Professional dress codes can be confusing, and there are often grey areas between different levels of office dress codes. This can be particularly intimidating for college students and recent graduates with wardrobes full of casual wear and little or no professional clothing. So what does each dress code entail? What should you wear to an…
Five Difficult Workplace Types–and How to Get Them to Cooperate
By Judith Orloff MD The workplace is filled with difficult personalities–bullies, know-it-alls, rumor mongers… Our fallback reaction when faced with problem people at work is to either assert ourselves or walk swiftly in the other direction. But there’s a middle ground, a way of communicating that’s more effective, because it’s not rigid or…
Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: Tips from Author Lois Frankel
Are you worried about inadvertently hurting your professional reputation? Do you know the mistakes that can keep you from progressing in your career? If so, author Lois Frankel’s newly revised edition of Nice Girl’s Don’t Get the Corner Office: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers may be worth a read. Ten tips…
Five Things to Remember When Changing Jobs
Modern employment scenarios shift rapidly, prompting an average of several job changes during each worker’s career. Competent employees have greater opportunity today, than at other times in the past; shifting across career lines without suffering professionally. The job market also responds to ever-changing conditions, so businesses aren’t necessarily as dependent on long-held positions. In fact,…
5 Career Paths that Offer Autonomy
Autonomy is one of the values to consider during the process of choosing a career path. Autonomy means having the freedom to do work with little or no supervision. It can also mean implementing your own ideas without approval of someone else. Jobs that provide autonomy generally allow for more flexibility and creativity than…