Carol Kleiman

Q. In job interviews, I'm always asked what is my main weakness. That really stumps me and upsets me. I'm certainly not perfect, but I can't think of a good...

When Darlene Mezzetta's children were small, she stayed home to take care of them. "I chose to be an at-home mom until our three sons got to junior high school,"...

Why doesn't anyone want to talk about salaries? "Salaries are such a secret because employers and employees collude to keep them secret," said Peter V. LeBlanc, senior vice president of...

Q. I currently work a compressed workweek--four days of 10 hours each, two at the office and two from home. With two small children, flexibility is a necessity. I'm job...

Lateral job moves--moving sideways professionally without moving up the career ladder--are an important option to consider in today's slow job market. "Making a lateral move can help expand your marketability...

Q. My employer has given us a lengthy list of various areas on which we will be scored to determine our year-end bonus. One is community involvement. Can an employer...

Eileen Appelbaum, a labor economist and a professor in Rutgers University's school of management and labor relations in Brunswick, N.J., spent the summer and fall of 2000 "going around the...

Here are some inside tips about the current labor market: Inside salaries: One way employers keep workers from having any power in salary negotiations is to insist that employees never...

Q. I was recently fired and even before I was let go I had begun to notice an unfortunate pattern in the people my manager got rid of: All were...

Here's the latest news on the challenge of balancing work and family responsibilities. Who are we to judge? What workers are most likely to have flexible work schedules? The lucky...