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According to the tenth annual "World of Work" survey, published this month by international staffing firm Randstad, 49 percent of Americans polled offered a resounding "Heck no!" Broken down by age and excuse, the results of this survey of 2,200 U.S. adults with enough experience...
Finding work you're passionate about is too important to leave to chance, says Seattle-based career coach Curt Rosengren, a self-proclaimed "passion catalyst" who helps people figure out what work gets them excited in the morning. Besides, "In today's economy, you need every competitive edge you can get," Rosengren...
Just because the economy's lousy doesn't mean you have to give up your dream of working from home. On Thursday, July 30, from 12:00 to 12:45 p.m. Pacific time, leading telecommuting consultant Pat Katepoo will give a free teleseminar called "Telecommute Now! How to Get...
I've been working from home long enough to know that trying to be productive while beads of sweat roll down your back and drip onto your keyboard is a lost cause. Once my office breaks 80 degrees, all I'm good for is a siesta. If like...
I'm not talking about quitting for another job you've lined up or quitting to take the full-time reins of the freelance business you've built on the side. I'm talking about giving notice because you're burned out and desperate for a change of scenery, rotten economy...
Once upon a time, my credit card balance was higher than my yearly income. At first it didn't seem like a big deal. I was in my twenties and foolishly thought I'd have plenty of time to pay that nasty balance off. When I could...
If I had a buck for every time someone told me they'd ditch their job and try something new if they didn't need the health insurance, I could have retired by now. I don't blame folks for making this choice. Buying your own health care coverage...
Is the long-standing American tradition of rushing off to graduate school when career opportunities are scant eroding? Perhaps. The online magazine Inside Higher Ed reported in December that the number of students taking the GRE declined in 2008, the first time this has happened during...
Though LinkedIn has taken the professional world by storm, many of its users still have no clue what to do with it beyond setting up their profile. I'm a firm believer that LinkedIn can be a wildly helpful tool for those researching a career change....
With so many people getting their hours cut or worried about layoffs this year, it's no surprise that more workers are moonlighting at a second (or third) job. In January, a Daily Beast poll of 500 adult workers in the United States found that 23...
Ask any manager and they'll be the first to tell you that as soon as summer temperatures begin to rise, inappropriate office attire abounds, most notably among our workforce's youngest hires. Necklines plunge. Hemlines creep up. Cutoffs come out of the woodwork. Midriffs, bra straps,...
Happy Independence Day! With all the talk of unemployed folks hanging their own shingle as freelancers, I thought it high time we addressed one of the murkiest aspects of working as an independent professional: paying taxes. To help tackle some of the most common questions...
When I was growing up in New Jersey, my grandmother often lamented that families didn't live together like they used to. To her, the dream household would have been for mom, dad, the kids, grandma, grandpa and a couple of great-grandparents to all live under...
With everyone talking about career change these days, I thought it would fun to examine the work/life balance of those who've transitioned to some of the most coveted careers out there. First up, Erika Teschke, who in 2005 left her 10-year career as a legal...
