How to Negotiate Conversation Topics
Here’s how to steer conversation topics at work to ones you want to talk about…
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Do You Shake Hands When You’re Sick?
Today’s poll is inspired by reader V’s question: I work in Big Law and throughout the recruiting season, I shake a lot of hands. Now and then I encounter someone who says, I’m sorry, I don’t shake your hand I’m sick. While I respect that and appreciate that it’s considerate, frankly I find the little…
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Are YOU “Rich”? And If So — Why?
The recent debate about “who is the super rich” has been interesting to me, and it’s a subject, I think, that we should discuss here. The initial “Our family of 5 can barely survive even though we make more than $400K a year” post has been taken down, but you can read some of the…
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Can You Wear Religious Jewelry to the Office? (Should You?)
Can you wear religious jewelry to the office? Reader S wonders if it’s appropriate… I was wondering what you and all of the other readers think about wearing religious jewelry to work. I’m not talking about a head covering, or skirts as required by a religion, but more along the line of wearing a Star…
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Emergency Reader E-mail: How to Get Your Resume Noticed
How can you get your resume noticed? We have another emergency e-mail, this time from reader M, who wonders how to get her resume to stand out from the pack: There is a job opening in a creative field that is right up my alley at a company I’m very passionate about. Among other things,…
