Job hunters make big mistakes when they negotiate from a win-lose mentality
Take Time to Evaluate the Well-being of Your Employees
Category: Advice for Employers, Uncategorized
According to formal and informal workplace surveys employees are staying wh
Own Your Mistakes
Category: Managing Your Career, Uncategorized
If you’re like many hard drivers, you can be more than a little defensive w
Cal, the employee, is in the middle of an approach-avoidance mess. He has a
Bam. That’s the sound of your confidence hitting bottom. The longer you’re
Two Views of Post-Interview Communication
Category: Advice for Employers, Interviewing, Uncategorized
“Joyce, I read your column regularly. I would like you to touch on the sub
No Work, No Income
Category: Managing Your Career, Uncategorized
Outplacement. Downsizing. Rightsizing. Realignment. Reorganizing. Call it w
Whether you’ve been fired, laid off, or asked to leave your job without kno
I describe here the saga of Sam Smiley. An affable fellow who, as a young m
OK, children, listen up. Your mom’s been laid off. That’s right, she’s lost
Roads, Routes, and Ruts
Category: ARCHIVE, Uncategorized
Joyce Richman wrote Roads, Routes, and Ruts: A Guidebook for Ca
Cautionary Tales
Category: Managing Your Career, Uncategorized
Dave Duckit lost his job because he wouldn’t fight to keep it. Hannah Highw
Q: I think I’m doing a great job of networking. I’ve spoke
What Kind of Resume?
Category: Questions, Uncategorized
Q: “I’ve worked for several companies over the last few ye
“Everyone wants to shoot the messenger!” says Mary, who’s the messenger for
“I’ve always thought of myself as someone steady and stable. Other people s
The Story of Ms. Take
Category: Interviewing, Uncategorized
If interviewers more readily acknowledged the challenges as well as the opp
Hugh Dooit Takes Charge of His Own Career and You Should Too!
Category: Managing Your Career, Uncategorized
Hugh Dooit is a personable, intelligent fellow who by all conventional stan
Attitude: It’s competitive out there. The market is tight.
Are thank you notes an outdated concept? Absolutely not.
