
Marijuana: 6 things to watch for in California in 2020
From key court cases to clearing criminal records, it’ll be another big year for cannabis policy. As California enters its…
The science of recruiting.
From key court cases to clearing criminal records, it’ll be another big year for cannabis policy. As California enters its…
The internet exploded in a rare moment of horrified unity earlier this month, after Wired UK published an article about…
Looking back over 2019 and the issues readers have entrusted me with, I realize most of them revolve around one…
Many millennials like me are now in positions of leadership that require them to supervise staff members — many of…
When the clock strikes midnight tonight, we’ll say goodbye to 2019 and hello to 2020. For many of us, the…
Photo by Inga Gezalian on Unsplash We all engage in goal setting. Yet goals can either help & hurt us,…
At the start of 2020, Learning Ladder Child Development Center in Mount Vernon, Washington, will raise its prices. That’s one…
The new year is traditionally a time where we re-evaluate our lives (and bank balances) for the twelve months ahead,…
Long ago, I came to a conclusion about The Big Idea: It’s not really that big of a deal. Sure,…
Retirement in America has become a tale of two very different realities in the decade now drawing to a close….
Dear Ask Alexis, I send my resume out a lot but I do not get too many responses. I get…
Richard Enlow came to the San Francisco Bay Area for a tech job a dozen years ago. Enlow’s career as…
For many people, looking for a new job is at the top of their list of New Year’s resolutions. Earlier…
These are giddy times. The national unemployment rate is an incredibly low 3.5%. Jobs in almost all categories are plentiful,…
With many of us following such busy schedules, breakfast can often become a rushed affair, if not skipped entirely. But,…
Your Career Lifecycle – Tradeoffs at Every Stage Dear Coach Joan, My current job is challenging and rewarding, but the…
Through luck, planning or employer largesse, many people get to take off the last week of the year. Others, however,…
Q: I’m retiring. I’m surprised how consistently I’m asked what I’m going to do. Any suggestions? After I organize my…
Harder-to-spot application errors While certain typos and mistakes may be (almost) unforgivable, others can be harder to spot and may…
On a sunny October afternoon, in a deserted Edina, Minnesota, park, a black drone the size of a dinner plate…
You’ve been in the workforce for decades. You’ve always wanted to volunteer but never found the time. Or perhaps you’ve…
If you’ve been on at least a few interviews (or even if you’ve just filled out a few online applications),…
American retailers remodel thousands of stores each year, but the process is rarely smooth. Now imagine the headaches for Walmart,…
Q: I am periodically asked to write letters of recommendation for former students or colleagues. I’m generally happy to do…
Add the cigarette break to the instances where men may be gaining an advantage over women in the workplace. Male…
Nelson Mandela once said, “The true character of society is revealed in how it treats its children.” When you help…
Raise your hand if you ever ended the day wishing that you had gotten more done! We’re all raising our…
As 2019 comes to a close, have you decided on your Word of the Year for 2020? Instead of a…
Q: My son’s girlfriend is a waitress in a hotel restaurant in California. My son wants to bring her to…
This time of year, your mailbox may be full of notes from friends and family members sharing updates on their…
Strange Things I’ve Seen as a Career Coach Dear Coach Joan, I’ve been thinking about your profession and all the…
Legislative Analyst’s Office calls for taxing marijuana based on potency and dropping cultivation taxes. California’s struggling cannabis industry didn’t get…
You want the kind of job that is suited to your skills and talents. A career that will keep you…
True friends are true treasures – they like you as you are, are there for you through the good and…
Q: My 50-person team got relocated to a new floor in our building, and the bathroom situation is curiously abysmal….
Mina Kimes watches a lot of sports. A lot. She also reads about sports and thinks about sports and talks…
Companies are leaping into emotion-recognition technology, also called “affect recognition,” despite no substantive evidence it actually works. More than 100…
Millennials are determined to break the paycheck-to-paycheck living cycle, or so it seems, since many are crafting unique side gigs…
Whether you’re a business owner, a member of senior management, a team lead, or even a professional with decision-making power…
Meet Larisa Hauser, whose career path has led her from Wall Street to Seattle, where she manages construction projects and…
Women entrepreneurs share many issues with men, but they are challenged by one particular bias that is often not discussed…
Q: I lead an important account for my company and need for 2020 to go well in order to grow…
In a world of increasing opportunity, economic mobility, and openness, companies are learning (many of them the hard way) that…
Work is a place that a lot of adults spend the majority of their time. For this reason, it’s no…
If you’re thinking that it’s too late to do anything about optimizing your year-end annual performance review, well, think again….
Just four days after a scathing account of her management style surfaced in the Verge, Steph Korey announced she’d be…
Everyone markets their app as “easy to use”, but we all know that only a small portion of apps are…
Often, people want to support inclusion in the workplace but don’t know how. Whenever I attend a panel, write an…
Q: My son finally found his perfect job in a high-pressure, professional customer-service role, where he has gotten kudos from…
Seek advice. Get mentally tough. And let your enthusiasm show. That’s some of the advice nearly 300 high school girls…