Not long ago, I thought it was a bad idea to friend your boss on Facebook because of the possibility that revealing too much could hurt your progress at your current job, as well as any future opportunities. Lately, I’ve had a …
Career Strategies
No-Brainer: ‘Brainteaser’ Job Interview Questions Don’t Work
Science confirms what job-seekers have long suspected: Those annoying “brain teaser” questions interviewers lob at candidates are as pointless as they seem.
Why It’s Counterproductive (and Unhealthy) to Be ‘Crazy Busy’ with Work
It’s been reported that one in four companies have created policies in recent years instructing employees that they are not to read or answer work e-mails after normal work hours. But such policies are the exceptions to the rule, …
Be Happier in Business and Life: 10 Things To Stop Doing Right Now
This post is in partnership with Inc., which offers useful advice, resources, and insights to entrepreneurs and business owners. The article below was originally published at Inc.com.
Happiness–in your business life and …
Note to Gen Y Workers: Performance on the Job Actually Matters
We’ve all heard about how millennials have been raised by “helicopter parents,” who hover over them and protect them from criticism and disappointment. The result is a “teacup” generation of young people who may appear …
How Different Generations of Americans Try to Find Work
Do millenials approach the job hunt differently than their older counterparts in Gen X or the Baby Boom generation? It turns out that they do, sometimes in surprising ways. For one thing, despite the fact that millennials are …
10 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Brain While You Work
Going to Africa–literally or figuratively–refreshes your brain, which helps you be alert and propels you forward.
Race, Gender and Careers: Why ‘Stuffing the Pipeline’ Is Not Enough
When Wharton operations and information management professor Katherine L. Milkman was earning her doctorate at Harvard University in business and computer science, it became clear that she would pursue a career as a professor. As …
Just How Underemployed Is Gen Y?
Gen Y is in a bind. This group of 18- to 29-year-olds has been told they must go to college in order to find a decent job. Yet upon graduating, few jobs are available to young people — and those that are open often don’t require …
Outwitting the Recruiting Black Hole
Years ago, you could send a resume and cover letter in the mail with a reasonable expectation that you’d eventually hear from the employer, whether they wanted to hire you or not. Now that the vast majority of recruiting …
The State Willing to Pay Big Bucks to Attract New Workers
Around the nation, states struggling with stubbornly high unemployment rates face the problem of having too few jobs for all the able-bodied workers. But a few states in the Midwest face a different problem, one that places stuck …
Nassim Taleb: In the Investment Biz, Luck Trumps Skill, So Take Your Talent Elsewhere
Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be investment professionals.
That’s the argument Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the investment expert and math whiz who wrote the influential book The Black Swan, is making these days.
