Career Advice

Embracing our new realm of human connection doesn’t have to feel impersonal or distant. You can and should be forming new social ties online as a job seeker. Now more than ever, it’s acceptable to reach out to people remotely. There are no parties to socialize, no events to make new encounters, no coffee shops

When it comes to negotiating for a better compensation package from your current employer, one potentially very powerful strategy is to use a better offer from someone else to create a more compelling case. But this can be a tricky line to toe, particularly if you’re ultimately hoping to stay with the company. These tips

If you’ve been working your way up in your company’whether you’re at a small startup with less defined levels or a big corporate with more rigid structures’you might be curious to try your hand at managing others. But being a people manager is an altogether different challenge than doing well in your current job, even

This piece is a part of ’The Career Strategist’ blog series Hiring managers are looking for candidates who exhibit two qualities: ability and consistency. When I say ability, I mean that they can see the candidate has either performed the work listed in the job description before or they show the aptitude to perform this

In a world of increasing opportunity, economic mobility, and openness, companies are learning (many of them the hard way) that inclusivity and diversity are not only good for employees’but also for business. As organizations push to create environments where diverse sets of employees feel comfortable and supported, other employees’often referred to as ’allies’’will play a

Telecommuting and distributed offices have become increasingly popular in recent years, particularly with the rise of digital productivity tools which teams can use to collaborate just as they would in-person. While the majority of employees still work from an office, the share of people who work from home in the U.S. has been steadily increasing

Regardless of which resolutions you made this year, chances are maintaining a better work-life balance will make it easier to stick with them. Keeping up a gym routine, making more dinners at home, or being more engaged with your family, for example, all become many times more feasible if you’re not stuck in the office

If you’re under 30 and college educated, there’s a good chance you’re paying off student loan debt (a 49% chance, to be exact). And while earning more money is one obvious way to pay your loans off faster, the opportunity to increase your salary only comes around every so often’so you may be looking for

If you’re about to start a new job, chances are you’re rejoicing that the job hunt is over’but the hard work has just begun. While it’s important to impress your manager and colleagues in the job interview (and you must have if you got the job!), it’s arguably even more important to continue exceeding expectations