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6 Common Resume Mistakes You Must Avoid

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Although a resume is the first impression job seekers get to make, it’s amazing how many people continue to gloss over errors. In today’s job market, you need to make sure your resume is going to be read rather than quickly scanned and thrown away. You want your resume to impress the future employer reading ... Read More

7 Ways To Actively Manage Your Career

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You go to work, you do your work, and you come home wondering where this is all going. You wonder what your next step is. What can you be doing to elevate your career? So, you ask your manager. And your manager stares at you blankly and points to your projects. You’re confused and head ... Read More

How To Conduct A Stealth Job Search

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I was talking to a client recently who’s conducting a stealth job search. A stealth job search is when you’re currently working for an employer and you don’t want them to know that you are looking for a better job. Now, this is dicey because if you start doing some of the techniques that are ... Read More

weekend open thread — July 20-21, 2024

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This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: Hope, by Andrew Ridker. The ground shifts under each member of ... Read More

3 Soft Skills Every Great Leader Needs For Success

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Soft skills get a bad rap. Yet more organizations are requiring development on the softer side than ever before. So, what’s the deal? “Companies have moved away from the ‘command and control’ decision-making style,” says Marie Holmstrom, the Charlotte, N.C.-based director of talent management and organization alignment with Towers Watson. “Managing day-to-day decisions takes away ... Read More

open thread – July 19, 2024

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This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on any work-related questions that you want to talk about (that includes school). If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still ... Read More

should I interview for a job where the salary I want is technically possible but not likely? — Ask a Manager

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A reader writes: Recently I have been looking for a new position because my current project was canceled due to a product decision. I heard of a company from a friend of a friend. She said it was a great place to work. I looked it up and there were positions available with my skillset ... Read More

the insecure coworker, an exciting cocktail, and more — Ask a Manager

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Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. Training a fragile, insecure coworker has become Too Much I really appreciated the advice, both from you and the commenters (and the permission to drop the rope that part of me was undoubtedly after). I realized after my letter was published that I’d left out a lot ... Read More

How To Know When It’s Time To Leave Your Job

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Remember when you started at your current job? You may have felt excited about the opportunities that were ahead, and the new skills you were going to learn. Fast-forward to present you at your job. Do you have that same excitement? If not, you may want to consider switching jobs. Studies show that people who ... Read More

let’s discuss napping at work — Ask a Manager

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1. I was a teenager, and my sister’s violin camp overlapped with one of my cases of walking pneumonia. I had been assigned to watch the accessories shop table while Cait’s mom was away. I had to take my codeine cough medication at the noon lunch break. My mom covered the table while I took ... Read More