be a drain... but you have to keep on chugging along.  When you are working/ emailing/ planning for the weekend/ Facebooking, what is your most productive time of day?  I'd say mine is my lunch break!  But I don't think they count that.

We all have some kind of stress at work.  If you don't, please let me know where you work, and if you're hiring!
A new survey by Harris Interactive came up with a list of the top eight things that stress people out at work. Maybe hearing that everyone ELSE has these problems will make …

A lot of people think they could never be fired, because they're good at their job. But being incompetent isn't the only reason people get pink slipped.

According to a survey of hiring managers by OfficeTeam, these are seven phrases you should avoid putting on your resume, because they're OVERUSED and MEANINGLESS.  Here they are, along with the ways to REPLACE them.

Pretty much every day, I find some kind of food in our kitchen at work.
Sometimes it's store bought donuts.  Sometimes, home made goodies.  Sometimes, it's a mystery treat.
I am not big on work treats, unless I know where they came from...

Calls are on the outs.  Texts are in.  Way in.

A survey has found that one in four of us will kiss a colleague at their work Christmas party over the coming weeks.
1/3 of the people who work in PR said they have taken a coworker home for the night.
Those in the teaching profession are the most likely to call in sick after the work party, with …