David drives to work. How early do you think he has to leave to get to his job on time?
Whoa, I'm exhausted. I just worked a double, fourteen hours on my feet! What about you, how was your shift?
With a growing business to administer built on her life as a wealthy heiress and celebrity, Paris says her world is nonstop hard work -- but also fun.
Marie Curie is probably the most famous woman scientist who has ever lived. Born Maria Sklodowska in Poland in 1867, she is famous for her work on radioactivity, and was twice a winner of the Nobel Prize.
Work gets a terrible press. Pick up the paper on any day and you'll read about how work is killing our marriages, generating stress, depriving children of 'quality time', hollowing out local communities, and depressing us.
During World War I, Marie Curie, with help from her daughter Irene, worked to develop the use of X-radioactivity, including the mobile units which came to be known as 'Little Curies’, used to treat wounded soldiers.
Marie found her interest drawn to pitchblende, a mineral whose radioactivity, superior to that of pure uranium, could be explained only by the presence of small quantities of an unknown substance of very high activity.
Marie Curie is probably the most famous woman scientist who has ever lived. Born Maria Sklodowska in Poland in 1867, she is famous for her work on radioactivity, and was twice a winner of the Nobel Prize.
Ultimately, our goal must be to begin seeing work as an intrinsic part of our life, rather than an adjunct to it.
Work is becoming too important for it to be of dubious quality. Work is a community, the place where we meet friends and form relationships, a provider of our social as well as our work life.
Work gets a terrible press. Pick up the paper on any day and you'll read about how work is killing our marriages, generating stress, depriving children of 'quality time', hollowing out local communities, and depressing us.
These days employees are expected to be available around the clock. If you take time off or don't work long hours you're seen as uncommitted, and can get left high and dry when bonus time comes around.
Waves of protesters clashed with police and set fires across France as anger intensified against government plans to raise the age for retirement benefits.
The Museum of Natural History in London will return the skeletal remains of 138 indigenous people taken from the Torres Strait Islands in the 19th century, often as curios.
Authorities in the Chinese capital have set new standards for public toilets, including a stipulation that they should contain no more than two flies.
When the boss is gone, we get away with murder playing video games for hours instead of working.
My workplace sometimes has social events to help employees relax and get to know each other better.
What would you say is your greatest strength in the workplace?
What is one of your weaknesses in the workplace?
What do you enjoy doing outside of work?
Are you a team player? Please give an example from your work experience.
If you're interested in biology, my sister works in a lab. I'll introduce you to her and you can pick her brains.
A night owl is someone who regularly stays up late at night, or who prefers to work at night [INFORMAL]
We don't know if we'll get time off of work so our vacation plans are still up in the air.
Leaving my friends and family to move to London for work is a huge decision for me. I need more time to turn it over.
Alex works too hard -- many long hours with lots of stress. If he doesn't take it easy every now and then he could be the one with a heart attack!
It takes me 45 minutes to get to work, so I usually eat my breakfast on the fly.
On Friday after work a bunch of people go to the bar at the corner for happy hour.
Emily: Oh… it just occurred to me, there’s some work I still need to finish here at the office.
Rahul: Do you really have more work to do, or are you just making up excuses?
Nan worked with a supervisor for the first two weeks so that he could learn the ropes.
After many years of studying, I got my dream job. My hard work is beginning to bear fruit!
I have a can-do attitude. I stay positive in the face of change and complications in the workplace.
I have a strong work ethic. I take pride in doing the best job that I can and make efforts to improve my performance.
I am good at multitasking. I can take on many responsibilities and maintain the quality of my work.
I work well under pressure. I am able to keep focused and determine the order in which things need to get done.
I am detail oriented. I am precise in my work and I catch things that other people might not notice.
You won't believe it! I was walking to work, when suddenly everyone around me broke into dance!
Learning to play an instrument is hard work, but you'll eventually get better if you stick with it.
Tanya works at the zoo, and is very dedicated to the animals in her care. She even brushes their teeth!
I would leap at the opportunity to travel abroad for work.
He has been allowed only 7 kg of luggage, a dictaphone, two pens designed to work in zero gravity, three cameras and nine CDs – among them songs from the Beatles and Andrea Bocelli, the blind Italian tenor.
Flexitime lets employees travel to and from work at off-peak traffic times to avoid the rush hour.
In practice it seems to work: Singapore, London and Stockholm have reduced traffic and pollution in city centers thanks to congestion pricing.
In the US, commuters spend an average of a full working week each year sitting in traffic jams, according to the Texas Transportation Institute.