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November 25, 2008

Job-Hunting Realities: What 'No' Really Means

You've probably read plenty of job-hunting articles. And they're all the same. A so-called expert will advise you to develop a plan, broaden your skills, and network. ...

October 10, 2008

How to Bounce Back from Career Setbacks

With economic unrest and rapid changes in infrastructure, many good people have recently found themselves facing job insecurity and layoffs. The situation is not going...

September 9, 2008

Being Pushy...or Taking the Initiative?

Dear Liz, I'm the office manager in a branch of an international PR firm with more than 50 offices in the U.S. I run the administrative processes, work as the liaison ...

September 2, 2008

Timing a Layoff to Get Severance

Dear Liz, I'm pretty certain I'm going to get laid off, but I'm not sure when it's going to happen. I would be surprised if I'm still working at the company in six ...

August 29, 2008

The 10 Worst Job Tips Ever

Nearly every day, someone sends me a bit of astounding job-search advice from a blog or a newsletter. Some of this advice seems to come directly from the planet X-19, ...

August 22, 2008

Tips for Humanizing Your Résumé

There are résumés that, from the first word, signal that the person behind the résumé is someone you'd like to know more about. These provocative résumés come in as ...

August 7, 2008

Job Hunting: Price Yourself Like a House

Job-seekers want to know: How do I price myself in this erratic job market? If I set my sights too high in the compensation department, I'll lose out on opportunities....

July 31, 2008

Six Reasons to Run From a Job Interview

Job seekers have issues to keep them up at night. They worry that the beautifully crafted cover letters they're sending off won't be read and that plum jobs will go to...

July 22, 2008

Out-of-Town Interview Etiquette

Dear Liz, I am about to go on a two-day trip to interview with an out-of-town employer. The first day, I will have dinner with the third-party recruiter. The second ...

June 19, 2008

On a Résumé, Tell What You Accomplished

Reading résumés is a love/hate thing for me. As an HR person, I look at so many that sometimes I feel I can't bear to see another. On the other hand, from time to time...

May 23, 2008

Where Undergrads Dream of Working

Google (GOOG), Walt Disney (DIS), and Apple (AAPL) once again grabbed the top three slots in research firm Universum USA's annual survey of more than 40,000 U.S. ...

May 22, 2008

Anti-Wall Street Jobs

Dylan O'Shea's most lucrative job has been working as a gas station attendant, but last summer he got a better offer. JPMorgan Chase (JMP) recruited O'Shea, then going...

May 15, 2008

When You're Passed Over at Work

Sharp managers have long noted the double-edged sword that goes with managing knowledge workers. As leaders, we love the fact that our teams get heavily invested, ...

May 6, 2008

In Interviews, Honesty Is the Best Policy

It's graduation season, and this means it's time for job hunting. Joining the pool of applicants will be a lot of people who have been downsized, fired, or who found ...

April 1, 2008

Taking the Internship Up a Notch

Congratulations, you've landed a summer internship with the company for which you've always wanted to work. You may think the hard part is over, now that you've gotten...

March 27, 2008

The New Rules for Making the Big Leap

You never know what the impetus will be—a random conversation with a friend, an article you read online, or a snippet of a radio interview overheard in a ...

February 19, 2008

Personality and the Perfect Job

I recently spoke with Kip Parent, the chief executive officer of Keirsey.com, about personality and personality profiling. David Keirsey's book, Please Understand Me: ...

February 12, 2008

Red Flags on an Out-of-State Offer

Dear Liz, I have been heavily recruited for a vice-president of marketing job out of state, and yesterday I received the offer. The salary and bonus are fine, the ...

December 10, 2007

More Than One Road to the C-Suite

Getting to the corner office was once just a matter of paying your dues and following a narrowly defined route. Want to become a chief executive? You had better put in...

December 10, 2007

The First Step to Finding Your Dream Job

We know it's possible, even if we haven't read The Four-Hour Work Week yet. We know people in our neighborhoods or we've seen people on TV who have dream jobs, so we ...