By Donna Fuscaldo You friend your family, acquaintances and even high school rivals, but should you friend your boss on Facebook? Social networks have changed the way we communicate, share information and even find a job. But even if we don’t think twice about accepting friend requests from every person we went to high school with, when it comes to adding your boss you’ll need to be a little more…

By Alexander Diedrick Starting a new job is never easy. Whether you’ve got your first internship or you’re a fresh college graduate, the real world is always going to hit you a lot harder than you think. When you bite into this slice of life, though, you should remember that you aren’t the first person to do so. Every working professional has been in your shoes, and all of them…

By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter The parallels between the job search and life itself can be quite indistinguishable. So much of what the job seeker goes through can easily be supported by adopting attitudes that relate directly to success in other parts of your life. Consider the following message and see if you agree. High wire acts aren’t as common as they once were, and that’s really too bad. Those of you fortunate enough…

By Vickie Elmer Feliz Navidad. Merii Kurisumasu. Oh, and a Happy Hanukkah and Kwanzaa greetings too. And wishing you a wonderful Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe and a beautiful Solstice. Anyone who’s trying to become a global employee needs to get comfortable celebrating holidays and workplace rituals as varied as Ramadan (a month of daytime fasting in Muslim countries) to Boxing Day (a Canadian holiday on Dec. 26) to…

By Patrick O’Connor 2011 didn’t turn out to be the return of the dot-com 80s, but it certainly had its high points. Here’s a brief review of all that went on—think of it as the greatest hits of the year. How 2011 Affected Our Careers Unemployment in most parts of the United States either went down or stayed flat, welcome relief from the recent years when the jobless rate started…