In Tiger Eyes, Judy Blume’s new movie based on her 1981 novel – check that, her first movie - the best-selling author collaborated with her son and filmmaker, Lawrence Blume, to bring it to the silver screen.

After a recent screening concluded in Manhattan, she explained to the audience, “We always said if we were going to work together on a project, it would be Tiger Eyes. It was Larry’s favorite.”

There were some concerns, however, about translating one of her books onto the screen. She revealed, “It just needs to be emotionally true to the story and the characters and we didn’t want to make a schmaltzy movie.” Read more

It’s that time of month again! The first Friday of the month only means one thing: The monthly jobs report was issued by the Department of Labor and per the numbers, the unemployment rate rose from 7.5 percent to 7.6 percent. Employers added 175,000 jobs in May which was better than originally anticipated. As pointed out by USA Today, economists originally estimated the magic number was going to be 165,000 new jobs.

Technically, businesses added 178,000 jobs whereby federal, state and local governments cut 3,000. Job gains held steady in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality and retail. Read more

When we read this post by Dave Kerpen on LinkedIn, we couldn’t be more in agreement. After interviewing a stellar candidate who seemed to have it all — “infectious personality and seemingly, a great work ethic” — he could not consider hiring her.

What went wrong? After all, she dressed for success, answered questions well and seemed like a perfect fit. According to Kerpen, the author of Likeable Business and Likeable Social Media, she blew it when he asked what questions she had and the answer was simply, “None, really. I’ve been following you guys online for awhile and feel like I know everything already.” Read more

Got bubbly?

According to a new study, you may want to imbibe. According to a piece we read on Forbes, scientists at the University of Reading in Great Britain revealed research findings which indicated compounds found in champagne can improve our spatial memory responsible for navigation and the performance of complex tasks.

Without getting too scientific, the acid found in champagne actually helps signaling to the brain and also helps prevent the loss of proteins related to memory storage. Read more

According to a new survey published by Beyond.com, The Career Network, there’s a significant disconnect between Millennial job seekers and how veteran human resources professionals view them.

The good news? Over 84 percent of job seekers in this generation (ages 19 to 26) are optimistic about landing employment. The not-so-good news?  There are significant discrepancies in points of view with loyalty, leadership, tech-savviness and more.

In particular, when it comes to loyalty, 82 percent of Millennials identified themselves as loyal. Guess what percentage reflected how HR felt about this generation’s loyalty? Give up? One percent felt Millennials would become faithful to their employer on a long-term basis. Read more

Ah, the coveted job interview. You leave the interview room thinking you aced it and alas, you hear crickets.

Cue the radio silence.

If you’re one of the job seekers to reach out for feedback for self-improvement, well you probably won’t hear back with an honest reason as to why you didn’t get the job.

According to a piece in The Wall Street Journal, about 10 percent of job seekers ask for feedback and rarely any of them actually receive it. Part of the reason could be due to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Last year the commission identified discrimination in hiring practices as its main priority.  Read more

Are you shy? Timid to speak up at work? New on the job? You’re not alone. Although a recent piece in Fortune focused on a reader being self-conscious, the reasons for not speaking up are endless.

That said, it’s clear one major way to get ahead at work is to speak up. Here are a few ways to overcome obstacles to effectively speak up and get noticed. Read more

By now you’ve probably heard the unfortunate news that the entire photography staff was laid off by the Chicago Sun-Times last week. Well, one of the photojournalists has decided to share his life through his iPhone, as mentioned on JimRomenesko.

Rob Hart writes in his Tumblr account, “Rob Hart was replaced with a reporter with an iPhone, so he is documenting his new life with an iPhone, but with the eye of a photojournalist trained in storytelling.”

The freelance photojournalist and adjunct faculty member of photojournalism at the Medill School of Journalism posted his first photo of a zig zag carpet design. The caption read: “Zero hour. Carpet on the 14th floor of the Holiday Inn where 28 Sun-Times photographers lost their jobs.”

Throughout the past several days, in true storytelling form, he was able to witness his daughter taking some of her first steps, return to class at Medill, and reminisce good times at the Billy Goat Tavern during “hour 1″ of this new chapter.

If you want to boost your productivity and improve your well-being, listen up. There are a few things you can do that don’t even require a lot of work, just a lot of tweaking, that’s all.

According to a post by Jeff Haden on Inc., there are a few things to cross off your to do list.

1. Check your phone while you’re talking to someone. If you want someone to feel special when you’re speaking with them, refrain from checking your phone. Seriously.

Haden writes, “Stop checking your phone. It doesn’t notice when you aren’t paying attention. Other people? They notice. And they care.” Read more

It’s not atypical to call out sick. After all, we’re all under the weather from time to time. The question though is what happens when your employer asks for medical certification during this time to document it.

Well, today’s New York Post tackles the topic in reference to a reader asking if this violate’s his or her privacy.

Here’s the scoop: The information your health care provider may share falls within the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This includes the specific type of information it may disclose, to whom and when.

In the piece, human resources executive Gregory Giangrande writes:

“It generally doesn’t govern what questions your employer asks. In fact, your employer is permitted to ask you for a doctor’s note or other information about your health if the information is needed to administer sick leave, workers’ compensation, wellness programs or health insurance. However, your doctor may not disclose such information to your employer without your written consent. It is unlikely your employer is asking why you can’t work and more likely they just want medical certification that you are unable to work.”