Carol Kleiman

It used to be that high school seniors were told it was time to start thinking about a career. Now some career experts are saying 8th grade is the time...

Smart Start--even the name of it sounds right on target--is an early child-care program initiated by the State of North Carolina in 1993. It pairs public funding with private dollars...

After several years on the job, Kathy Welton was asked to sign a non-compete agreement by her employer that barred her from working for anyone else in her industry for...

Howard Hill doesn't wash his dirty laundry in public, but he comes pretty close. Every Thursday morning, Hill, an account executive at The Promotion Network Inc., piles his laundry into...

Here are some proven solutions to workplace problems: Paging workers: Employees required to wear pagers 24 hours a day get frustrated about the intrusion into their personal lives. Being compensated...

Marsha Serlin, chief executive officer of United Scrap Metal Inc., a metal buying and recycling company based in Cicero, is an enthusiastic supporter of flexible hours. But her transition three...

I get letters and phone calls and faxes and e-mail about the world of work: Q--I'm a network engineer and am certified in my field. Since my skill is in...

Last July, Zabrina and Kerry Kluczynski, a dual-career couple, had an important decision to make about child care when Kerry's mother, who had been the babysitter for their two children,...

Sandra S. Desenfants of Imperial Beach, Calif., is a highly-qualified and experienced medical staff coordinator. But even though she began an intensive job search in March and "must have faxed...

There's another twist to the concept of virtual teams, which are made up of telecommuters in different locations: Some teams now are ongoing, rather than being created only for temporary...