You hate your lazy, good-for-nothing co-worker. Your boss is considering your lazy, good-for-nothing coworker for promotion. Knowing what to do, what not to do, and how to behave will help you keep your job and your sanity.

This week, the Twitter world was abuzz over Apple's newest product releases at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the Patriots signing Tim Tebow, and the opening of the movie,"The Internship." At first glance, it doesn't seem as though these trending Twitter topics have much to do with lending career advice to the everyday professional. However, after taking a closer look you may be pleasantly surprised at the wisdom Twitter has to offer.

In "The Internship," Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson play forty-something unemployed salesmen who are desperately seeking a mid-life change. Using their gift of gab, they talk their way into the Google Intern program even though they're twice the age of the rest of the group and they have no tech experience. (It's a comedy movie so you have to overlook the lack of logic.)

More and more people are choosing to work from home, whether it's for a single company or as contract workers. The benefits are obvious, as this CityTownInfo.com infographic proves -- you make your own schedule, create your own office space and take breaks when you choose. And, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, at-home workers made more money than traditional officer workers in 2012.

Getting stuck in a job you hate seems to be something most of us encounter at least once in our lives. Many factors contribute to why you haven't quit yet -- perhaps you want to find another job first, or you want to make a career switch but need more direction, or you simply want to stick it out a bit longer to fluff your resume. Here are a few ways to deal with this difficult situation.

Getting laid off isn't fun, but at least you have the comfort of hearing "it's not you, it's me," and collecting uncontested unemployment for a while. But what about when you lose your job under different circumstance? When you get fired, your first thought will be to panic. Don't do that -- or any of these things:

A great deal of people in this world cower at the very idea of speaking in front of a crowded room. Even those who do so on a regular basis tend to become a jumble of nerves right before approaching a podium. When the age-old trick of picturing everyone in their underwear just doesn't work, how can you get over your fear of public speaking?

Restaurants have a well-deserved reputation for employees who party with each other after hours, and celebrate holidays and other occasions together. A growing trend in the modern workplace, regardless of industry, is to encourage happy hour for employees as much as once per week.

With some 200 million users connecting at the speed of light on LinkedIn, it can be a little challenging to stand out as in your chosen field. Yet, a well-designed LinkedIn profile is paramount for success as a job seeker today. More and more recruiters are looking to LinkedIn for detailed backgrounds on candidates. Therefore, you need to do what it takes to make sure your LinkedIn profile is looking its best. After all, you’ve got some stiff competition on LinkedIn!

Not every mega-successful person started off their career with a solid vision of his or her future. Many, it turns out, are like the rest of us: they struggled and bounced around a lot before figuring out what they wanted to be when they grew up.

It's no secret that many large companies make profits in part by keeping their labor costs down -- a move that puts a burden on taxpayers, who are then forced to make up the deficit by paying for Medicare, food stamps, and other assistance programs, as Rick Unger on Forbes.com points out. In fact, a recent report by the Democratic staff of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce found that Wal-Mart's low wages could be costing taxpayers $5,815 per employee -- and as a result, the State of California is considering legislation that would fine the retailer $6,000 for every underpaid employee.

At the height of the recession, you couldn't open a newspaper or click a link without reading a story about an American company that was sending jobs overseas. Even when the economy started to recover, the employment rate didn't keeping pace with economic growth, in part because companies were opening factories in cheaper, less regulated locations abroad and closing factories here at home.

When 2:55pm hits, your brain tends to just shut down. But don't worry, it's not just you -- the majority of people in the workforce seem to have this same problem. LondonOffices.com conducted a poll of 420 office workers and found that 2:55pm is the time of day when people just stop working.

An extra five pounds won't hurt anything but your comfort level in your favorite jeans, but significant weight gain can cause or contribute to health problems like diabetes and heart disease, which is why most doctors advise their patients to maintain a healthy weight. (Just what a healthy weight is, of course, is always a matter of some debate.) Of course, in some jobs, it's harder to keep the needle on the scale from creeping.

Every Friday we round up the salary trends, career stories and job news that you may have missed during the past week.

Without the multi-million-dollar deals for dribbling, dunking, and defending, where would NBA players fit in among the regular-Joe’s of the working world based on expected earnings from their college majors? Miami Heat forward, Chris Bosh, for example would be looking at less than one half of one percent of his NBA salary had he pursued a career in graphic design.

You know that guilty feeling you get for checking Facebook at work, because you think that if someone sees you, they're going to assume that you never do an ounce of work … ever? Well, according to the University of Florida's online MSM infographic, you can actually turn that guilty obsession into a viable career!

By the time we have a few jobs on our resumes, most of us are aware of the importance of cultural fit to our success and happiness at work. How else to explain the fact that we can have practically identical positions at different companies, with many of the same responsibilities and similar titles and pay, only to love one gig and despise the other?

A half-century after the advent of affirmative action, diversity in the nation's top professions appears to be stagnating. An analysis by the New York Times includes startling figures showing that the percentage of black doctors and architects, to name a couple fields, has remained the same for two decades.

DFX of Anaheim, California made its money with the patented Dynaflex Gyro fitness system. Tom started the company out of his garage back in the seventies, built it up to a successful business, and then sold the business to his daughter Farren so he could retire.