Carol Kleiman

Here's news from the salary and benefits front: High tech, low salaries: Remember the astronomical salaries high-tech professionals used to make? Well, not anymore. "The down economy is impacting even...

Q. My company recently was acquired by a much larger corporation that maintains a Web page for job postings across all of its businesses. In order to get access to...

Do you work to live--or live to work? Amy Bromberg, a career coach, public speaker and human resources consultant based in Greenwich, Conn., has done both. And she much prefers...

The myth of experience. That's how Herb Greenberg, president and CEO of Caliper Corp., a human resources consulting and psychological testing firm based in Princeton, N.J., refers to the fact...

Q. Can I be fired for discussing salary with my co-workers? I think it's unfair that some workers make more than others for the same job. A. I agree that...

`Even with cigar smoking banned in boardrooms, women still are a minority as directors." So says Jeffrey E. Christian, the highly respected chairman and co-CEO of Christian & Timbers, an...

When economic times are tough, the tough get training. And among the luckiest in a slow job market are those who are serving apprenticeships: They are paid while being well-trained--which...

Q. My manager is a perfectionist and he's driving me crazy. I like to do things my own way, at my own pace, in my own time. I get good...

Back in the 1970s, when women's networks were beginning to proliferate, many businesses considered in-house networks--organized by employees of the same company--as a threat to management. But today in-house networks,...

If you're putting off creating a career plan until both the economy and the employment picture look better, you're making a big mistake. You need to have one. Now. And...