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Career Advice
Below, find some of our recent career advice stories. Have a question for Kat? Check out the Contact page.
Serious Question: Can You Wear Leggings to Work?
Can you wear leggings to work in 2019? What is your favorite brand of leggings for work (or, if you have a legging-substitute in terms of comfort or style, who makes it?)
End of Year Career Goals & Assessments
As the end of the year approaches, what kind of end-of-year career assessments are you doing? Are you making end-of-year career goals?
How Do You Introduce Yourself and Your Work?
Here’s a question that might be an interesting topic, particularly as we head into holiday season: how do you introduce yourself and your work? Do you have an “elevator pitch” that you’ve honed to make your work and skills sound interesting (and if so, what is it)? Does your introduction/description change depending on context?
Do You Keep a Failure Résumé?
Do you keep a failure résumé? What are three big things you might put ON a failure résumé, if you did keep one?
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…
