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The first days at a new job can be a total whirlwind. You’re meeting people, doing piles of onboarding paperwork, and making all sorts of notes for yo...

Handing over a list of references to a potential new employer can feel like tricky business. If you don’t have a job offer in hand, you might be worri...

Regardless of the industry you’re in, whenever you start a new job your mission is clear—make a great initial impression and reinforce the notion that...

As work starts to wind down for the year, it may be time for the yearly tête-à-tête with your boss: your annual performance review. Whether formal or ...

Congratulations! You are working at your dream job, doing the very thing you’ve always wanted to do in order to earn a paycheck. But wait a minute, so...

Regardless of job title or industry, the work world is full of challenging situations—both on the job and around it—and those among us who climb the c...

When you’re applying and interviewing for a new job, everyone’s on their best behavior. You’re (professionally) dressed to kill and making eye contact...

Authority and power are complex issues that come with the task of being a manager. In the workplace, the ability to hire, fire, and give raises sets t...

Those of us who have spent any time in the workforce—from newcomers to seasoned veterans and across all industries and positions—have learned the valu...

Every job has a secret component that never appears on a job description or annual review: managing your relationship with your boss. Unless you’re at...

In a perfect world, since you spend such a large chunk of your life at work, you’d be friends with all of your colleagues. But when it comes to your m...

Anyone who’s ever been employed and has had to answer to a boss—whether you have one destined for the great boss hall of fame or one who’s the devil i...

Thanks to innovations in technology in recent years, the work world is changing at breakneck speed—and many of these changes are affecting how we perf...

There’s an unspoken truth in the world of work—although we usually get to pick our jobs we don’t get to pick our bosses. If we’re lucky, we get to wor...

I quit. J’arrete. Ich gebe auf. Me rindo. Whatever the language, the sentiment is the same: I'm outta here. However, as a professional person, you nee...

There are lots of potentially difficult situations that arise in most workplaces—anything from annoying coworkers, to incompetent people on a project ...

Let’s be honest: if you have a job, you have boss issues. Even if you like your boss, even if you work well with your boss, even if you are pretty hap...

The job search can be a bit weird if you already have ajob—everyone does it, or no one would ever have a new job. But it has to be done in a top secre...

When I was twenty years old my mom told me, “Before you get married look at your girlfriend with both eyes wide open. Once you get married close one e...

Here’s an “Aha” moment in the employment business. Most people are looking for a new job because they’re unhappy with their current circumstances. The...