I'm in my early 40s and still looking for the right job. I feel like I am never going to find a job that not only values my skill set, but is willing to compensate me fairly. At my age, I feel like job hunting is risky. I found my niche in my field, but finding a way to…

Hi - I have accepted an offer and also did BG check. Now my current employer is trying to retain me, I don’t have any offer yet with them but what do I do? Will they hold it against me if I go ahead with offer outside the firm? If I turn down the offer after signing and doing BG…

Hello All! Does anyone have any tips on landing your first developer role? I left a career in contract management and procurement to teach myself programming. I started out with data structures and javascript (node, react) but transitioned to swift (UIKit, CoreData, SwiftUI,…

Hey everyone, i joined this desperate for advice. i have spent a long time trying to get a marketing or business analyst position and have fallen short more times than i can count. It has been discouraging to say the least.. i feel skilled and ready to enter the workforce but i…

My boss is never wrong. She admits to convincing someone that she knows what she is doing by “the tone”she uses when she speaks. She takes bits of a conversation and “runs” with it causing a lot of drama. No one can correct her because she didn’t do it. Gaslighter, manipulator…

Tomorrow I discuss my title and pay I asked my leader a while back if we could review my title and pay range because my role has evolved since I was hired and I've been able to bring a lot more to the role than they initially expected. My leader was happy to do so but it's been…

Colleague badmouthed to clients by her former manager and now clients refuse to work with her. She and another coworker worked for this manager and apparently he treated them horribly, to the point that HR was involved. Both colleagues left that department and were moved to…

Improvement suggestions requested, please? I've worked for one company most of my career. 25 years was in Customer Service, 4 years as an operations administrator, and one year as a sales support specialist. I had another job from July of last year that I left in April after I…

Last week I resigned from my current contract role. I'm not understanding where I'm supposed to jump in, what exactly my job function is and where to even start. It's been just over two months and I haven't actually done any work. I don't know who to go to to ask questions and my…

My manager of 7 months is highly capable, can be a good coach and listens well. But she has zero regard for her employees’ work hours. Calls and messages 7 days a week at 6pm, 8:45pm, 11pm, 1am (that became a 45 minute meeting)…for an office job where the workday is about…

I've said a few times that this contract job is overwhelmingly stressful and i have repeatedly been a few minutes tardy, yet i've worked 2 months further than expected. How likely will they offer me permanent work if i ask to stay after saying I want to leave?

Ladies, I've searched for a job since May 2020... I closed my . childcare business from a lackluster area and moved to a greater area. I didn't make the monies qualifier for a bank loan and have been job seeking since. I don't have the monies yet, could one of you who is…

My company issues corporate credit cards and will cover the cost of a business lunch so long as work is being discussed. I recently took a remote employee to lunch to go over the agenda for an upcoming meeting with regulatory affairs. I didnt expense my mileage just the cost of…

Hello everyone. Do any of you ever feel depressed and totally unqualified when you are looking for jobs? I've been feeling that way a lot lately.

How do you combat loneliness/being alone all day as a remote employee?

How do you manage complaints, entitlement, negativity, in the moment? I work in a helping profession. Please don’t tell me to let them go. That’s on the table. What I’m looking for are helpful tips for addressing negativity and lack of gratitude. Over the last year, our team…

I have been interviewing for a new job for the past year and a half and I think I've found THE opportunity for me. It hasn't been a super successful search so far, with lots of interviews and heartbreaks along the way but I have hope for this one! I have an interview with the…

How do you work with people who have giant egos? I am working with a guy who believes he is God's gift to the marketing department. I typically just don't engage with "personalities" and keep work front and center, but he's someone I have to work closely with. His attitude of…

I am about to embark on a new career outside of what I have done for, well basically, my entire professional life. I will also have a change in management structure where my direct manager will be on site. In addition, my direct manager will be a female, and I have only worked…

I resigned a job I been at for less than 90 days because the work was misrepresented and my manager was overwhelming. The company reorganized and my manager is no longer with the company. They asked me to stay, and give them more time to realign the strategy. I don’t have another…