Is Your Job Killing You?

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As demands for increasing profits skyrocket and enterprises scramble for greater productivity, employees are breaking under the strain of work/life imbalance. Employees are literally dying on the job because of overwork and stress. With a lack of boundaries between personal and office life, workers globally are hungry for tools to help them manage their not only their career, but their life.

"We see instances everywhere of smart, educated professionals caught up in spiraling expectations of more, more, more," said Chris Twyman, founder and CEO of Zapoint. "People need to know how and when to hit the 'reset' button on their life to put work back into perspective. Hands-on, interactive tools are the key to making this easy."

Previously available only as part of Zapoint's enterprise solution, SkillsMapper, the LifeChart is now available at no charge to all of the more than one million members of Zapoint's job-search division, Jobster.com. Zapoint's LifeChart helps individuals condense their resume into an interactive chart, creating the equivalent to a personal career stock chart. Calculated from resume data, peaks in the chart represent periods of achievement or activity.

"People like to look at a picture and understand a story," added Twyman. "LifeChart creates a visual resume that helps people understand their personal, educational and professional progress over the life of their career. Users are able to highlight interesting or important times in life by adding a note to a particular event."

Users indicate that the visual representation of their career and life help them gain understanding about patterns of behavior that conflict with their life goals. The solution also helps them discover areas of their professional life that require additional attention in order to reach their career objectives.

About Zapoint
Zapoint career management solutions empower people to take ownership of their future by giving them the tools to analyze and plan their career path in order to make these plans a reality. Incorporating Zapoint solutions into the workplace empowers people to create a clear development path within an enterprise-wide social network. This constructs a sustainable, accountable and transparent approach to the internal talent culture by identifying, rewarding and inspiring employees to expand and hone their professional talents. For more information visit http://www.zapoint.com.

SOURCE Zapoint