Laura Stack, a personal productivity expert over at Divine Caroline, has some great tips for looking like a workaholic without actually being one.  Let’s have a look at ways you can sustain a strong reputation while maintaining control over your time. Get noticed in eight hours.  Anybody can spend a day keeping busy. It takes ...

There are a lot of books out there on how to achieve job satisfaction and get ahead in the business world, but few are from the viewpoint of someone with a front row seat in the always-elusive entertainment industry.  That’s what I found interesting about Danielle Weinstock’s Can This Elephant Curtsy on Cue?. A Hollywood producer, ...

I heard a preposterous story about a CEO who arrived at his new company – a medium-sized business with about 100 people in his location – and proceeded to order all of the employees into the parking lot.  “You all are to stay out here until further notice,” he said.  “If I or senior management needs you for something, we ...

In his book How to Win Friends and Influence People, author and motivational guru Dale Carnegie says that the person who can speak acceptably is usually considered to possess greater ability than he actually has.  In my experience, this is true.  If you look and act like you know what you’re talking about, people will think ...

My friend Penelope Trunk has a clever little post to help you determine if you’re actually in line to get a promotion, or if it’s just wishful thinking.  Some of it echoes advice I’ve given on this subject, but I think much bears repeating, so here are some highlights of Penelope’s quiz:   1. Are you friends with your boss?  The ...

Since we often talk about differentiating yourself in a crowded market around here, I thought you might like to know that twenty-something branding phenom Dan Schawbel recently launched a new magazine, Personal Branding.  As you might guess, the magazine is about establishing a professional and memorable identity in order to drive your ...

In the blogosphere, we love to throw the term “branding” around.  Well, I’ve had almost ten years of marketing communications experience, and branding – what it means and how to do it – has been burned into my brain from a young age.  I have been very careful that what I write on my blog and my website relates strictly to my brand as a ...

On Chris Russell’s Secrets of the Job Hunt blog, Phil Rosenberg offers some smart info on getting what you need from recruiters.  Phil suggests that in order to develop successful relationships with recruiters you must adopt the attitude that you work for them, not the other way around.  His tips include: Give recruiters information ...

And no, I’m not talking about your mental state early last Sunday morning when you stumbled into your apartment after a late-night jaunt downtown.  I’m talking about your writing.   I’m amazed by how many typos I see everywhere, on everything, lately.  Typos on resumes.  Typos on street signs.  Even typos on birth ...

A reader e-mailed the following question:   I recently gave my company a month’s notice as I planned to move to a new city and pursue a new career.  A few weeks later, the company gave out the second installment of our bi-annual bonuses, and I did not receive mine.  The company did well this year and my accounts posted increased ...