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This photographic world tour of desk jobs is pretty interesting if you like that sort of thing, which I do.

There’s a very nice review of my e-book over at YouShouldOnlyKnow, a blog I have long adored, run by Erica Manney. Who I think I first discovered when she commented here, maybe? In addition to reading every word of the review — obviously — you should also check out these, which are some of my […]

As I mentioned yesterday, I wildly underestimated what the response would be to my resume review offer, so I’m going to end it earlier than the one-week period I’d initially planned. It’ll close it at midnight (EST) tonight. Everyone who responded, I’m still planning to get back to all of you within the seven days I […]

Update to the resume feedback offer:  The response was higher than I’d thought it would be, so I may cut this off earlier than the original one week I’d planned on. Or raise the price. Or something. So if you want it, and you want it at this price, act sooner rather than later because […]

Update: Due to the overwhelming response to this, this offer expired at midnight (EST) on Thursday, March 31. I get a lot of requests to give people feedback on their resumes, but because it’s time-consuming to do it well, I usually turn them down unless they’re friends or family. But here’s something historic:  For one […]

Just FYI, I get a lot of email at Ask a Manager. I have an auto-reply set up that explains that the volume of mail means that I can’t answer everything. And if I ask you why you’ve sent me the same exact email three times in the past few weeks, this is not a […]

Ask a Manager mugs are here!  Mousepads and stickers too. There would have been shirts, but I’m incapable of manipulating the graphic properly to make it look right on a shirt. But mugs are where it’s at anyway. Get yours today!

I’m really impatient. As such, training sessions and I often don’t get along — I get really annoyed at workshops, webinars, and speeches that move too slowly, give me info that I could have gotten in half the time just by reading a handout, or otherwise feel like an unproductive use of my time. If […]

This is my 1,000th blog post! And today, while thinking about this ridiculous landmark, I started going through my Ask a Manager “kudos” folder — which is a folder in my email where I store any particularly nice email I receive. (Do you do this? If you don’t, you should; it’s pretty awesome to read […]

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