When Stephanie Elsy, 50, worked for a small organization where her boss and three co-workers were all younger than she, she had an epiphany....
How to Get Credit for Your Ideas at Work
You are at a meeting to discuss ideas for implementing a new program in your company. After some discussion, you tentatively throw out an id...
What a 4-Year-Old Can Teach You About Managing Your Boss
I had a revelation last week: My 4-year-old daughter is gifted at managing up. Does she work? No -- but as I see it, right now, I'm the ...
How Work is Like Peanut Butter
Feel like you always fall out of love with your jobs? Does this sound familiar? "In the beginning, I couldn't wait to get to the of...
The Résumé Black Hole - Does it really exist? How can I avoid it?
Many job seekers today will tell you that the most frustrating part of the job search is after they hit "send" and their résumés a...
Maybe I'm gay?
Well, maybe I'm not but apparently my taste in music is gay. I don't go to a lot of concerts, but the last three in the last couple ...
10 Ways Your Resume Irks Hiring Managers
Fashion designer Coco Chanel had a personal rule: Before she left the house, the style icon always removed one piece of her ensemble to avoi...
Math and Science Degrees More Valuable Than Liberal Arts?
Some students spend their college years peering into a microscope or scrutinizing graphs and formulas. Others are more likely to analyze den...
Youth Ministry: Starting Over
Youth Ministry in our diocese blew up a few years ago -- especially in the South. There were several events: the collapse of TEC, the inabil...
Years of Experience But No Degree - Seven Ways to Beat the Job Search Pitfall
After years on the job, you feel you've definitely platueaued and think it's time for a change. There's one catch: you don't...
Get Trained for Today's Five Fastest-Growing Industries
It sounds like an oxymoron: The fastest-growing industry in the fastest-declining economy since the Great Depression. But the downturn in fi...
Cover Letters Close Gaps in Employment
Remember the first day of the new school year? Your first assignment was always writing about what you did over the summer break. This usual...
Seven Things to Know Before Writing Your First Résumé
There are many rites of passage in every young person's life. Getting your driver's license, graduation day and turning 21 are just ...
Cover Letter Dos and Don'ts
Most people are familiar with the importance of a well-constructed resume, and put a fair amount of time into creating one. But just as impo...
Could we be any more different?
My choice, 9/15/2009, and he's going with me. His choice, 9/24/2009, and I have to go with him. I just hope I can stay awake. God help me.
New Boss? 5 Ways to Adjust
These days, there is a lot of upheaval in the workplace. Be it layoffs, reorganization or people taking other positions, there's a good ...
Sacrificing Love for Work
On the most recent season of "The Bachelorette," contestant Ed Swiderski told bachelorette Jillian Harris that he wasn't being...
Day 18: Really, it's been 18 days?!
I can't believe it's been 18 days since I made a personal goal to reach 150 by October 31 for the Weight Watchers Lose for Good camp...