Dilemma: Is my career really over?
Dear Readers, Lately I’ve had clients in their 50s and 60s who are facing a dilemma. They’ve been laid…
Month: January 2019
8 Boston Companies Hiring Product Managers & Software Engineers Right Now!
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Sponsored: A checklist for planning your next big meeting
The more work you do before you walk into the room, the more productive and efficient you’ll be.
How Successful Women Support Each Other To Advance Their Careers
Do you want to advance in your career but keep feeling blocked? Having a hard time being heard or getting…
Distracted by Technology? 3 Tips for Better Time Management
What’s something you do every six minutes, on average, while at work? According to an analysis by HR Daily Advisor,…
Sponsored: Knowing when, and how, to compromise at work
Knowing how to (intelligently) give-and-take is a vital career skill.
Sponsored: Co-worker threatens to make false harassment report
Ideally, safeguards will work in this tricky situation.
Sponsored: You need to act when work slump hits personal life
A project director has been feeling down on herself at work lately.
Hitting a Professional Plateau? We Challenge You to Try This in the New Year
Feeling uninspired? We have the perfect thing to give your career (or your job search) a needed boost. Whether you’re…
New Business or Side Hustle? Here’s How To Have a Network and Mentors in Your Pocket
Let’s face it: when you take the plunge and become an entrepreneur, there’s rarely a welcome committee. Most of us…
Sponsored: How MLMs — multilevel marketing schemes — can hurt female friendships
The pressure to sell and recruit has led to underhanded tactics that strain, fracture and sometimes end friendships and family…
Sponsored: Everyone ignores me at my new job. How do I get them to talk to me?
Socially anxious new hire worries about getting off on the wrong foot.
Sponsored: People who graduate during recessions earn less money — but they’re happier
The classes of 2009, 2010 and 2011 may have gaps in their résumés and fewer zeros in their salaries. But…
Getting to Know Your Office Neighborhood
During the week, we spend most of our waking hours at work—but how much do we know about the area…
Sponsored: Women — including me — need mentors to succeed
I had the degrees, skills and drive. What I needed was someone to go to bat for me.
Winter Blues? Get a Lift With One of These Great Reads
Blame it on the winter blues, the cloudy skies, or simply the looming thought of “six more weeks of winter,”…
Sponsored: Move over, jewelry and leggings. Selling CBD oil is the new side hustle for moms
Experts say the increasing popularity of the direct-selling industry could be part of the overall rise of the gig economy…
Sponsored: Conflict-fearing manager must buck up and deal with workplace drama
That’s why you make the big bucks, essentially.
Returning to Work after Raising Children – How to Find a Job
Returning to work after raising children can be intimidating, but it’s very doable if you follow the right steps! In…
Whe We Shy Away From Ambition
A dream without ambition is like a car without gas… you’re not going anywhere. – Sean Hampton What do you…
Getting Ready to Sell? Check These Landscaping Tips!
Spring is just around the corner. Historically, it’s the time of the hottest activity in real estate sales. That means…
How to Keep Networking Even After You’ve Got the Job
People often think of networking as something you do as part of a job search—it’s a way to meet more…
Sponsored: When your boss loses it, try a little empathy
When your boss lashes out, a little compassion in return might be in your best interests.
Sponsored: Work conundrum: ‘Why do I care more than the people in charge do?’
“I am not making the big bucks, and yet I am stressing out as if I own the place.”
Sponsored: Do you look like a job hopper? It depends
I doubt hiring managers would blink at seeing 18-month tenures for your first two jobs out of college.
Sponsored: Before you quit a job you hate in a blaze of glory, read this
The low unemployment rate can make it tempting to throw your computer out the window, flip your boss the bird…
The Latest Resume Tools To Help You Get The Interview
It’s a good time to be looking for a job. With unemployment rates at all-time lows and business booming, it’s…
Sponsored: Workplace drug overdoses increasing nationwide
Overdose deaths at work increased at least 38 percent annually between 2013 and 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor…
Economic downturn coming? Career tips to survive and thrive.
Dear Readers, I was recently contacted by a national technology publication to address the issue of how to manage one’s…
Why Logos Are Vital to Growing Your Business
Think of your favorite brand. Really focus on everything that makes the brand your number one. Think of the best…
How to Create Your Career Blueprint
Even if you know know where you’d like to end up a few months or a few years down the…
Sponsored: Being wrongfully accused feels so wrong. Here’s how to handle it
Steps for addressing the situation without delay — and with a cool head.
Sponsored: How leaders can get honest, productive feedback
Getting and learning from feedback isn’t always easy, but it is necessary, if we want to become better.
Sponsored: 3 steps to quit a job the right way
If you’re ready to leave, consider this graceful exit strategy.
Sponsored: How to step in when your team is at odds
What to do when cross-functional collaborators can’t get along.
Sponsored: He has a lot of (professional) explaining to do
Senior animator Marco Piceno works for Splainers, a company in Seattle that creates explanation videos for clients.
What You Need to Know Before Investing In Real Estate
Once again, real estate has become a hot topic for potential investment. That’s no surprise. If you had invested at…
Sponsored: Can an employer change my job title after I’m hired?
A new hire feels like a bait-and-switch victim.
The Danger of Unconscious Bias in Hiring
An unconscious bias is an automatic belief about a person or group of people without the benefit of getting to…
Sponsored: New hire is flummoxed by co-worker’s open hostility
Taking squabbles to management is usually a bad idea, but given the circumstances, it’s time to involve the boss.
A Guide to Private Money Lending
The terms “hard” or “private money” are typically used to describe a company or an individual that’s not a bank…
Compliance Officer: A Career in High Demand
Compliance officer? What’s that? Well, it may be the most interesting job you never heard of. Managing a business these…
Should You Join a Women-Only Coworking Space?
Have you heard of The Wing? It’s a quickly expanding women-only coworking space and social club with locations in New…
Sponsored: Typing can hurt you. Why you shouldn’t ignore the discomfort
Discomfort is the first step toward developing work-related injuries, which caused about 2.8 million nonfatal, private-industry injuries and illnesses in…
Sponsored: Once sidelined, women and minorities are returning to the workforce
They’ve been drawn back by rising wages and recruited by employers who may have bypassed them when the supply of…
Millennials Want to Work. They Just Don’t Want to Settle
Defining work as a “necessary evil” is not a new concept. Baby Boomers, Generation X, and generations before them worked…
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A New Manager’s Guide to the Art and Science of Hiring
Some people have a gift for hiring talented, motivated candidates. They know what assets to look for and consistently find…
Sponsored: Stuck in a job you hate? Ask yourself this question
Getting clear on the values that drive you can help you take steps in a new direction.
Sponsored: When being funny can hurt women at work
Researchers tested how humor is viewed when it comes from male versus female leaders giving a presentation. When a woman…