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How to handle an awkward office romance that isn't yours How to handle an awkward office romance that isn't yours This we know: being in close proximity to someone increases the chances of attraction. And who do we spend more time around than our coworkers? According to recent data, more than 51% of workers admit to having an office affair at some point in their career. And few of them regret it: 64% of those workers admitted they’d do it again, if the opportunity presented itself. For New York career coach Carlota Zimmerman, this finding isn’t surprising. “Where do you spend the majority of your lifetime? The office. Why do so many people joke about having an ‘office wife’ or ‘office husband?’ Because of the significant time, energy and emotion invested in the workplace,” she says. Even if you started your first or most recent gig in a relationship or already married, at least one point in your career, it’s likely you’ll witness a romance of some sort…and hey, maybe even have feelings for someone yourself. Our better angels may tell us to ignore it, but emotions can be unruly.

AM Needs MEs AM Needs MEs AM Needs MEs When I started working in additive manufacturing three years ago, I thought 3-D printing of metals would be easy because I had worked with 3-D printed plastics for nearly two decades. I could not have been more wrong. AM is rewriting the rules of how we design, make, and qualify parts, and 3-D metal printing needs all the help it can get from mechanical engineers. For starters, mechanical engineers have traditionally designed parts by selecting a material with the best known properties (based on how it was processed and heat treated) and then creating the shape they want. With additive manufacturing, the process is reversed. We print the shape that we want, and then we relieve stress, heat treat, age, or anneal the part until we get the material we want. The process sounds simple, but it is not. The thermal cycling that 3-D printed metallic parts see during the layer-by-layer melting and fusion process, be it by laser or electron beam, has a huge influence on the microstructure, which in turn affects the material properties.

8 Reasons Why Your Employee Referral Program Is Failing Employee referrals are easily one of the most efficient and cost-effective ways of attracting talent to organizations. You can count on new hires referred by current employees to be fully immersed within your company culture in a matter of weeks. But sometimes employee referral programs dont bring desired effects and result in few, if any, quality hires. Here are some key reasons why your employee referral program might be failing and some tips to help you fix it: 1. No Information Flow About Open Positions As a recruiter, you clearly know what positions are open at the company. But if you never communicate these open positions to employees, how do you expect them to bring in quality candidates? Consequently, few employees participate in the referral program, and it slowly become irrelevant as a source of great candidates.