careers

Mom & Dad

Moms tackling the energy crisis

Moms are an impressive lot. Whether juggling a dirty diaper in one hand and a latte in the other or helping to solve the world's...

Parenting Tips & Advice

What’s your child's destiny?

Childhood is about creativity, and the more young people encounter new experiences, the better off they’ll be as adults. But on the...

New Year - Your Life

Why you should network more

Networking can be a powerful resource for both your business and personal relationships. Many people feel uncomfortable when they...

New Year - Your Career

5 Ways to nurture work relationships

Office relationships take time and effort to develop, but those efforts can pay off for everyone involved. In fact, one of the best...

Career Advice

5 Ways to get ahead at work

Sure, you could poison your coworkers or sleep with your boss, but those tactics are uninspired and, well, illegal. Instead, stay...

Monday Mom Challenge

Monday Mom challenge: Is it time for you to switch careers?

If you are one of the many moms who have a second job outside the home, you likely have thought long and hard about work-life...

School Age Kids

Talking careers with your younger children

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s a ubiquitous question. And it’s the way we start, at a very early age, to introduce...

Career Advice

Reporter Tara Sullivan denied access at The Masters for being female

A reporter was denied access to the men's locker room this weekend at The Master's golf tournament. Sadly, you won't be surprised why.

Career Advice

Alexandra Wallace apologizes for racist video: Too little, too late?

UCLA student Alexandra Wallace is taking a lot of flack for her racist YouTube video. What lessons can you take from his mistake?

Mom & Dad

10 Reasons to go back to work after being a stay-at-home-mom

Want to return to work this year after being a stay-at-home mom? Worried that it might not be the best choice for your family? Ditch...

Career Advice

Hot careers for 2011 and beyond

This is a tough time to find a job. The Great Recession is officially over, but employers are still reluctant to hire. Instead of...

Parenting Advice & Columns

When I grow up I want to be...

When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? Was it the same thing all the time, or did it change? And are you...

Marriage

Can your marriage survive his layoff?

Is your marriage strong enough to survive a layoff? Take this relationship quiz to find out.

Career Advice

Risky career move: From banker to biker

Valerie Thompson is a woman in a man’s world. The former banking executive is one of a handful of women who strap on a helmet and...

New Year - Your Career

6 Tips for evaluating your job -- is it right for you?

Finding something new in this market is too hard. At least I have health insurance. We just got a new shade of purple...

New Year - Your Career

The art of bragging

We don't know the exact reasons and science, but men are still getting paid more than women on average -- and they still seem to get...

New Year - Your Career

New year, new career

The United States unemployment rate came in at 10 percent in November 2009. And that was considered an improvement . Sure, today's...

Career Advice

6 Women with unusual careers

We're past the 1950s housewife image. We're even past the notion that women can't do math or hard labor. In 2009, women are proudly...

Career Advice

Career advice for women

Helene is the founder of womenworking.com, a site whose tips on skill building and strategies for advancement as well as juggling...

Career Advice

Office behavior: What's appropriate, what's not?

Helene is the founder of womenworking.com, a site where tips on skill building and strategies for advancement as well as juggling...

Dating

Love in the office: If walls could talk

Office romance today is more prevalent than ever despite what employers may mandate. Longer hours, more business travel and less...