Career Advice & Insights

Expert guidance to help you navigate your career journey

This professional social-networking tool can be a powerful aid to career management — if you treat your fellow users with respect and keep an eye on your objectives. You set up your profile on LinkedIn. Now what? Increase your CQ (Connectability Quotient) with LinkedIn’s features and applications. After all, they’re designed to help you connect … Read More

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Resign with Class Lee E. Miller

The last impression can be more important than the first impression. Here’s how to exit as gracefully as you entered. How do you want to be remembered at a company? The way you leave your employment is as important as what you did while you were employed there. For example: When I was the head … Read More

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Practice What You Preach: How to Rehearse Your Role as a Manager Dan Coughlin

Athletes have an off-season to train. There’s a reason for that. Discover how even a manager can practice the simplest skills without the time suck. Is an executive you practice your trade on-the-job. You have to jump into the fire of an important business moment and do your best, right? What about practice outside 9-5? … Read More

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Here’s how to format and include references on your resume that will get you a call back Lisa Vaas

How do you deliver job references to an executive recruiter or hiring manager? To start, remove ‘References available upon request’ from your resume. Read More

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How to handle short-term jobs in your resume work history Lisa Vaas

A work history of short-term jobs can hurt your resume. Learn how to improve your resume and work history so you can get hired during your job search. Read More

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Dress to Network — Every Encounter Counts Joyann King

Tips on how to avoid overdressing or underdressing at everything from job fairs to barbecues Got a lunch date with a friend who knows a friend who has a friend who is hiring? Did the boss invite you to join him at the Yankees game? Schmoozing at a gallery opening? If your calendar is chock-full … Read More

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How to Support an Unemployed Partner Stephen Viscusi

There’s a difference between encouraging and enabling. Read on to uncover the nuances and effects of both ways partners support each other. I am known as the “tough love” workplace guru. (Which is why I’m hosting the upcoming TV series “The Headhunter From Hell” — a “Millionaire Matchmaker ” meets Chef Ramsey from “Hell’s Kitchen,” … Read More

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How to Handle a Phone Interview Karl Rozemeyer

How to interview in different situations ranging from web videoconferences to lunch with an acquaintance and even the dreaded phone interview. The phone interview arguably requires the least preparation. You don’t have to agonize about your outfit, you can have notes about the company at your disposal, and you even have the ability to use … Read More

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How to Prepare for a Video-Conference Interview Karl Rozemeyer

Like in-person job interviews, you should also prepare for video-conference interviews as well. Learn how to properly prepare for one, here. Read More

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