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January, 2010

Companies Push Positive Thinking

Companies are playing up the power of positive thinking, The Wall Street Journal reports. A growing number of employers, including UBS, American Express, KPMG and the law firm Goodwin Procter, have hired ... Continue Reading »

Who Advances More? Depends Who You Ask

A new study shows a large gap in how men and women perceive who has more chances of advancement. Of 1,834 professionals polled, 90% of men and 85% of women said both sexes ... Continue Reading »

In Emerging Markets: Women Are Key

As multinational corporations turn to emerging markets as the primary engines of future growth, women will be one of their chief dynamos, Sylvia Ann Hewlett writes in Harvard Business Review. In order to ... Continue Reading »

Job Hunt Tip: Go For Inside Referral

If you know someone at a company you want to work for, their referral could help your chances of getting in the door. A common exception to the online resume/phone screen process is ... Continue Reading »

Diversity Can Backfire On Company Boards

As much as diversity is prized, people often feel baffled, threatened or annoyed by others with views and backgrounds very different from their own, says this piece in The Wall Street Journal. The ... Continue Reading »

Want to Get Ahead? Get an Ego

Some self-help folks think that the key to inner peace is burying your ego, forgetting about your ambitious, materistic side. Steve Pavlina not one of them. He says having a strong ego is ... Continue Reading »

Changing Jobs Often May Hurt Retirement

Frequently changing employers can make it more difficult to save for retirement, US News reports. Many pension formulas reward long-term and highly paid employees more than workers with a shorter job tenure. The ... Continue Reading »

Today's Moms: Caught Between Two Extremes

In light of a new study reporting that men have it pretty good these days -- many wives earn more than they do -- Petula Dvorak says millennial moms are now expected to ... Continue Reading »

Boosting Your Career During a Holding Pattern

More than half of 900 workers surveyed between last October and December plan to pursue new job opportunities when the economy improves, The Wall Street Journal reports. There are a number of ways ... Continue Reading »

Starting Over Again in Midlife

Last year brought setbacks for many people. In this essay in The New York Times, lawyer Beverly Willett writes that in 2009 she ended her 25-year marriage, watched her savings disappear in divorce ... Continue Reading »

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