Carol Kleiman

Q. I work for an Illinois-based company that uses a performance review in which you are allowed to choose one person to comment in writing. When I asked to see...

Anne Marie Mitchell, an employee communications specialist based in Chicago, has been "on a journey to find some semblance of work/life balance " since 1998, when her first child, Matthew,...

The civil-rights movement of the 1960s gave hope to African-Americans for equity in the workplace. But almost four decades later, that promise remains largely unfilled, according to a recent study....

Q. I'm pregnant and need to work for financial reasons. Do I have to tell a hiring officer I'm pregnant? If I get the job, when do I tell my...

French is the language of love, but sports are the language of business--a cultural "language" that involves much more than sports terminology and the latest scores. Doing sports is fun...

The events of Sept. 11 changed many things in the U.S., including the unspoken "contract" you have with your employer and your expectations of what the company should do for...

Q. I have 20 years' experience and have been out of work for quite some time now. I told a job interviewer that I would work for entry-level salary when...

Last November, in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, Geraldo Rivera quit his job as a CNBC talk show host, switched to Fox News and took off...

Here is the latest news on some "revolutions" in the workplace: Insightful Web sites: When employees sit spellbound at their personal computers, their bosses should not assume they're browsing eBay....

Q. I've found out that the reason I'm not getting any job offers is because of a bad reference. What really kills me is that the bad-mouthing isn't from a...