8 Tips for a Successful Partnership
This guest post is written by Linda Singer, co-founder at workhoppers.com with Vera Gavizon. Workhoppers.com is a matching site that helps companies and those seeking flexible work arrangements find...
View ArticleWelcome to the End of Civility
Approximately 10 years ago, I remember sharing a taxicab with a colleague and mid-conversation she pulled out her BlackBerry to respond to an email. Even though I knew she needed to respond to an...
View ArticleLong Distance Commutes Can Lead to Splitsville – study
While we consider driving to and from work routine, you might want to put your foot on the brakes for a minute and consider the results of one study: Long distance commuting increases the chances of...
View ArticleHow to succeed in business? Dropout or get an MBA?
When a young celebrity goes off on a tirade on social media, I normally brush it off as comical nonsense but a recent rant caught my attention. No, I’m not talking about Miley Cyrus but rather Jaden...
View ArticleTime for men to embrace their GQ side
Looks don’t matter. At least, that’s the gigantic lie we tell our kids, and perhaps ourselves, in an effort to seem just and fair. It’s one of those sentiments that should be true but, despite our...
View ArticleIs it time to say goodbye to unpaid internships?
In the very first episode of Girls, creator Lena Dunhan’s alter-ego Hannah, a writer interning for a publishing company in New York City, gets unceremoniously cut off by her parents, who demand she do...
View ArticleNeed a job? Learn to play the hiring game
In my lifetime, I’ve seen my share or resumes. Sure, like other hiring managers, I employed my own personal strategies to filter the tsunami of applications that flooded my inbox after each posting....
View ArticleWorking Girl circa 2014
“You don’t get anything you want in this world by waiting for it to come to you, you make it happen.” The simple wisdom of that line still makes me smile. But I didn’t pull it from a post on Forbes,...
View ArticleLooking for a Job? It’s What You Know that Counts
That Ivy League degree may not impress prospectively employers after all. According to a recent Gallup survey, business leaders in the U.S. say it’s the amount of knowledge and skills that matter more...
View ArticleCo-ed CEOs: The ultimate power couple?
Writers love to ponder “what if” scenarios. For instance: What if women ruled the world, would it be a better, safer place? What if Lehman Brothers had been Lehman Sisters, would the financial crisis...
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