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More men are staying home to facilitate the complex juggle of family life and their wives’ high-powered careers.

When children leave the house for college or other opportunities, the sudden change and loss of predictability can be disruptive for working parents and their careers. It’s common for parents to feel grief when kids leave the house. Perhaps you’ve been caught unaware: you haven’t fully anticipated this time and season, and now your life looks like a blank canvas. How do you fill it? If you’re an empty nester (or will be soon), this article offers some questions for you to reflect on and strategies help you re-shape your life and find meaning — both personally and professionally — during this time.

The study of relationships can teach us a lot about the right way to fall out of love with your job—and find a new, more fulfilling one.

Not getting a promotion you were promised can bring up a whole host of feelings, from frustration to resentment. In this article, HBR’s advice columnist Amy Gallo answers a question from a reader who is facing this situation and offers advice and resources for how to work through their disappointment while keeping their career growing.

Becoming the only staffer with certain skills or information might feel like insurance. To some bosses, it’s a red flag.

‎Show Extraordinary Creatives, Ep Designing Work Around Your Strengths with Dave Stachowiak - Dec 10, 2023

There are lots of reasons women should feel hopeful about having a career and children.

When former US President Barack Obama was asked to share his most important career advice for young people, he replied... "Just learn how to get stuff done."… | 332 comments on LinkedIn

“Follow your passions”? Not so fast.

Bad mentors can go absent, sap your energy or embroil you in their paranoia. Here are five tips for tackling a toxic relationship.

In the initial stages of your career, one of the most important things you can do is build relationships that will have a significant impact on your life over time. These five relationships can accelerate your path to a promotion, increase your visibility within an organization, and stretch you beyond your comfort zone into to the leader you aspire to be. Mentor: A mentor can help you broaden your functional expertise, grow your emotional intelligence, and learn your company’s unwritten rules. Sponsor: While mentors give you advice and perspective, sponsors advocate on your behalf and in some cases, directly present you with career advancement opportunities. Partner: A partner is an ally or peer who can serve as a sounding board to broaden your perspective. This relationship is fueled by trust, a shared drive to succeed, and the recognition that you can do better together. Competitor: Competition between peers is inevitable. And, when used correctly, it leads to improved performance, breakthrough ideas, and greater drive to get things done. Mentee: Becoming a mentor will teach you how to bring out the best in others, recognize their strength, give feedback, and coach. In turn, it will push you to be better and to strive for more.

Being seen at work still matters for your career, but there’s a smarter way to boost your profile than pretending you live at your desk

Stuffing your résumé and LinkedIn profile with generic buzzwords can be off-putting to potential employers, but it’s far worse when you recite them during an interview.

As more companies announce layoffs and hiring freezes, jittery workers strategize how to stand out and stay employed.

The opportunity to ask questions at the end of a job interview is one you don’t want to waste. It’s both a chance to continue to prove yourself and to find out whether a position is the right fit for you. In this piece, the author lists sample questions recommended by two career experts and divides them up by category: from how to learn more about your potential boss to how to learn more about a company’s culture. Choose the ones that are more relevant to you, your interests, and the specific job ahead of time. Then write them down — either on a piece of paper or on your phone — and glance at them right before your interview so that they’re fresh in your mind. And, of course, be mindful of the interviewer’s time. If you were scheduled to talk for an hour and they turn to you with five minutes left, choose two or three questions that are most important to you. You will always have more time to ask questions once you have the job offer in hand.

One factor driving new-job regret: People’s expectations for big salaries and work-life balance have never been higher, recruiters say

A study of 51 million job postings shows a trend of companies moving away from degree requirements for many roles.

Grief is common when you leave a job you love.

A guide to help you maintain boundaries while setting your successor up for success.

Let's all give ourselves permission to be a little more human by feeling all the feelings in this incredibly challenging time.

Embracing long-term thinking can transform your career and business.

Taking time to better understand yourself can improve your leadership and help unlock the next stage of your career.

Now’s the time to build your career with strategic patience.

Learn the difference between being nice and being kind. Then focus on these tactics that will not only help you but benefit everyone around you.

Think of qualifications as a set of guidelines, not strict requirements.

The right kind of outside work can boost your career.

What shape your professional path should take depends on how you define success.

Well before the glass ceiling, women run into obstacles to advancement. Evening the odds early in their careers would have a huge impact.