Job Postings Up for 6+ months? Is it just me or are there many organizations who have had the same job posted for 6 months to a year? Anyone care to weigh in on what's really going on?

Is it okay to text my previous mentor about my new return position? context: I am a returning intern at a company that undergoes frequent reorg; in fact, my mentor was moved to a different team during my previous intern. ​I was originally assigned to return to Team A (where my…

Please help me to be stay positive! I am searching for a new role. My manager thrives on making me feel small. When she knows she is getting to me, it puffs her up. Today I am just tired. I just don't want to deal with her. But I have to stay positive. I don't want to lash out at…

Good morning! Any referrals/recommendations for employment lawyers who work on contingency in the DC/MD area?

I resigned from my job in health ins after 7 years for a job more aligned with my masters degree in healthcare administration and my ongoing passion of working in gerontology. (I have volunteered over the years in Alzheimer’s and dementia and have found it very fulfilling).…

Looking to career pivot into patient services operations career path and need connection/advice! Historically I have a background in healthcare operations and healthcare tech with diverse focus from support to implementation roles. I feel the most rewarded helping patients…

Need some advice… I am 63, working full time in sales job - low base plus commission. I make high five figures total, which is challenging as a single person in a high cost of living city. I am doing fine in the role, hitting goals. Commission varies month to month. I have a good…

I am an Executive Director of a nonprofit who was wrongfully accused of misconduct by a state agency. Former staff got together to file a complaint. I recently learned about it from another employee that was contacted by the group. The state agency never spoke to me about the…

I just recently quit my corporate job. I'm 60 and was having work dumped on me after a coworker quit. I was putting in many OT hours but they wouldn't pay me for it (even though we were down one person's pay). They were dragging their feet about hiring a replacement. I decided I…

What is the best way to give notice to a repressive, negative manager who is always trying to make you feel small? I will be giving my two weeks notice and I want to leave on good terms, without giving details of my new job. I want to keep it professional, short, sweet and to the…

I have a new department director and I am an hourly employee. My director always says he will call me and then the whole day goes by and he doesn’t until the last moment when I have I have to clock out. He knows I usually leave at a certain time, but I feel he doesn’t respect my…

I turn 58 and I am over my job. Has anyone else here taken early retirement? I have savings and investments and yes I am talking to my financial advisor, but with the global state of the economy I am a bit nervous. I am grossly underpaid but I am most worried RE healthcare costs.

Why finding a job for higher positions as a woman is difficult? why men have all options? In one of the interview I was asked about my marital status stating it what to know your commitment towards work. It’s been few months now couldn’t find a job I was on sabbatical due to…

3 years ago almost to the day I was laid off from a company that I was working full time for and for the second time in my career. I have been working retail for the last 3 years and want to get back into my chosen profession again of technical recruiting. How do I present myself…

Is this a new thing? I work remotely. Whenever I call my manager she picks up, but she never says anything. After waiting about 5 seconds, I say something and then she acts like I was supposed to say something. As long as I can remember, when someone calls me, I answer either…

I received 3 rejection emails yesterday this week 1 AFTER THE OTHER. I received a rejection email while I was on the phone with my mom & it CRUSHED MY SPIRIT. For the past 4 months, I have dealt with NONSTOP REJECTION EMAILS. Ive been laid off for almost 3 months & just received…

A few years ago my health declined and I left my 6 figure job . Took 2 years off , spent 30k to get healthier and wiped 50k savings . Then I took a job from home making less that I hate , then got laid off, now almost a year . My health has declined again and not doing well in…

During this holiday season, I would like to post something optimistic. I am an almost 65 year old (2/26) licensed clinical social worker who also has lived experience with mental illness. In March 2024 I took a step down from a job where I was a supervisor in which I was…

Trying to pick myself up after a botched interview. It was a complete fail. I can already tell that I would not mesh with the culture there, but after the interview I feel as though I have zero skills, zero worth. I've been searching for a job for so long, and I am seeing how my…

Now that 2025 is soon coming to a close, do you guys think that the job market will improve or get worse in 2026?