October 2012

my coworker won’t contribute ideas

A reader writes: Recently, a new colleague has joined my team. My boss has instructed us that we have to work very closely together as a team to deliver on goals, but whenever there is a brainstorming session, she never fails to say “I don’t know,” and I end up being the one coming up […]

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6 job search “signs” that don’t actually mean anything

Because job searching can be frustrating and full of disappointments, and because employers can be difficult to read, job seekers often try to find clues about their candidacy in things that employers say and do:  “They said X, so that’s a good sign.”  “They haven’t done Y, so I should be worried.”  Etc. The problem, […]

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