Carol Kleiman

The job market is tough out there for the nation's estimated 1.2 million new college graduates. And if you thought it was hard for newbies to get a job last...

Q. I need immediate employment. What is the best way to convey that I'm desperate and heavily in debt? A. Do not indicate that in any way whatsoever. First of...

As a full-time technical writer in the engineering department of a design firm, Brad Moldofsky of Skokie worked "only a bicycle ride from home and had lunch with my family...

Do you panic when you sit down at your computer and can't sign on? Does your heart sink every time your employer installs a new computer software program and you...

Q. In a job interview with a private, venture capital-funded firm, is it appropriate for me to ask specific questions about the company's financial strength and accounting procedures--the area I...

Flexible scheduling is the benefit of choice in the U.S., but employees still have difficulty asking for it--and employers granting it. In reality, flexible scheduling isn't solely a favor that...

Here are some upbeat observations from today's very challenging world of work: Don't sweat it: It is possible to reduce job stress. "Office Spa: Stress relief for the working week,"...

Q. I am close to depression: I went on an interview for a job I am completely qualified for, and four days later I got a rejection letter. That tells...

Q. After carefully doing my homework and finding out the going salaries for my job, I asked my boss if my pay could be brought up to the average. His...

Nursing mothers who return to work deserve something very special, and Virginia Woolf said it first: A room of their own. More employers are aware that more than half of...