Good internships are treasure troves no matter how old you are. They give you the opportunity to make a new start –figure out where you fit, switch your career path, or just find someone who cares enough to help you make good decisions. That said, the big internship business comes from college students. Eighty-two percent […]
Men love it, women think it’s a time sink, and business deals are made over a couple of rounds.
Managing up is the best tactic for getting more interesting work, more responsibility, and more sane work hours, because your boss is the one who can give you this stuff. Some people think managing up is brown nosing, but in fact, a lot of it is about humanizing the workplace. Managing up is about you […]
Why I’m not deleting this post… There were not laws to protect women in 2006. It was a scary, lonely time for women. We didn’t always have language to describe what was happening to us at work. When you reported sexual harassment in 2006 you got fired. And there were no repercussions for the harasser […]
Just because you’re adamant about making sure you have a personal life doesn't mean you can't be top in your field. Top is different today than it was even ten years ago. Top doesn't mean climbing a ladder to make the most money. Top means having influence in discussions that matter to you, and having […]
I noticed that among the ten ideas for job hunting in my last post, the idea people talked about the most was using LinkedIn. This doesn’t surprise me. The promise of LinkedIn is to make your network work for you, and that’s enticing. But the process of building a network on LinkedIn has always felt […]
Here are ten ways to find a job. Some will help when you’re just starting, some will help you when you’re stuck, and some will help you many times over. 1. Hire a cold caller. Cold calling to get a job really works–if you’re good at it. Your ability to sell yourself on the phone […]
1. MBAs are the biggest cheaters. More than half of MBA students said they cheated in the last year, according to a survey by the Academy of Management Learning and Education. I started to blog about how people need to change admissions procedures which not only favor cheats but also candidates who hire admissions consultants. […]
My mother always told me, “Dress for the job above yours. No one will give you a promotion until they can imagine you in the higher position.” So when I worked at 31 Flavors in high school, I didn’t wear a baseball cap like the other scoopers. I wore a crinkly, white paper hat, with […]
Before we get to my list of ways to decrease stress, I want to debunk some myths. First of all, stress at the workplace does not always cause unhappiness. Your workplace happiness hinges more on whether or not you like your work than on whether or not your work is stressful, according to Alan Krueger, […]