Employee Relations
Stop Making Career Excuses
Are you having a tough time in your career? If the answer is yes, know that you are not alone. Things are tough for most people. There are fewer jobs and more work for those that are employed. Workers are over-utilized and stretching themselves
How To Really Move Forward In Your Career
People come to me all the time because they are unhappy in their careers and are not sure what to do about it. They tell me the reasons they don’t have what they want; the economy, their company; some are even honest enough to blame
Job Seeker Diary
Do You Like Yourself?
Many people believe that outside perceptions shape their career, and if others had a better view of them, they would be further along in their career. The truth is that your [... read more]
Getting Rejected for a Job, the Right Way
There’s a right way to reject job candidates and a wrong way to do it. The wrong way can be found here. This is part two in my series about job interviews done right. [... read more]
Minority Issues
Equal Pay Begins with Self-Advocacy
I recently received an email from a woman who reached out to me from having read my article, Equal Work, Unequal Pay: What to do if You’re the Victim of Gender Discrimination. Sara* related to me about the challenges of advocating for herself after discovering that she was getting paid less than her male coworkers. She had filed a complaint [... read more]The Politics Series
The Politics of Being Cute on the Job: Are You Too Sexy for the Workplace?
In the treacherous environment of workplace politics where everything can and will be used against you, is there such a thing as being too good-looking? “I think beauty is an advantage in any [... read more]Bosses
Should You Police Your Employees?
Just idea of it makes workers cringe but policing employees may become a necessary measure in battling office politics. Most bosses and subordinates hate the idea of “policing” and “being policed.” It’s a word that makes everyone stand up a little straighter because essentially police are the figures that uphold the law and brings rule [... read more]
My Generation
The politics of being young on the job: Managing the kid boss
It’s been said that with age comes responsibility so it comes as a surprise to some workers that many companies are hiring younger boss, Family and Work Institute, CareerBuilder.com, Gen X, Gen Y, Baby Boomers young workers to manage the older and more experienced ones. [... read more]Lists
Low-balling the Salary
6. Low-balling the salary Back when I’d just gotten out of grad school, I saw an ad calling for a legal writer. At the time I was working as a [... read more]