Carol Kleiman

Jon F. Malysiak had been in his job as an editor at a publishing company in Chicago for three years in January when his division was shut down and everyone...

If you're thinking about working a flexible schedule, you probably wonder what price you might have to pay for the privilege. One decade after the proliferation of part-time work, flexible...

The offices of MovingStation, a relocation coordination company in downtown Chicago, are in a building located near two commuter train stations. That strategic and extremely convenient site was not chosen...

I get letters and phone calls and faxes and e-mail about the world of work. Q. Is it proper during my exit interview or in my resignation letter to let...

`Maybe it's something I said." That's a comment I frequently hear from job seekers who didn't get the job they wanted. And while strong verbal communication skills are essential during...

Charita Stone, 35, an administrative assistant at the Illinois Department of Human Services in Chicago, is a single parent. Her son, Brian Crawford, is 17 years old. "I've been working...

Downsizing, layoffs, staffing adjustment, right-sizing, employee reorganization. Whatever euphemisms employers use, the plain truth is that massive firings nationwide have returned after some five years in which employees enjoyed a...

In "My Fair Lady," the movie and stage adaptations of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," professor Henry Higgins, one of my favorite misogynists, wonders out loud, "Why can't a woman be...

Here are insights into careers and the workplace from experts--you, the readers: Early career choices: Richard M. Eastman of Naperville, now retired, is former academic dean of North Central College...

Something unusual happened when Marissa Moltzen interviewed for her current job as business analyst manager at DataCo., a database marketing company in Chicago that specializes in customer analysis: To her...