Links You Can Use: September 3-7

In recent years, news stories of fraud, insider trading, and other dishonest business activities have prompted the question: are we doing enough to teach business students about ethics? In other news, human resource staff are struggling with filling in the gaps left behind by retiring Baby Boomers, and a worker survey reveals that job retention is largely the result of very personal preferences. All this and more, in this week's Links You Can Use.

Are business schools effectively teaching ethics to their students? Experts are saying no, but there are some ways to improve business ethics training. (Slate)

According to the Workforce Retention Survey, "Work-Life Fit" and "Enjoying What I Do" were two of the top reasons why people chose to stay with a job. These findings echo some of the points from our post about the requirements for job satisfaction. (American Psychological Association)



If you're trying to improve how you use up your time, watch out for these seven productivity killers. (U.S. News and World Report)

A survey reveals that human resource executives of federal agencies are deeply concerned with attracting workers to compensate for the ongoing loss of experienced, skilled workers due to Baby Boomers going into retirement. (Baltimore Sun)

Here are 20 Google search shortcuts to enhance your online research skills, i.e., "Google-Fu" (like Kung-Fu but more practical for daily life). (Lifehacker)

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