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In part one of our series providing success tips, three experts had complementary takes on the strong benefits of constantly improving and expanding your skill set. In part two, our expert panel offers views on how to combat burnout and jump up to the next career plateau. Their comments primarily addressed mid-career professionals, who can find themselves hitting a wall, possibly due to stress, frustration, or simply due to treading water in the same position for too long.
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In these tough economic times when some companies are forced to scale back their labor force, how can they handle it in a way that saves face for their workers and doesn't demoralize the remaining staff?
It's no secret that the behemoth baby boomer generation and its work style have dominated the American workplace for more than three decades. Now, as boomers and the "mature" generation older than them exit the work force, the boomer echo, often called the Millennials or Gen Y, is moving in. The entry of the techno-savvy Gen Ys is getting far more notice than the smaller, quieter absorption of Gen X, the demographic group sandwiched between the boomers and Gen Y.
The Seattle area added the greatest number of high-tech jobs in 2006, outpacing Boston, San Francisco and more than 50 other U.S. cities, according to the Cybercities report from the American Electronics Association.
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