As I drool over the recently-unveiled BlackBerry Bold, I am reflecting on my upgrade from a regular old mobile phone to a BlackBerry about a year and a half ago. Was it worth it? [...]

To all graduates and all other twentysomethings who don’t know what you want to be when you grow up (myself included): follow your dreams, but find a career that pays well and has long term growth prospects. The more money you make, and the more secure a job you hold, the more time and freedom you will have to pursue your life outside of work. In today’s rapidly changing and uncertain economy, what fields are best? [...]

With the economy tightening, even good workers may find themselves on the corporate chopping block. While there’s no way to guarantee your job security during lean years, it might be high time to make sure your boss knows just how valuable you are to the company. Here are few techniques to get you started. [...]

Last week I wrote about the right and wrong ways to network. But today, successful networking is more than just exchanging business cards at cocktail parties. Online tools like LinkedIn, Doostang, and Facebook are an important part of a solid networking strategy.

Here are five tips for leveraging online networking tools in your career. [...]

As you know, landing the job you want can be more about who you know than what you know. Networking is critical. But just as there are good ways and bad ways to meet a prospective girlfriend or boyfriend, there are good ways — and not so good ways — to fuse business relationships that could someday boost your career. Here are the 10 dos and don’ts of networking: [...]

Are you miserable at work? There is no sin in looking for greener pastures, but you should never quit without a new position lined up. To protect your most important asset – your professional skills and experience – bide your time at a dead-end job, or with an unbearable boss, with these ten tips. [...]

I don’t know about you, but I have a problem. I am ambitious; I am full of great ideas. I am also, however, extremely undisciplined. But the other day I had an idea. What if I became “my own manager”? Not a bad idea. But how, exactly, do you manage yourself? [...]

For the most part, I like my job. But working as a publishing sales rep isn’t exactly what I dreamed of doing as a kid, so there are days work seems like, well, work. Want to be happier at work? Here are some ideas: [...]

When I joined my present employer four years ago I encountered a new financial quandary: How do you plan for out-of-pocket work expenses until they are reimbursed?

Early in my career I was an eager young marketing rep and quickly volunteered for any business travel I could find. Today I travel more than ever, and love it. But back then, little did I know; business trips would throw a wrench in my finances. [...]

According to the U.S. Dept. of Labor, about 8 million Americans work second jobs to make ends meet or pay debt and save money faster. Are you included? If so, beware, because moonlighting takes its toll. It’s mentally and physically exhausting and leads to stress at home and at work. But speaking from four years of experience working two jobs, here are some tips for surviving a second job. [...]