Carol Kleiman

In June, when reports of a softening economy were accelerating and other businesses were beginning to look for ways to cut expenses, Intrinsic Technologies, an information technology consulting firm in...

When you're looking for a job, salary usually is the No. 1 consideration. But money isn't always everything. And that's something new graduates and job switchers increasingly are aware of,...

Margaret Johnsson, president and CEO of The Johnsson Group Inc., a strategic and financial consulting firm in Chicago, says she's always looking for "breakthrough" solutions for her clients. And that's...

Letters, I get letters and phone calls and faxes and e-mail about the world of work: Q. A year ago, I left a major computer-maker to pursue the dot-com dream....

Ana Maria Soto is a rarity, a very happy one. Though she's a parent and works outside the home, she isn't stressed out and is able to handle her work...

Here are some noteworthy definitions to add to the vocabulary of the workplace: Dumb, dumb and dumber: Natalie Jones of Chicago, a retired department store salesperson, thinks that labeling as...

Everyone knows that supervisors manage employees, but Michael S. Dobson of Palatine says it should be a two-way street: You also have to manage your manager. "If you don't manage...

Two years ago, Abbott Laboratories, the giant global health-care company based in North Chicago, Ill., did a survey and found an astonishing fact: Its 15,000 employees at the time in...

In 1999, editorial consultant Matthew Gilbert of East Sound, Wash., began thinking about transferring his skills to more technical work on the Web. "It was a new vista to explore,...

In 1986, Shelley MacDermid, who was working toward her doctorate in human development and family studies at Pennsylvania State University, analyzed a manufacturing firm's employee counseling service in order to...