Carol Kleiman

Dear Coach: Do employers look for extracurricular activities on a resume? Do they help you get a job? Carol Kleiman: They don't hurt, but they don't mean too much on...

Filling out an electronic job application isn't as easy a way to get a job as technology makes it look. First you have to get past the initial online screening...

One way for women to learn what they need to know to get ahead is to find out all about it, firsthand, from female colleagues who have been there, done...

Dear Coach, What is the point of constantly updating your resume if you're not looking for a job? Carol Kleiman: Because it's a great advantage to have an updated resume...

Men who have been through a series of unsuccessful job interviews are concerned that perhaps they're dressing incorrectly and that's why they didn't get the job. Some say they feel...

`It is clear that work/life has expanded to include nearly every aspect of a person's working life," according to a report in the executive briefing series of Boston College's Center...

Dear Coach, I want to list my temporary agency assignments on my resume. I know it's OK to list the staffing firm I work for but wonder if I can...

Like most of you, Coach Carol has the day off. Here's some time-tested advice to tide you over until she returns next week: Dear Coach, I don't understand why employers...

Having a goal, a serious career plan, is an important tool in professional satisfaction and advancement. In fact, it's a must. "Setting and achieving goals help create a focus for...

`Sexual harassment is not only bad for victims, it's bad for business. Eliminating sexual harassment not only makes good moral and legal sense, it also makes good business sense. Particularly...