While factors such as your work environment, compensation and relationship with your boss or co-workers can determine your happiness at work and throughout the rest of your life, you can always be happier by using a number of helpful strategies, writes Sharissa Sebastian. Surround yourself with positive people, constantly look to learn new things and find reasons to be thankful about your life, Sebastian writes. Forbes (5/8) Improve your luck by making a few changes Many benefits that are often attributed to luck can be encouraged by developing your intuition and setting achievable goals that include incremental steps, writes Stephanie Vozza. Expand your networking and social circles and be open to new ideas to encourage a wider range of new opportunities to come your way. Fast Company online (5/5)
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Making the Connection
Make yourself easier to find on LinkedIn Many job recruiters and hiring managers use keyword searches on LinkedIn to find suitable candidates for open positions. By participating in industry-specific groups and including keywords found in job listings similar to those that you're looking for, you can become easier for recruiters to find, writes Arnie Fertig. U.S. News & World Report (5/5)
The Landscape
Proposed Labor Department cuts could hurt safety enforcement President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to the Labor Department's budget has workers' advocates worried that programs and enforcement aimed at improving worksite safety could be curtailed. Right now, the country's 8 million jobsites are checked by a little more than 1,800 state and federal inspectors. Daily News (New York) (5/6)
Your Next Challenge
How hiring managers try to attract top talent Recruiters are putting more effort into providing an authentic take on their company's brand in an attempt to find talent that will be a sound fit within their firms, writes Amy Elisa Jackson. In addition, more companies are offering work-life balance perks to attract top talent while also asking behavioral questions at interviews to learn more about the values and attitudes of job candidates. Glassdoor (5/5)
Retired Navy Adm. William McRaven makes his bed every day because he believes accomplishing one small task at the start of the day creates momentum that helps him accomplish more throughout the rest of the day. A small task such as making your bed also reinforces that "the little things in life matter," allowing you to succeed at not just other small tasks, but bigger tasks as well, McRaven says. The Muse (5/7)
People who use shopping carts generally fall into one of five categories, with some people never bothering to return the carts to the store from the parking lot. Many people, however, will behave according to social norms and ease of use, making the context and environment of a supermarket parking lot critical to how people behave, writes Krystal D'Costa. Scientific American online (4/26)
People will always follow a good example; be the one to set a good example.
