I have been spending my days with Jehovah’s Witnesses. I had to replace my house manager from Madison, and people told me that I should put an ad on the grocery-store bulletin board. That’s how people get jobs where I live now.  So I did that. I got two responses.
The job listing said $10/hr and Jeanenne [...]

I'm always shocked to hear that people don’t like brown-nosing. If I could do it, I definitely would. But as someone who has Asperger's, brown-nosing always looks very difficult. So I have been looking for someone to teach me how to be better at brown-nosing, and finally, I found it.
First, here is research from James Westphal [...]

One of the posts on my blog that gets a lot of angry comments is the one where I explain why women should not report sexual harassment at work. The problem with reporting workplace sexual harassment is that none of us is going to change policy single-handedly. There is a huge risk with little reward if [...]

You think it would be really fun to have sex with me. Because, I think you can tell from my posts, I’ll do anything. But maybe you can also tell from my posts that it’s a little bit weird. Because you know that I’ll say anything, too, but sometimes, I make you cringe.
I think I’m [...]

Maybe the reason that young people are optimistic in the face of a poor job market is that young people can probably do your job better than older people can.
The truth is, non-gen-y-workers have a bunch of shortcomings when it comes to competing with today’s workforce. Management consultant Stephen Denning has a great little history of management [...]

The party in DC was at a bar, which is a difficult environment for me, because I never go to bars. We were the first ones there because it's our party. People started coming and I realized that the most awkward part of the party would be at the beginning, when you have to talk [...]

This is a guest post from Ali Brown.
Two months ago, I wasn't satisfied with my job. I was a communications/administrative assistant. I'd been with the company almost two years, and it was clear there were no opportunities for advancement.
So, just weeks after turning 26 years old, I took a temp job.
I'm not a risk taker, and I [...]

Both WWII veterans I’ve known personally have largely ignored Veteran’s Day. But I never thought about it, really. I thought it was a holiday for them, not me. Lately, though, I think I do have an opinion. I think there is plenty wrong with Veteran’s Day.
1. What about all the other casualties of war?
For example, [...]

The biggest lie we tell ourselves is that meditating is not a high priority.
First of all, if you don’t realize how much science there is behind meditation, you must be living under a rock. And the book I'm currently kvelling over, The Happiness Advantage, says that meditation, just five minutes a day, is one of [...]

Brazen Careerist Party in Washington, DC. Thursday, Nov. 11, 7pm at Lounge 201. You're invited.
I always had this huge fantasy about how Brazen Careerist would sell for ten million bazillion dollars, and I would use the money to fly everyone I know to a huge party at some fun destination.
This is not that party.  But we [...]

It’s easy to conclude that this job market is terrible for everyone, even young people. But I don’t buy it. I think it’s very bad if you are old, and not so bad if you are young. And that we get a skewed view of the stress level out there because older people tend to [...]