Whether you're getting ready to make your first impression in a job interview, or ready to start your first day with offer in hand, it's important to understand …
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24 Career Experts Share Their Top Resume Tips
The first step in your job search is writing (or updating) your resume, and it’s also the most difficult. We asked 24 of the top career experts for their best …
How to Use Social Media to Turn Up Your Job Search
There’s a lot of information out there about what to do and not to do when it comes to your social channels and your job search. Facebook is for friends and …
At Work With Laura Simms, Creator of Your Career Homecoming
Laura Simms is an expert in modern, meaningful careers who challenges conventional wisdom by asking people to ditch their passions and start with …
Job Search Warning Signs You Should Never Ignore
When you're looking for a job, you tend to be more concerned about what a potential company thinks about you than what you think of them. Which means you may …
Free Online Courses to Boost Your Resume This Summer
Who needs a vacation? OK, me too, and put your hands down. Whether you’re currently unemployed and searching for a job, or employed and keeping your …
All Apologies? Here's How to Stop Being Sorry
Take a look at the last 10 emails you sent. See any phrases like “I’m not an expert, but…” or “sorry for the delay,” “IMHO” (in my humble opinion), or “I hope …
15 Unusually Creative Ways to Land a Job
Even as the job market improves, jobs seekers are finding more and more creative ways to land a job in competitive fields. Video resumes, interactive personal …
One Unbelievable Way to Blow a Job Interview
There are a lot of ways to do it, but we’d like to talk about the worst: Be “too enthusiastic.” Don’t get me wrong, being super excited about a job …
The Bizarre Habits of Highly Successful People
And we don’t recommend trying some of them at home. We can’t say if people are successful because of their odd habits, or in spite of them, but they …
Hate Springing Forward? 5 Ways to Prepare for Losing an Hour
Daylight Saving Time seems to come earlier every year. When we found out it’s going to be on Sunday, March 13 this year, some of us were happy (it stays light …
Would You Take Career Advice From Taylor Swift?
She's young, but you have to know what you're doing to win a Grammy, right? Bonus points for taking the high road. Note that she doesn't mention Kanye …
Multitasking is Killing You—9 Apps to Help You Fight Back
Most of us spend our workdays (and nights) bombarded with information—email, social media, coworkers, bosses. Our to-do lists get longer, we get more stressed …
Who Are You and Why Should I Recommend You?
First, let’s break down the difference between references and recommendations. References are what you provide once your potential employer has …
A Few Easy Tips to Crush Job Interview Anxiety
While you can't completely eliminate the interview jitters, you can manage them and feel more confident as a result. Anxiety isn’t always a …
The Weird Trick That Can Reduce Workplace Stress
Do you know what telomeres are? If not, you should. They directly impact your health (and your lifespan). Shortened telomeres are bad news, and stress is a huge …
How to Work Like a Boss (Even When You're Not)
Acting like the boss you want to work for is the best advice for working your way up the ladder (or if you want to stay in the same job and make more money). …
The Best Answer to the Most Common Interview Question
The one question that always comes up in some form: "Why should we hire you?" If you've been thrown by this one before, we found some great advice that won't …
What Hiring Managers Wish You Knew
Your resume is bland or boring, your objective is outdated, and your cover letter doesn't have a call to action. Creating the perfect resume can be the most …
Secondhand Stress in the Office: Are You at Risk?
Can you catch stress like the flu? That might be a little far fetched, but there is scientific evidence that being around other people who don’t manage their …
The One Thing That Guarantees You Will NEVER Get the Job
There are so many tips and pieces of advice out there for slam dunking a job interview, you could spend hours combing the internet looking for that "one best" …
Why EQ is as Important as IQ in Your Job Search
So what is EQ and why should you care? We'll let the person who coined the term explain. We've written about EQ before—"The Weird Reason Why …
Does Not Compute: Five Million Jobs Lost to Robots?
