You’ve just started a new job–maybe not a dream job, but you’re optimistic. The company has great perks and lots of promise. One thing is certain: You want to move onward and upward. How do you go from being the new kid on the block to the new manager on the project? Consider another scenario: [...]

Workplace violence is all too common in corporate America. Craig Intorcia recalls his last sales job where he and 25 other reps were subjected to a boiler room method of cold calling. “The VP of Sales tied our hands to the phones to cold call,” Intorcia told me. “We were also subject to occasional slaps [...]

Domestic partnership benefits move into the mainstream. What is a family? Is it a small group of loved ones, bound by time and common experience, or is it a legal and biological construct, meant to draw the line between our “official” and “unofficial” relationships? Most of us prefer the former definition, despite living by the [...]

Workers and companies will have to monitor themselves. While tax cuts and environmental issues have dominated coverage of the early Bush administration, today’s desktop-dependent professional may want to look closer. Governmental regulation of–and remedy for–repetitive stress injuries is on the wane. According to Workers Warmups, a repetitive stress-reduction company, they are the fastest-growing ailments in [...]

Maybe you’re the new kid on the block at work–or maybe you’re just shy and never formed solid interpersonal communication skills in grade school. But you need these skills to get through that never-ending, eight-hour work grind. If you don’t want to look for another job, the best way to survive each week is to [...]

It has been used by employees to care for ailing parents, bond with newborns, and deal with chronic illness. It has been a blessing for employees and, at times, a burden for employers. It is the Family Medical Leave Act, commonly referred to as the FMLA. Enacted in 1993, the FMLA requires employers to provide [...]

Two entrepreneurs seize the day. Making a career dream come true means different things to different people. For a certain brand of entrepreneurs who have a passion to share with the world, the best career path is self-employment. “I’ve always been big into goal-setting and making dreams come true,” says Anne Leighton, an independent music [...]

Baby Boomers, Gen-X’ers march to different drummers. From landing a job to setting career objectives to deciding when to leave, the ways Baby Boomers and Generation X’ers approach their jobs contrast dramatically. Given the technology growth in the last 20 years, it’s not surprising that Gen-X’ers are more likely to take advantage of technology; they [...]

It sounded like a no-brainer at the time: In 1993, President Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), ensuring that parents would not lose their jobs if they took time off to care for a seriously ill child. But, like many well-intended laws, the FMLA has produced unintended consequences–resulting in confusion and conflict [...]

It’s problematic and pervasive. You enter a career as an excited new worker. After a short while, you feel like just another brick in the wall. You have it: job burnout. From Reaffirming to Depressing “Job burnout is essentially job depression,” says author and workplace expert Dr. Beverly Potter. “And how do you differentiate that [...]