Have you been feeling like it's time for a big change lately? Do you get the sense that your career is not the right fit for you? If you're feeling ...
CareerBuilder.com | Robert Half International | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Striking a balance between professional and personal commitments is a common dilemma for many of today's workers. Lean staff levels and rising workloa...
CareerBuilder.com | Tag and Catherine Goulet | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Fabulous news: You have a job interview! Not so fab news: Saying the wrong thing could cost you the job. What you should say during an interview dep...
CareerBuilder.com | Rosemary Haefner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Office romances are nothing new -- they've been around as long as there have been offices. After all, co-workers spend so much time together attractio...
CareerBuilder.com | Mary Lorenz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
If you worry about every possible way you can blow a job interview -- from mispronouncing the boss's name to babbling incessantly when you don't know ...
Alexandra Levit | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
The truth is, the same tools that help us get a task done more quickly also prevent us from attending to that task in the first place. E-mail is the biggest culprit.
David Allen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Often the most tactical thing to do with yourself is dummy work. And one of the best reasons to get organized is to take advantage of that. "Dummy" ...
Samara O'Shea | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
There's just something about the sign-off. The absence of an e-mail closing, even if it's from someone you know well, makes the message seem cold and ...
Christine Hassler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
I am often asked what type of questions one should ask when presented with the question, "Do you have any questions for me?" during an interview. Whatever you do, don't say you don't have any!
CareerBuilder.com | Kate Lorenz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
As if the résumé writing and panel interviews weren't grueling enough, now you've got to negotiate a salary before you can successfully end your job...
CareerBuilder.com | Kate Lorenz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Admit it, you've played hooky a time or two to take a "mental health day" or run errands. So why do you insist on going to work when you are legitima...
CareerBuilder.com | Anthony Balderrama | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Not too long ago, the generation gap meant parents didn't understand why ripped jeans cost twice as much as regular ones or why every other word comin...
Tevis Gale | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Like the dot-com bust, but very, very, very different, severance is not such a remote possibility these days. Just yesterday employment consulting an...
CareerBuilder.com | Kate Lorenz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
It hardly seems fair: By the time you've dragged yourself out of bed, showered, ironed your last clean shirt, located your keys, gotten out of the doo...
WetFeet.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
When a company starts to consider you seriously, you should begin to think about the negotiation. What do you want? What are you prepared to accept? H...
CareerBuilder.com | Richard Castellini | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Did you have high hopes of being an astronaut or even the president when you were growing up? Now you're stuck behind a pile of papers wondering exact...
Rick Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
I had co-written a bestselling book on career success and my own career had just crashed and burned.
Christine Hassler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Dear Christine, "I can't seem to concentrate at work. I'm going through a break-up, fighting with my roommate, and I found out my grandmother is goi...
CareerBuilder.com | Rachel Zupek | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
After a long day's work, sometimes it's nice to curl up on the couch and watch your favorite comedies, dramadies and soap operas, while daydreaming ab...
Perry Yeatman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Between acquisitions, leadership changes, downsizings, rightsizings and more, there never seems to be a good time to take a break in today's fast-paced business environment.
Tim Ferriss | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Get smart and get real. You, Inc. exists whether you want it to or not. Manage your personal brand so you can benefit from the new digital landscape instead of suffer from it.
CareerBuilder.com | Rachel Zupek | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Ever think there's shady stuff goin' down in your office? Be thankful you don't work in "The Office's" Scranton, Penn. branch of Dunder-Mifflin. The h...
CareerBuilder.com | Rachel Zupek | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
'Exceptional communication, leadership and management skills.' To a seasoned resume reviewer, that line reads: yada, yada, yada, says Kurt Weyerhauser...
David Allen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
"How do I set priorities?" Because I hear that so frequently, I assume most people think they could and should be doing it better. I have a radical ...
careerbuilder.com | Anthony Balderrama | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Many people are opting to find part-time work these days. Parents want to spend more time with their children; students need to balance work and schoo...
CareerBuilder.com | Kate Lorenz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living