Carol Kleiman

One, two and you're out. That's the pattern E. Spes Mekus, principal of Tanager Design Group Inc., in Chicago, found some of her employees who were working mothers following in...

Dear Coach, I work for a small company in a small town and have not received nor asked for a raise in the three years I've been here. I don't...

Stress interviews: Many managers and hiring officers in the human resources profession think that keeping job applicants "off balance" and on the defensive by asking somewhat obnoxious questions is the...

If men are offered the opportunity to have flexible hours and to take paternity leave--and aren't punished by their managers for taking advantage of these options--they often are as eager...

Dear Coach, Is it worth it to pay a lot of money to have an Internet service write your resume? I don't have a lot of cash. Carol Kleiman: No,...

Harold J. Leavitt, retired professor of organizational behavior at the graduate school of business at Stanford University in California, emphatically states that "businesses are run by hierarchies that follow a...

`The dearth of women in top leadership roles [at Fortune 500 companies] is striking," asserts Deborah Merrill-Sands, dean of the Simmons School of Management, a business school specifically designed for...

Dear Coach, I want to be a state trooper, but they give a polygraph test and ask about drug use. I've never abused drugs, but years ago, when young and...

Blog warnings: A blog--your personal Web page journal--is a fairly new way of keeping a record of your activities, expressing your innermost thoughts and exchanging information with your cyberspace readers....

`I believe the family comes first," said Mark McNabola, attorney with the Chicago law firm of Cogan & McNabola PC, which specializes in personal injury and medical malpractice. That's quite...