Question: Is it even worth taking a summer vacation?Conceptually, vacation is a great idea. In fact, that idea keeps many of us going. Work can be tough and even unbearable, but there’s nothing better than the notion of enjoying an entire week with n

Question: How do I make my vacation as painless as possible for myself and my company?As we approach August (the biggest vacation month of the year), employees and bosses alike are frantically preparing to take some much needed time off. There are cr

The long winter of your job search may be coming to a close as employment stats inch back up. After weeks or months of praying for a job interview, you may find yourself in the strange position of having to decide whether to take a so-so job offer or

If the job market is tough right now, it’s even worse for people who’ve been laid off. And if the job hunt is grueling for our laid-off brothers and sisters, imagine what it’s like for people who’ve been fired, or as employers often put it, “Terminat

Managing a job search today is an adventure that requires the interpersonal skills of a White House chief of protocol. Behind every hint and signal from an employer, deeper messages lurk. Much of my time as a job-search advisor is spent answering peo

How do you make your point without arguing? How do you engage people in constructive dialog when feelings are running hot and disagreement is everywhere? You don’t do it by making statements, and you certainly don’t do it by issuing commands.========

How do you make your point without arguing? How do you engage people in constructive dialog when feelings are running hot and disagreement is everywhere? You don’t do it by making statements, and you certainly don’t do it by issuing commands.========

Just when embattled job seekers think they’ve seen, heard, and survived the worst, here comes another blow: employers proclaiming that unemployed job seekers aren’t eligible to apply for work in their companies. A couple of weeks or so ago, we saw s

Of all the frustrating pieces of job-search advice, the worst may be “Getting a job is all about networking.”What is a job seeker supposed to do with that information? We can’t exactly walk up to random people on the street and say, “Hey th

Procrastination is the cosmic joke of modern life. We have the technology to achieve stuff that would have seemed like magic to people just a hundred years ago. But rather than using our amazing toys to get stuff done, we put things off, obsess about