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A reader writes:
I’m up for my first manager position after happily being an individual contributor for over a decade. Speaking with my future coworkers, I believe I would be a good manager for their team, but how do I know if I’ll actually enjoy it?
The question of what makes someone enjoy managing versus
A reader writes:
My employee recently told me that she would like to get more positive feedback from me. I’m good at giving constructive feedback on how to improve her work, but I will admit that I don’t often remember to give positive feedback. This has been difficult for my employee, who said that she has also noticed that I am more likely to give positive feedback t...
It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes:
I’ve been working in libraries for over 20 years, and I keep running into the same issue no matter where I go: I don’t seem to have a “professional persona.”
I tend to overshare, be more blunt than I mean to, or lean too much on humor in situations where other colleagues stay polished and a bit more ...
It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…
1. I physically can’t submit hundreds of applications a week
I’m in the hellscape of the 2026 American job market and have been here for a while. I keep getting told that getting hired is a numbers game, and that to increase the chance I will get a callback I must simply apply to everything and se...
Last month we talked about conference speaker fails, and here are 12 of my favorite stories you shared.
1. The fart
We had a keynote speaker who talked about “surviving the winds of change” complete with a slid...