Should You Go to Grad School?
Friday October 31, 2008
What do you do if you're about to graduate from college in this economy? For many college seniors the answer has been "apply to graduate school." According to the Graduate ... Read More
Dealing With Job Stress
Wednesday October 29, 2008
Listening to news reports about the gloomy economy is enough to stress out even the hardiest of souls. Like many people, you may be worried about losing your job. So, ... Read More
What Gives You the Most Job Satisfaction?
Monday October 27, 2008
It has been said that if you love your job you'll never have to work a day in your life. Who among us doesn't wish we had a job we ... Read More
Monster on Demand
Friday October 24, 2008
Monster on Demand ... it sounds like something someone dreamed up for Halloween, doesn't it? But no, it's a new partnership formed by cable company Comcast Corp. and Internet recruiter ... Read More
Taking Off From Work to Tend to a Sick Relative
Wednesday October 22, 2008
Whatever your politics, you have to give kudos to Barack Obama for his decision to take time off from his presidential campaign to visit his ailing grandmother in Hawaii. Yesterday, ... Read More
When to Call in Sick
Monday October 20, 2008
I was sitting at a small public gathering last week and noticed that the gentleman sitting in front of me had a bad cold. He kept coughing and sneezing and ... Read More
What Do You Think of Your Boss? Really?
Wednesday October 15, 2008
Tomorrow, October 16, is National Boss Day. What are you going to do to let your boss know you appreciate him or her? Wait ... do you appreciate your boss? ... Read More
How Much Sleep Do You Need and How Much Do You Get?
Wednesday October 15, 2008
On her U.S. News and World Report Blog, The Inside Job, Liz Wolgemuth asks how many hours of sleep you need. In a post titled The Ideal Sleep: How Many ... Read More
EUI: Emailing Under the Influence
Monday October 13, 2008
It's Friday night. You had a miserable week at work. Your boss has been getting on your case and you spent the week just grinning and bearing it. Now the ... Read More
Living the Map: 50 Careers in 50 States
Friday October 10, 2008
When I talk about choosing a career I always encourage people to learn as much as they can about the occupations they are considering. This way there will be no ... Read More
Restroom Rules
Wednesday October 8, 2008
I was watching The View one day last week and one of the hosts brought up a topic that has irked me for years ... wet seats in public restrooms. ... Read More
Cooking Up a Career
Tuesday October 7, 2008
I just read an interesting article about culinary arts careers in the Niagara Gazette. It focused mostly on Niagara Community College's food-related programs but included some interesting facts about the ... Read More
Don't Talk Politics at Work
Friday October 3, 2008
We discuss politics a lot in my house. The upcoming election has us talking about it more than usual, but even before this very long lead-up to election day, politics ... Read More
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Wednesday October 1, 2008
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in honor of it, as I've done in previous years, I would like to highlight my article Cancer and Your Career: Know Your ... Read More