Workplace stress The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) defines workplace stress as “the process that arises where work demands of various types and combinations exceed the person’s capacity and capability to cope.” This can lead to sickness‚ absences and high levels of staff turnover within a business: results which are positive for neither the staff nor the company. However‚ despite claiming that stress at work is widespread throughout the UK‚ the HSE (2010) also offers strategies designed to
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How To Identify Transferable Skills for Career Change Transferable skills are those soft skills which one has got to learn in his current organization and would be beneficial for his next job. They include communication skills‚ how to deal with people‚ problem solving‚ leadership and many more. When you decide to switch your job‚ you need to recognize your transferable skills‚ and highlight them in your resume or when attending the interview. How to identify your transferable skills Evaluate
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What is stress? Stress is a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way. When you sense danger – whether it’s real or imagined – the body’s defenses kick into high gear in a rapid‚ automatic process known as the “fight-or-flight” reaction‚ or the stress response. The stress response is the body’s way of protecting you. When working properly‚ it helps you stay focused‚ energetic‚ and alert. In emergency situations‚ stress can save your life
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anxious thoughts and difficulty concentrating or remembering. Stress can also change outward behaviors. Teeth clenching‚ hand wringing‚ pacing‚ nail biting‚ and heavy breathing are common signs of stress. People also feel physically different when they are stressed. Butterflies in the stomach‚ cold hands and feet‚ dry mouth‚ and increased heart rate are all physiological effects of stress that we associate with the emotion of anxiety. Stress is caused when a person is very angry or depressed and cannot
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Iqra University‚ Karachi INTRODUCTION Job stress can be defined as the harmful physical and emotional responses that occur when the requirements of the job do not match the capabilities‚ resources‚ or needs of the worker. Job stress can lead to poor health (mental and physical). "25% of employees view their jobs as the number one stressor in their lives." --Northwestern National Life. "75% of employees believe the worker has more on-the-job stress than a generation ago." --Princeton Survey Research
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the degree of "dislocation between what people are and what they have to do." Effects of burnout might appear in the form of exhaustion‚ detatchment‚ and feelings of ineffectiveness. These results might be from the "gradual process of loss during which the mismatch between the needs of the person and the demands of the job grows ever greater." Maslach and Leiter (1997) have summarized these causes into “the categories of work overload‚ a lack of control‚ insufficient rewards (from money to joy)‚
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about student stress. Thesis: Today I will discuss about sources and effects of student stress and efficient ways to manage this emotional and physical strain. Organizational Pattern: I. Introduction A. Attention Getter According to the Student Living Report 2002‚ an ongoing survey of student experiences carried out by MORI for the UNITE Group‚ more than half of students (53%) said they had become more stressed since starting university. B. Relevance Stress is what you
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Stress can be a positive thing - helping an individual to grow‚ develop‚ be stimulated and take action. However‚ if stress exceeds a person’s ability to cope it can impact on their mental and physical health in a range of ways. Some research studies estimate up to two thirds of illnesses seen by GP’s are stress related. In the days of the caveman‚ stress often came in the form of physical threats that required individuals to react quickly and decisively. The body helped out by automatically
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the study of microbiology‚ the need to identify an unknown microbe may arise. This aids in the recognition of which microbes are harmful or pathogenic as well as those that may be beneficial to us in some way. This report will detail how a similar project was performed in order to identify two unknown micobes using the techniques that were learnt during the course of the semester. We embarked on the project with the knowledge that we would have to identify a Gram(+) as well as a Gram(-) from the
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Teens and Stress Many people think that just because you are a young teen that you have no idea what stress is like. News flash‚ school can be a very stressful place especially with the homework‚ tests‚ and all that. Not to mention that nowadays teens are always trying to fit in and impress everyone around them. There is also the stress about finishing highschool and choosing what college to attend and what major to pursue. Many teens have to deal with going to school and also working to earn money
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