When you’re a new hire, you want to establish a good reputation, and that’s especially true if you’re a new professional in the workforce. Below are several tactics that should complete your game plan for winning favor and starting a good

Coping With a Bad Boss
Is your boss a yeller, a micromanager or clueless? Does he put insulting notes on memos that coworkers can see? Does he throw things? Amy Cunningham’s first boss at a Minneapolis public relations firm was a yeller and a micromanager, a toug

Top 10 Technology Careers
As technology stocks waned in the last few months of the 20th century, some analysts worried that technology degrees wouldn’t be as valuable as they had been during the “dot-com bubble.” They couldn’t have been more wrong. It’s not ju

Are You a Hall of Fame Employee?
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum induction ceremony, held in late July in Cooperstown, N.Y., celebrates unique individuals’ historic contributions to the sport. Baseball fans aren’t the only ones who should take notice, though. The st

Watch Your Body Signals: 6 Tips for a Better Interview
Recent studies have shown that employers will form an opinion of you within the first 10 minutes of the interview. But here’s the kicker, it’s not always based on what you actually say; it’s on something we term “body language.” F

How to Keep Your Spirits Up During a Job Search
If you’re having a difficult time finding a job, and it seems like it’s taking forever, don’t despair. Here are some suggestions for keeping your spirit positive: Think Up. The mind is a powerful vessel. How we think and what we think can c

7 Signs Your Interview Went Well
So you’ve had your job interview, and, as you wait to hear from the company, you keep replaying the interview in your mind and wondering how you did. But is there any way to know until you get an offer or rejection? No signs are 100 percent foolpr

The Promotion That Got Away: 5 Ways to Bounce Back
You did everything right. You were accessible, you met every deadline, you handled every task, and you even boosted the company’s bottom line. That promotion you’ve been eying should be yours. Well, maybe not. Nearly everyone has been passed

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