When I was pregnant, I saw other pregnant women everywhere, and now that I have a baby, I see babies the same age everywhere.  I notice lots of details about these babies, including how well they move and verbalize in comparison to my son, and what brand of stroller their mommies push.  Before the prospect of a child became my reality, I ...

Juggling multiple jobs is becoming more and more common, as people seek work that will provide an additional paycheck or personal satisfaction that is lacking in Job #1.  Over at Stepcase Lifehack, Thursday Bram, a writer who has done this herself, has these insights to share: Keep firm dividers between your different jobs. Even if ...

Just a heads up that a new episode of the 30/20 Vision Radio Show will air live tomorrow at BlogTalkRadio at 3PM ET.  As I reminder, I host this monthly radio show with my fellow authors Christine Hassler (20-Something, 20-Everything) and Lindsey Pollak (Getting from College to Career), and our goal is to provide ''big sister'' advice to men ...

Nearly all of my friends and colleagues in the career advice sphere regularly promote their media appearances and new projects on their blogs. I don’t do this.  I’ve never done this.  I get as many decent opportunities as the next guy, but I’ve always considered blog content to be fairly sacred – reserved for career and business topics ...

Vickie Hann, HR Director at the Hilton Arlington near my old stomping grounds of Washington D.C., contacted me to share the great work her hotel is doing around the Earth Charter, an international people’s treaty for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society in the 21st century.   At the Hilton Arlington, an Earth Charter ...

Calling people, especially ones I haven’t spoken to before, is not one of my favorite activities, this advice from Heather Mundell at Life @Work and the bloggers at Hiring Revolution.  Heather’s post is dedicated to people who will do just about anything to avoid picking up the phone.  For these folks, the worst types of calls are when ...

Expense reports are a reality of employment in Corporate America that most people tend not to think too much about.  You spend money on behalf of your company and HR pays you back ASAP, right?    However, once you go to actually submit your first expense report for a new job, you may realize that reimbursement is more complicated ...

[ImageAttachment]   When I was waiting for the elevator at Edelman the other day, I noticed a handy checklist about running effective meetings hanging on the wall.  The checklist listed helpful tips like preparing the agenda in advance, confirming attendees via Outlook reminders, and staging the meeting in a room that’s conducive to ...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the drama surrounding Star Jones Reynolds’ departure from ABC’s daytime talk show, The View.  Reynolds’ contract was not renewed for next season and she and the producers decided on a particular date to let the public know that she would not return to the show in the ...

[ImageAttachment]   It doesn’t add up.  The workday has been roughly the same length of time – eight hours – since the early part of this century.  Today, though, we have access to a variety of technological advances designed to increase our productivity, from fancy schmancy office software to search engines that supply a ...