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What’s the one gift you can give that: A) Will be truly appreciated. B) Only takes a few minutes to give. C) Is good for co-workers, past colleagues, managers, or anyone else you feel you should recognize with a token gift this season. D) Shows what a thoughtful professional you really are! I’ll give you a hint:
Dear Experts, I work at a small office. There are only 20 of us. It’s my first year here and I just learned the owner is taking us all out to dinner at this fancy restaurant for the holidays. I’m pretty quiet at work and don’t really socialize with anyone there, so the idea of spending the whole evening with [...]
Dear J.T. & Dale: My 25-year-old son graduated from college more than a year ago and has yet to find a meaningful job. He has had interviews, but usually somebody else gets the job. I know the market is at its worst, but what can he do to find a job that is better than his current one, delivering pizzas? [...]
Dear J.T. & Dale: I work for a property management company, and we have a maintenance supervisor who is verbally abusive to residents as well as to fellow employees. I have brought it to the attention of the manager several times. Nothing changes. This is a hostile work environment, and the company has no handbook and offers no training. How [...]
Dear Experts, I’ve had an informal job interview with a company (upon their request) and have now been invited to come visit the company and plant. They are taking care of my hotel booking and have already informed me they will pay for my room. I will travel by car, at my own expense. If they offer to have dinner [...]
Dear Experts, I never take Black Friday off but this year I decided to so I could spend the day with family. My boss gave me permission three weeks ago to take this day off from work. He even said he was going to take it off as well. Yesterday, my boss sent me an e-mail requesting I change my [...]
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Never so much did the term, “Resume Real Estate” resonate until I was tasked to sell my home.
Dear Experts, I have an interview at a company next week and I’m certain the person who will be interviewing me is an old acquaintance from college. This person and I never got along well during those years and left school on very bad terms. We have not spoken since. I want this job really bad so I’m ready to [...]
By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Kris Parfitt “My intention is to meet five people at this function who I really connect with and that two of them eventually become clients.” My friend was impressed while somewhat doubtful of my declaration. My actual success that night was that I met ten people with whom I connected, but I didn’t find the opening to [...]
Dear J.T. & Dale: I was working at a company in Illinois when my brother got sick and I moved to Phoenix to help out. When I resigned my old job, the company told me the doors were open to me because I had “rehire” status. However, now that my brother is better and I’ve returned home, I reapplied and [...]
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