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Archives for March, 2009
yourSABBATICAL Defines What a Sabbatical Is – and Isn't
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yourSABBATICAL Defines What a Sabbatical Is – and Isn’t
Leading Sabbatical Strategists Offer Clarity on How Time Away from Work Benefits Companies and IndividualsATLANTA — March 30, 2009 – It used to be that sabbaticals, which began in academia in 1880, were a way for educational institutions to compete with the private sector for [...]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Sabbaticals Recharge Workers
Who knew that sabbaticals weren’t just for college professors anymore? Barbara and Elizabeth Pagano did. Business authors, coaches and experts in talent and leadership development, this mother/daughter team founded www.yoursabbatical.com last year to help workers and companies explore the idea of sabbaticals. The two had learned the benefits of a planned, focused pause from work [...]
yourSABBATICAL Identifies Time Away From Work as Innovative Solution to Flexibility and "Life-Work" Issues
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yourSABBATICAL Identifies Time Away From Work as Innovative Solution
to Flexibility and “Life-Work” Issues
Leading Sabbatical Consultants Receive National Award for Their Model of Flexibility
ATLANTA – March 12, 2009 – With the economic downturn and job uncertainty, employees are re-evaluating their work and personal lives and placing a high value on “balance” for the [...]
Los Angeles Times – It's Web 101 for This Experienced Intern
Lois Draegin, 55, lost a six-figure editing job. She now works unpaid for a start-up website, trading her knowledge for new online skills.
Reporting from New York – Sitting in a bare cubicle, with her reading glasses perched halfway down her nose and typing away on a laptop she’d brought from home, Lois Draegin [...]
