Career and life planning resources for college students, recent grads, and career-changers.
A persistent cultural meme insists that the greatest threat to professional women is other women—backstabbing, conniving “queen bees” and “mean girls.” Hogwash, say the coauthors of IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S THE WORKPLACE: Women’s Conflict at Work and the Bias That Built It , who investigated these stereotypes using surveys, social science research, and interviews. Conclusion: there’s…
Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels According to FlexJobs’ 2019 annual survey of more than 7,300 respondents, 30% of workers have left a job because it did not offer flexible work options, and 16% are currently looking for a new job specifically because of work flexibility issues. Given these stats, it’s not surprising that 80% of respondents said…
Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels A recent study conducted by GoBankingRates listed the occupations where workers were most and least likely to live paycheck to paycheck. Although money should not be the only concern when choosing a career, it should be a factor to consider. Living paycheck to paycheck can make it hard to save for emergencies….
Photo by Eugene Chystiakov from Pexels Working from home is the dream for many professionals. Although work from home jobs are becoming more commonplace, it’s still rather difficult to find a legitimate job that allows telecommuting. One great place to start is FlexJobs, a job site specifically for remote and flexible jobs. Flexjobs features some of the…
Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels Statistically, most leaders are not well prepared for assuming a leadership. Many leaders in organizations keep getting promoted until they reach a level of respective incompetence. This is known as “The Peter Principle”. So how does this happen? We interviewed Kathleen E.R. Murphy, Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, about why incompetent people end…