All talk and little action

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A research conducted by Pitney Bowes among 972 professionals, executives and employees of Fortune 1000 companies revealed that the increasing volume of messages in highly profitable firms tend to frustrate employees. With an estimated 178 daily messages through e-mails, facsimile, telephone, computer and voice mails, employees often fail to perform the tasks with which they are assigned. The incremental communications load may be attributed to the assumption that more messages may be received if various communication modems are employed and partly to the fact that work teams are highly dispersed in different areas.

Communications Equipment, Telecommunications Equipment, Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Research, Management, Usage, Telecommunications systems, Telecommunication systems, Organizational communication, Telecommunications traffic, Communications traffic

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The value of diversity

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Employers are increasingly appreciating the importance of workforce diversity as they realize that many of the most qualified people are women or come from a wide variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. In response to the growing diversity in the labor market, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants has started to examine this issue through its Working Committee on Diversity. Other Canadian organizations are also starting to examine diversity-related issues, including Union Gas, Canadian Tire Acceptance Ltd. and CIBC.

Accounting, Cover Story, Social policy, Demographic aspects, Workplace multiculturalism, Workplace diversity, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, Women accountants

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The resume as comedy

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Job applicants should refrain from giving nonessential information in their resumes, according to Kathryn Bolt, Toronto, Canada-based regional manager of Accountemps, a professional-services manpower company. People who are careless or may not have a very good understanding of what is needed write the most absurd details in their resumes. Unwise details include disclosing one's difficulty in coping with changes such as mergers and relocations.

Job Description & Qualifications, Job applicants, Resumes (Employment), Resumes, Job qualifications

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