Do you keep a failure résumé? What are three big things you might put ON a failure résumé, if you did keep one?
Do You Keep a Failure Résumé?
Career Advice
Below, find some of our recent career advice stories. Have a question for Kat? Check out the Contact page.
What Are Your Three Best Networking Tips?
What are your THREE best networking tips? These are some of mine…
Yeah, No: That Ernst & Young Seminar
What do you think was the most offensive thing in the disastrous Ernst & Young seminar on women’s leadership training that has made headlines lately? Was there anything you think the training got RIGHT?
What Have You Learned From Other People’s Careers?
Readers, what career lessons have you learned from others? Have you been surprised to see who has “succeeded” and who “failed”? (Has watching others’ careers changed how you define success and failure?)
How to Write a Resignation Letter
A reader wrote in, wondering if she should use her resignation letter to enumerate all the reasons she’s quitting. What would your advice to her be?
How to Cope with an Emotional Hangover, Lingering Stress, or Residual Anxiety
Have you even gone through an intense work period or other stressful time (personally or professionally) and, even after the time has passed, found that destressing was difficult for you? Readers have had some good conversations about anxiety hangovers or emotional hangovers, lately, so let’s discuss…
Ways to Celebrate Professional Wins
There have been some really interesting threads and reader questions lately about celebrating professional wins (including whether you can you throw a party for yourself) — so let’s discuss. What are YOUR favorite ways to celebrate professional wins?
Alcohol in the Office: Yea or Nay?
Liquor in the office: yea or nay? I’d love to hear your thoughts, readers…
Open Thread: Women’s Equality Day
In honor of Women’s Equality Day, let’s discuss: Do you feel equal?
What Are the Rules for Interview Shoes? Heels, Patent, Fabric, and More
A reader wondered whether she could interview in patent leather, and I wondered: what ARE the rules for interview shoes? What have you heard, what have you been advised, and what would you advise women interviewing at conservative offices to wear for shoes?
What Is the Biggest Mistake You’ve Made at Work, and How Did You Recover From It?
What’s the biggest mistake you’ve made at work, and how did you recover from it?
Career Pivots: How to Change Your Career in a Major Way
Readers have had some great conversations recently about how to change your career in a major way (for example, here, here, here and here), and I thought it might make an interesting conversation today. Have you ever changed your career in a major way, or otherwise executed a career pivot? Have you ever wanted to? … Read More about Career Pivots: How to Change Your Career in a Major Way
