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Several important updates that have nothing to do with career or management advice: 1.My kitchen is starting to look like a kitchen again!  A photo from Friday (day 5) is here. The counters go in Wednesday, and then I will have my sink back and can stop living on take-out. I cannot wait. 2. As […]

I’m renovating my kitchen, and today was day one. No sink for 10 days — and thus no cooking, and many gross pre-packaged sandwiches from the grocery store. And since I work from home, there’s no escaping my non-kitchen. Now is the time for you to pay me back for all this career advice with […]

After I was on Marketplace Money last week to talk about bad bosses, apparently they got some letters asking why I kept referring to all bad bosses as “she.” Here’s the transcript from their follow-up this week: DEB CLARK: So other people who wrote in about this segment made note to the fact that our […]

When I find interesting links, I usually post them on Twitter, but I’ve come across more than usual this week, so here’s a round-up: 1. I’m a huge believer that you’ll get a much better understanding of workplace dynamics by reading things that are geared toward the other side — i.e., read advice to managers […]

For the people coming here from the webinar I just did … you can get my free guide to preparing for a job interview HERE. (And so can anyone else, for that matter.) It’s full of tips to trick you into not being nervous!  

Back when I wrote this blog anonymously, you all apparently assumed I was a man. Then I dropped the anonymity and it was revealed that I am in fact a woman. But then, later on when I released my interviewing guide, people were surprised that my voice didn’t sound sterner. Because if I wasn’t a […]

A few miscellaneous updates: * I’m quoted in this article on what to do if you’re chronically overworked at your job. * Suzanne Lucas, the Evil HR Lady, takes on the intriguing topic of what to do if you’re working in a foreign culture where you’re expected to get naked with your boss in the […]

I have a bunch of random questions I want to answer and I don’t feel like putting them all into one short-answer post, so brace yourself for a possible coming flood of mini posts. Like, a lot. Or maybe not. It’s possible that I might just eat potato salad and watch a lot of Law […]