Carol Kleiman

New benefits: When Worthington Industries Inc., a steel processing company based in Columbus, Ohio, stopped paying in full for health-care insurance for its 8,000 employees nationwide, its chairman and CEO,...

Dear Coach, Is it possible to take back a resignation and ask that it be rescinded? I've had second thoughts. Carol Kleiman: Even if your employer said, "OK, if you...

Credit reports: Job seekers hate them. They say that a credit check has nothing to do with how they will perform on the job, especially if it does not involve...

Lisa Harrison, now a production manager in Silver Spring, Md., used to have a long commute to and from work. That's why she was so concerned about getting home in...

Dear Coach, I was laid off from my job last year due to downsizing. But since I left, there has been a temp at my desk doing the same job...

Job prospects by gender: "Women are more skeptical than men about finding jobs." That's the conclusion of a recent Gallup Poll Tuesday Briefing survey, which found that 69 percent of...

Q. Our office recently had a contest to see who could lose the most weight. Our enthusiastic boss put everyone's name on a chart to track our losses. I'm not...

Changes from generation to generation can be substantial--and when it comes to work/life balance, the difference is telling. "Generation X parents are less satisfied with the amount of time they...

Almost two decades ago, Gary Skarr sat in on a business conference of the senior management of a large corporation. And what he learned there changed his approach to his...

Q. Recently I was asked to apply for an internal job opening that would have involved a promotion and a significant raise. But I didn't get the job. They told...