As a career and workplace writer, I get asked all the time: “I feel like I’m on social network overload. I’m a member of so many different sites, and I’m not sure how I should differentiate my presence on each one. For example, should I be “friends” ...
In life, we get many chances to reinvent ourselves. Remember when you first arrived on campus for your freshman year of college? The most exciting thing about it was that no one knew what a (insert negative adjective of choice here) you were in high ...
As a design project manager at a top Internet marketing firm, Lindy Morris loved her job but couldn't stand the commute. Last fall, when the price of gas soared to over $4 a gallon, she realized she was spending a small fortune getting to and from her ...
The average employee receives thousands of interruptions every day, from instant messages and texts to e-mails and the good old ringing phone. Workers are so distracted by the various methods people use to get in touch that they often blame technology ...
We've all heard that people get jobs based on who they know, but what if you aren't lucky enough to be acquainted with someone in the field you're pursuing? Your first step is to tell everyone you come across -- including family, friends, neighbors, ...
PUSHING himself out feet first within two hours of my water breaking, my first child, Jonah, was born via an emergency C-section in March this year; he weighed 4 1/2 pounds. Coincidentally, my new career advice book was being released by Random House ...
I admit it. Other than my training business being a bit slow, I thought that this so-called recession wouldn't really affect me or the people I love. Then, two of my good friends got laid off in one week and I was forced to remove my head from the sand. ...
Have you ever noticed that most people who have reached the top of a profession only stay there for a little while? I call it "pinnacle-itis." ...
In the past, becoming a boss for the first time was a rough transition. You were expected to take the reins with no training or preparation whatsoever, and your team would suffer the consequences. Fortunately, in the twenty-first century, it seems that ...
Millennials, Millennials everywhere. As the largest generation in American history, they're entering the workforce by the millions, and the blogosphere by the dozens. Today's twenty-somethings are ambitious, empowered, and outspoken, and they want ...
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