Carol Kleiman

In the good times--just a few years ago--employees who were dissatisfied voiced their complaints to management without too much fear of retribution. Today, there still are plenty of justifiable complaints,...

Q. I work with adult students and help them with their job searches, resumes, etc. Most of the jobs they apply for require a high school diploma--and they don't have...

Hanging on the wall of my cubicle is a poster of two toddlers, one a girl, the other a boy, looking down the front of their diapers. The caption says:...

Remember last year when you complained loudly that you only got a 4 percent raise? Today, with salary freezes and salary reductions, that sounds like an awful lot of money....

Q. I have a co-worker who hates to do any work. I continually have to cover for her. Now, to make things worse--and it does--she's having an affair with the...

As early as 1989, Jennifer Glass, professor and chair of the sociology department at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, had "fears that if employers introduced flexible hours and...

Managing your career--which includes getting a job, keeping the one you have and moving up the career ladder--is always an important assignment. But in a tight economy, career management is...

Q. I work for an organization I respect and I love the people I work with, but the manager of our team constantly lies to us. He encourages us to...

The federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 is "a big deal," observes Anne Ladky, executive director of Women Employed, a Chicago-based national advocacy organization for women's economic advancement....

Here are some insights into the world of work and how positive approaches make a positive difference. A good exit: Recently, I wrote about the fact that when times get...