My clients love me! A customer told me I saved his life! I just had lunch with Popular Jane Entrepreneur, she’s so awesome! I wasn’t that impressed with Famous Joe Entrepreneur, I would have done this, this, and this! Ick. This is what self-promotion often sounds like online.

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Adam Galinsky of Columbia University Business School teaches you how to negotiate salary.

Younger people’s brains just aren’t as good at dealing with stress.

Don’t let collaboration sabotage you.

People and companies benefit from alumni networks.

In “Dancing, So As Not to Be Dead,” Ray Bradbury’s introduction to The Illustrated Man, he starts with a story about Laurent, a waiter in Paris, who spends his life between working and dancing. “I …

Corporate culture is more important to your happiness than the salary, title or position. But how can you find out what the corporate culture is?

Americans used to socialize more with their colleagues. Now, the office is more transactional.

John Cassidy on “Will College Pay Off?,” by Peter Cappelli, and the dwindling economic returns of a higher education.

Brian Clark at Rainmaker interviews Dan Pink for Unemployable

"A lot of people are convinced that a lot of people should be paid a lot less, but I'm pretty sure everyone I've ever met thinks they should be paid a lot more. A lot of people are going to end up unhappy."     ~ My buddy Dan "Gig jobs" - the newest term for the employment of freelancers or independent contractors - are invoking a lot of discussion these days. Companies like Lyft, TaskRabbit, Upwork and many others are frequently criticized for providing services delivered by independent (or even unlicensed) contractors. Some journal

“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” That’s one of those syrupy, motivational statements you see floating about the Internet. It’s often plastered on a photo of someone standing on a vista overlooking a mountain range, the ocean, a unicorn or all three if you happen to live in …

Why you should stop chasing the perfect job and start creating it.

New research from Henry Siu at the University of British Columbia and Nir Jaimovich from Duke University shows just how much the world of routine work has collapsed.

Dorie Clark examines how rapid social and technological change disrupted our definition of what a meaningful and successful professional life looks like.

Self-taught South Sudanese aeronaut George Male has built a light aircraft in his family compound in Juba against all the odds.

Discover what a "portfolio" person is and how you can combine your diverse interests to create a multifaceted career. Jeff Goins explains 3 critical steps.

Is "follow your passion" good advice when it comes to doing meaningful work? Research says no, but you still have to find a way to do great work.

A Compelling Answer Earlier today, a reader pointed me toward a blog post about Barack Obama from the Humans of New York project. The post quotes Obama's

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Reinhold Niebuhr wrote a prayer that many of you will recognize. It goes roughly: “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”What does this have to do with looking for a job?Everything.There's a ton of unfairness in the job search process. As a candidate, you can’t control whether a company requires a work visa, whether some executive’s kid has an inside track on your dream job, or whether your interviewer has some private or unconscious bias that will hurt your chances. I&