Well, the "Robot Revolution" our grandparents feared has finally arrived. But they're calling it the "Fourth Industrial Revolution." According to recent …
One Reason Why Employers Aren't Calling You Back
It might not be YOU; it might be your brain. Employers and hiring managers aren't just looking for smart people these days. They're also looking for …
5 Easy Ways to Get Out of a Rut
We "should" begin the new year with momentum and motivation to burn, but for some of us, the winter blahs drag on until the first blooms of spring. We set goals …
11 Signs You’ve Had it Up to Here With Your Job Search
This time of year can be especially difficult if you’re looking for a job. You have to carry on with the holidays as if everything is fine, while friends and …
Quittin’ Time: 8 Ways to Make a Memorable Exit
Thinking about quitting? If your dream job turned boring (soul-killing, toxic, unbearable…), you’re probably in a rush to clean out your desk, high-five your …
Be Organized: 7 Amazing Tips to Try Right Now
You know those frightfully #organized people we're all jealous of? The ones who have everything at their fingertips, they're at Inbox Zero 90% of the time, with …
10 Ways to Stay Focused All Day
Ever have a week when you worked so hard you couldn’t remember exactly what you did? We’re bombarded with information at work and at home, overwhelmed to …
'Tis the Time of Year for Office Drama
We all have those moments (or work with someone who has) that can be explained in a single GIF. If you don't know any of these people, then you're the one …
Finding "Company Right"
Time to rethink your #interview strategy? Job openings in the U.S. climbed in September to the second-highest on record, a sign the labor market continues to …
Managing Up: When You Have a Bad Boss
If you've been part of the working world for more than a few years, you've probably had one: The demanding, the irrational, the out-of-touch. The #boss that …
Where Are All the Millennials?
The number of #millennials entering the workforce has gotten lower every year, so what are they doing after #graduation? “Selfish and entitled” is …
Job Search Resources for Veterans
The unemployment rate for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans was lower in October — at 4.6% — than the national average of 5%, according to recent Bureau of Labor …
9 Ways to Be an Amazing Employee
(Without Being Annoying…) We've all worked with go-getters, job-haters, complainers and fakers. Here are nine ways to be amazing at your job without annoying …
Luck or Skill? Negotiating the Ladder
Most people who are successful at work are successful for a reason. They work hard. They bring in new accounts. They made two million dollars for the company …
Just Say NO: Shortcuts for Work-Life Balance
#Work-life balance has been a hot topic (for decades now), since most of us are juggling multiple roles at home #and work. It impacts our job performance (and …
Three Ways to Improve Your Interview Game
Whether you’re a recent college graduate, in college and trying to decide your career path, unhappy with your current job and exploring your options, or out of …
Learning Leadership: Standing Out from the Crowd
“Good #leadership is about the company's success, not your own.” - Anne Mulcahy, former Chairman and CEO of Xerox Corporation Wondering why you’re not …
Can't We All Just Get Along?
Letting go of #conflict and moving forward is key to maintaining professional relationships, but is easier said than done. Most of us have been in situations …
So You Got the Interview. Now What?
You've done the hard work of searching for a job, applying online with a stellar #resume and cover letter—and you just scored an #interview. It's normal to be …
How Do You Empower Your Employees?
Micromanagement rarely works. A good manager hires people who are perfectly capable of managing themselves, and lets them do brilliant work. Rather than …
How to Survive a Company Merger
With a Dell/EMC deal in the works and the announcement of a tentative Anheuser-Busch, InBev and SABMiller #merger, employees and job seekers are wondering what …
The Unicorn Boom Has Just Begun
Technology companies are evolving at an rate that hasn't been seen before, and investment banks are having to adapt to keep up with them. Startups are gaining …
Handling Personality Conflicts at Work
Nothing is more frustrating than butting heads with a coworker. It's counterproductive, exhausting, and bad for morale all around. It's important to be able to …
How the Rise of the Gig Economy Benefits You
According to a recent (October, 2015) Washington Post piece, we’re doing a terrible job of measuring the modern workforce because we're working with data from …
Are You Marginally Attached or Discouraged?
The unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.1 percent in September, according to the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. No news is good news, …