Last week a reporter from Australia emailed me, getting background for an article about careers. As it turned out, the questions related directly to my ebook on “Ten things to do when you really, really hate your job.”http://www.cathygoodwin.com/hatejob.html
An example of the career advice I shared:
Q. How do we ‘readjust’ our attitude to be […]

This morning’s Seattle Post-Intelligencer ran an article about outplacement services, a newswire story that originated in Providence, RI.
The story’s theme: Companies try to help laid-off workers get jobs by offering outplacement. These services do an inventory of skills and interests, then try to help laid-off workers find new jobs.
Company spokespersons note that […]

It must be the time of year: I’ve had several resume questions lately (always happy to hear from readers).
In my experience, job changers tend to ignore the last part of their resumes – the part where you put professional memberships, education and “personal.” So here are the 3 resume tips that are easiest to […]

Q. I’m changing jobs. Before leaving my current position, should I get letters of reference?
A. Probably not. In my experience, corporate employers rarely pay attention to “To Whom It May Concern” letters. They’ll prefer phone calls that aren’t recorded. When they need a letter, they’ll have their own forms and they’ll want letters […]