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These AI Power Users Are Impressing Bosses and Leaving Co-Workers in the Dust
Rank-and-file employees are jockeying to become leading adopters of artificial intelligence
Why Companies Are No Longer Hanging On to Employees
The practice of ‘labor hoarding’—holding on to employees for fear of not being able to get them back later—has reached its end
What Is the One Trait That Makes for a Great Manager? It Might Surprise You
A 10-year study of a large multinational firm found that the best bosses steer their employees into just the right roles
Have You Hugged Your Job Today?
Workers, who were quitting at high rates a few years ago, are now “job hugging” — or, as one consulting firm put it, “holding on to their jobs for dear life.”
Giving Career Advice to Kids Has Never Been Harder
Parents aren’t sure how to steer their teens in the face of AI; ‘There’s a panic’
Navigating the Jump from Manager to Executive
The transition can be disorienting. These three shifts can help you acclimate.
How to Answer “What Are Your Salary Expectations?”
Go too low and you may end up making less than a prospective employer was willing to pay, but go too high and you could price yourself out of the job. Luckil...
Tech Workers Are Just Like the Rest of Us: Miserable at Work
Google, Meta and Amazon are piling on demands and taking away perks. A job in Silicon Valley just isn’t what it used to be.
Why You Should Be Wary of the Unlimited Vacation Perk
Companies are lifting caps on vacation days, but that doesn’t necessarily mean employees can take more time off
Even Harvard M.B.A.s Are Struggling to Land Jobs
The latest crop of elite business-school graduates is taking months to find new jobs.
We think a lot about those black lines, forgetting that it’s all still in our hands.
— Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy)
Behind Many Powerful Women on Wall Street: A Doting ‘Househusband’
More men are staying home to facilitate the complex juggle of family life and their wives’ high-powered careers.
The 4 Interview Red Flags Hiring Managers Say Concern Them Most
If you’re being called in for interviews but don’t get the job, it’s possible that something you’re doing is raising red flags, causing the interviewer to question your suitability for the position. A recent survey found that the most concerning red flags range from obvious mistakes like lying, to more subtle slip-ups that job seekers might not even be aware of. The most concerning behavior from job candidates — by a significant margin — is dishonesty, with 63% of hiring managers saying they view it as the biggest red flag. Hiring managers see rude language or behavior as a red flag in potential hires. Despite your technical skills being strong, hiring managers are often also judging your interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence. Criticizing or badmouthing previous employers is also a red flag with 62% of executives viewing badmouthing as a deal-breaker. Lastly, being unprepared can harm you in more ways than simply not knowing about the company’s background. For example, being inadequately prepared can cause some people to panic during interviews, leading them to overtalk and fill the silence with unnecessary details. Use these tips to support your interview preparation and have a better chance at getting an offer.
How to Break Up With Your Career
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.
How to Rethink Your Career as an Empty Nester
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.
Getting Along: My New Manager Didn’t Give Me the Promotion I Was Promised
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.
The Big Work Lie: Being Indispensable Will Save Your Job
Becoming the only staffer with certain skills or information might feel like insurance. To some bosses, it’s a red flag.
Extraordinary Creatives: Designing Work Around Your Strengths with Dave Stachowiak on Apple Podcasts
Show Extraordinary Creatives, Ep Designing Work Around Your Strengths with Dave Stachowiak - Dec 10, 2023
The Upside of Working Motherhood
There are lots of reasons women should feel hopeful about having a career and children.
Daniel Abrahams on LinkedIn: When former US President Barack Obama was asked to share his most… | 332 comments
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
Opinion | The Most Common Graduation Advice Tends to Backfire
“Follow your passions”? Not so fast.
Tormentor mentors, and how to survive them
Bad mentors can go absent, sap your energy or embroil you in their paranoia. Here are five tips for tackling a toxic relationship.
5 Relationships You Need to Build a Successful Career
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.
How to put in face time at work - The Wall Street Journal
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
8 words you should never use to describe yourself in an interview (and what to say instead)
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.
How to Keep Your Job, or Find a Better One, if There’s a Recession
As more companies announce layoffs and hiring freezes, jittery workers strategize how to stand out and stay employed.
38 Smart Questions to Ask in a Job Interview
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.
These People Who Quit Jobs During the Pandemic Say They Have Regrets - WSJ
One factor driving new-job regret: People’s expectations for big salaries and work-life balance have never been higher, recruiters say
Why You Should Take Time to Mourn During Career Transitions (Published 2018)
Grief is common when you leave a job you love.