
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…
The science of recruiting.
Dear Readers, Lately I’ve had clients in their 50s and 60s who are facing a dilemma. They’ve been laid…
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The more work you do before you walk into the room, the more productive and efficient you’ll be.
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Knowing how to (intelligently) give-and-take is a vital career skill.
Ideally, safeguards will work in this tricky situation.
A project director has been feeling down on herself at work lately.
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Socially anxious new hire worries about getting off on the wrong foot.
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I had the degrees, skills and drive. What I needed was someone to go to bat for me.
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Experts say the increasing popularity of the direct-selling industry could be part of the overall rise of the gig economy…
That’s why you make the big bucks, essentially.
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A dream without ambition is like a car without gas… you’re not going anywhere. – Sean Hampton What do you…
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People often think of networking as something you do as part of a job search—it’s a way to meet more…
When your boss lashes out, a little compassion in return might be in your best interests.
“I am not making the big bucks, and yet I am stressing out as if I own the place.”
I doubt hiring managers would blink at seeing 18-month tenures for your first two jobs out of college.
The low unemployment rate can make it tempting to throw your computer out the window, flip your boss the bird…
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Overdose deaths at work increased at least 38 percent annually between 2013 and 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor…
Dear Readers, I was recently contacted by a national technology publication to address the issue of how to manage one’s…
Think of your favorite brand. Really focus on everything that makes the brand your number one. Think of the best…
Even if you know know where you’d like to end up a few months or a few years down the…
Steps for addressing the situation without delay — and with a cool head.
Getting and learning from feedback isn’t always easy, but it is necessary, if we want to become better.
If you’re ready to leave, consider this graceful exit strategy.
What to do when cross-functional collaborators can’t get along.
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A new hire feels like a bait-and-switch victim.
An unconscious bias is an automatic belief about a person or group of people without the benefit of getting to…
Taking squabbles to management is usually a bad idea, but given the circumstances, it’s time to involve the boss.
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They’ve been drawn back by rising wages and recruited by employers who may have bypassed them when the supply of…
Defining work as a “necessary evil” is not a new concept. Baby Boomers, Generation X, and generations before them worked…
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