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The gender pay gap has been slowly closing for years. Will 2021 erase that progress?

February 9, 2021 at 7:22 a.m.

COVID-19 has been brutal on just about everyone, but it's been particularly miserable for working women who have been hit with a double whammy. First, women are overrepresented in industries...

The 30 most popular online courses of 2020

January 7, 2021 at 4:41 p.m.

This year may have been a nightmare in most ways, but 2020 has been a banner year for online education. Besides millions of students around the world being forced to...

The perfect, soothing year-end ritual for a chaotic 2020: Writing your own ‘best of’ lists

December 28, 2020 at 12:02 p.m.

From holiday cheer to winter coziness, December has lots to recommend it. But one of the month's greatest pleasures may be the avalanche of 'best of the year' lists that...

The impact of ‘toxic positivity’ on the job

September 30, 2020 at 4:46 p.m.

Over the last decades, as Americans have grown sadder and lonelier by a whole host of measures, our employers have become obsessed with cheering us up. Google and many other...

What’s your ideal remote work/life balance? Tips from a Wharton professor.

September 25, 2020 at 2:54 p.m.

Since the start of the pandemic, there have been approximately a million and one think pieces on the topic of remote work: Is it good or bad? Hurting our productivity...

You’re not the only one who feels overqualified for your job

December 24, 2018 at 12:16 a.m.

Brazen Careerist In college, you slaved away in classes and threw yourself into internships, always raising your hand to tackle extra work. You took on extracurricular activities and volunteered your...

Is Gen Y delusional about how to have a successful career?

December 25, 2018 at 11:16 a.m.

Brazen Careerist Have the likes of Mark Zuckerberg deluded Gen Y into think the path to success is straight, fast and ever upward? Legendary success, like that of startups like...

Does Gen Y depend too much on parents for career advice?

December 25, 2018 at 4:40 a.m.

Brazen Careerist Young people may be graduating into an epically crappy job market, but in one way, they're lucky. Like never before, this generation has a vast array of career...

Gen Y hearts tech employers, new report says

December 24, 2018 at 2:01 p.m.

Brazen Careerist Everyone knows young people have a pretty intense relationship with tech in their private lives -- we sleep with our phones, can't get our social media streams out...

Feel like you’re faking it? That might not be a bad thing

December 24, 2018 at 10:35 a.m.

Brazen Careerist A lucky (or perhaps irritating) few of us are seemingly born with swagger, but for the vast majority of people, confidence and ease comes with practice and accomplishment....

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