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Book Bag: How to Communicate Well In A Virtual World

In her new book, The Virtual Executive, Debra Benton writes about how you can effectively present yourself, manage and lead using all of today’s communications channels -- without seeming rote or detached. We asked ... Continue Reading »

Class of 2012: Still a Tough Job Market

Graduating college students face a mixed job market at best this year, and most will leave school without an offer in hand, despite an uptick in hiring by on-campus recruiters, The Wall Street ... Continue Reading »

Why We Need Women-Only Networks

At Women For Hire, men are welcome, but let's face it: we're for and about women and their careers. In this piece, author Stacey Gordon defends women-only venues. "We need a place where ... Continue Reading »

Are Macho Cultures Fairer To Women?

American businesses have tried to negate gender differences to achieve workplace equality. But "this well-intentioned strategy has only served to eliminate women from the leadership pipelines, except for the few who adopt masculine ... Continue Reading »

Women Rise in Corporate Ranks

More and more companies are grooming women for the top executive ranks, The Wall Street Journal reports. With a growing pool of highly qualified women and intensified investor pressure on boards to diversify ... Continue Reading »

Happiness at Work Begins With You

Keryl Pesce is a happiness expert and the author of Happy Bitch – The Girlfriend’s Straight-Up Guide To Losing The Baggage and Finding the Fun, Fabulous You Inside. She says if you are ... Continue Reading »

Job Seeker’s Market on the Horizon: What Does Your Future Hold?

Beth N. Carvin is CEO of Nobscot Corporation, which makes exit interview management software. She has more than 20 years of business management and HR experience. We asked her Five Questions: 1) Now that ... Continue Reading »

Reasons Why Co-Workers Don’t Like You

Are you a slob and a suck-up? Do you ooze negativity, talk too loudly or eat stinky food?  This article says  co-workers are judging you. Beneath a veneer of professional collegiality, they're taking ... Continue Reading »

Are We More Career Driven Than Men?

Young women have already passed young men in education. Now, they appear to be more career-driven, too, says a new survey. But women also say marriage and parenthood remain key life goals. About ... Continue Reading »

Your Work Future? Expect Multiple Careers

In her book, Society 3.0, Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti of Apollo Research Institute explores how rapid technological advancements are transforming the workplace and the worker. We asked her Five Questions:  1) You write that American workers must ... Continue Reading »