A professional degree used to be a guarantee of social mobility and prestige, but the current labour market pays little for some of them.
The labor market can be compared to the commercial market. Salaries are defined by the evolution of supply and demand. When supply is greater than demand, salaries are lowered and when demand is greater than supply, wages rise.
Although in recent months the increase sharpened, in Costa Rica the number of self employed people has been growing since 2008.
In Costa Rica last June the number of independent workers stood at 367,187, while in June 2012 it was 344 830, this is an increase of 22,357.
The figures were provided by the Macroeconomic Situation Observatory of the National University of Costa Rica (UNA), in conjunction with data from the Social Security Fund (CCSS).
Rigid working structures remains an obstacle to be overcome by women, even though new technologies have made working conditions more flexible in the world.
According to Sonia Vanegas, country manager of Manpower, at a global level, for several years many companies have started to promote policies that are friendly to women's performance. "Many women still fail to establish the balance between personal and professional life due to, among other things, rigid schedules that keep them stuck in the office," says Vanegas.
A short nap during work hours helps improve employee performance.
German doctors are recommending adding a little nap during the working day as a way of improving performance, creativity and motivating workers.
President of the German Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises, Mario Ohoven, said in the newspaper edition of Bild, "'Napping in work time has already been successfully established in the United States, Japan and Austria' where they point out that incorporating 'attractive working conditions' also increases the attractiveness of a company when recruiting qualified employees. "
In a study by Cisco, 60% of professionals thought that they did not need to be in office to be productive.
Additionally, mobility and working flexibility is becoming increasingly attractive when choosing a job: 2 out of 3 people indicated they would prefer a position with lower pay and greater flexibility than higher-paying and less flexibility.
"Human resources are becoming increasingly mobile, requiring to work outside the office, increasing the risk of information security. To prevent that, there is a need for improved corporate policies, training and stronger relationships between employees and IT departments, "says the study.
How to answer three questions for which we are never prepared, due to their obviousness, in a way that can make us look better.
We already know what clothes to wear, how to enter the room of the interview, how to seat, and how to use our hands in front of our interlocutor. But it is normal that we don´t have prepared answers for these three questions: