Help please - Which way do I go? I have been with my job for 10.5 years and loved it until the company brought in a new COO last August, who is a racist, discriminatory person. He has been in cahoots with the HR manager and senior execs to oust me since he got here. He put me on…

I am struggling with a hit in confidence. Will be let go at the end of the year for reasons that are not me - senior mgmt doesn’t value the role of operations, financial troubles, not our first round of layoffs. And I’ve made peace with leaving but in trying to find something…

Hi All, I am a soon to be qualified accountant and I have seen great disparities between different companies in their accounting department. Unfortunately, I did not qualify via a big 4 company or a top 50 accounting company. I have worked for both private and FTSE listed…

Hello all. I am a 37 year old woman with several years of experience in B2B settings and roles in software/client implementation, workflow management, client services, analysis, background investigations and leadership. To put it lightly, I guess I'm a jack of all (many) trades,…

I recently was promoted within the organization to an executive assistant to the VP. HR asst. my first 3 months were extremely busy, stressful and confusing. Had I not been in the organization for 10 years in a previous role, I think they may have fire me. fast forward and I’m…

The job I want is opening up in a few months... and I think I'm mostly qualified for it but will need to convince management to give me a chance. The person in that role is most likely moving on to another office and I think I have most of the basic skills and education required;…

When do you know it's time for you to leave your job?

I am at a crossroads career wise and need to make a decision on what’s next. I worked for a large firm that is part of a public company with many different subsidiaries. I was hired into a leadership position 2.5 years ago and year 1.5 were great in terms of my performance and…

How do I best handle the timing of job offers? I've been out of work for almost a year, although I have only been seriously job searching for the past three months, when I opened myself up to looking nationwide. I'm currently a finalist for two jobs. Both good opportunities,…

Tale of 2 bosses I report to 2 managers. With very different ways of leading and communicating, both with their own pros and cons. One leans more into a different department, so they usually focus on that side of the business. Whenever I submit work and projects to them to…

Feeling sad after giving notice. I was hired in a role in July. The start was extremely rocky and the onboarding process was basically nonexistent. I’m pretty out of my depth with the content of the position a lot of the time, which has made it feel like an uphill struggle. My…

Defining on call pay. Hi all. Looking for some advise here. This is my first job in IT and the first time I’ve experienced working in an on call environment. I feel that I am entitled to on call pay and here is why. Here is some background. I work at a start up company (WFH) and…

Interview Questions I left a job 7 months ago after being there almost 9 years. The last 2 I did my best to tolerate an extremely toxic environment after a new supervisor was put in place. Verbal abuse, age discrimination, retaliation, bullying, just barely scratches the surface…

Questions on a potential career change I recently graduated with my undergraduate in Healthcare Administration, and I can’t find a job to save my life. To help me boost my resume, I’ve been considering obtaining a certification from Coursera in Human Resources. Note I have no…

I resigned from my job 9 months ago. It was mainly because the duties increased and changed significantly and became very confusing. There was also no pay bump. I was there for over 2 years. I have an interview today and I am worried about answering the question, "why did you…

Employees who constantly complain Let's face it, we all can be negative Nancys - it's just human nature sometimes. But what about the employees who never let it go?? For example, there is an employee I work with that constantly brings up the same topics over and over again. One…

Pivoting from Technical Sales to Enablement I have for many years been in data storage solution sales and led technical teams. Enablement (both sales and technical) has always been one of the key tenets of delivering successful teams to the business. I would now like to focus on…

What would you consider a red flag in a job description? Mine would be if a job description says "we're a family", "Rockstar" or "work hard, play hard".

In my 50s. Tired of the rat race. I am expecting a layoff soon based on how things are going on with my company. I am tired of the corporate bureaucracy. Also, need to care for aging relative. Tried to find remote work, but very hard right now. Looking for ideas for career…

Although I hold my masters degree in healthcare admin specializing in gerontology and have a solid 11 years of direct experience under my belt, at 42 I have been out of the workforce for 4 years now due to my own personal medical health. Although 8 out of my 9 doctors/specialists…