Just looking for some advice. I got an associate's degree in 1998 in Business and after 3 years decided to be a stay-at-home mom, now my children are grown and I am graduating this year with a bachelor's degree in business. How do I gain the attention of potential employers and…
Wondering if there are other women out there age 60+ having a very tough time getting a decent paying position in their field? I’ve been job hunting for 2+ years and am now going to go freelance where age doesn’t seem to be a key factor in getting hired. Would love to hear from…
How long should your resume be? It is generally been understood that a resume should be no longer than two pages, however depending on what you do that there may be room for negotiation. Below is a guide that explains when a resume of a different length might be appropriate. When…
I’d love some advice from you wonderful people! I have been with my current company for about 10 years, moved up through the ranks as it were in my current function. I love my job and hoped one day to lead that team which is a board level role. My Boss was recently promoted,…
What should a Professional do if a supervisor changes their schedule suddenly and unexpectedly? I started a new job and made it exactly one month on the job. The supervisor tells me that my schedule will change because some team department needs extra help. They said “we need the…
Should I be concerned about how my company evaluates people? I work at an EOS (entreupreneural operating system) company that completes quarterly reviews. Bonuses are based on those reviews. This past quarter, I was out for about 2.5 weeks with COVID (which they said was…
Hello! I'm in a major predicament and I'm hoping some of you can help. Will try and keep this as short as possible. I had a great job of 6 years until the last year. My first boss retired and a new one came on who treated me terribly. I decided to leave. Here's the thing. I…
I am one of two final candidates for a director level role. My main red flag or issue of the many interviews I went through was the theme kept coming up: the leadership team is challenged (disorganized) because everyone works on everything all the time and they make all decisions…
Stuck on the salary question! Before interviews or submitting a job application, I do my research. I'm applying for Marketing Director positions and I'm seeing salary ranges between 60-250K. Depending on the size of the company and location, I've even seen salaries listed between…
I made a career change from retail supervisor to a different company in an Hr/p&c role. I’m not entirely enjoying it because I feel like the company I went to wasn’t the best. But it’s giving me great experience. I started back up my job search and it hasn’t even been a week of…
Need advice with team members being resistant We are doing a move from one office to another; we are scheduled to move late May and we still don't have the keys to the building. Both moves take place in another city in the same state; I have three team members that report to me…
This week I had my work anniversary and at our team meeting, the team very sweetly acknowledged the occasion during the meeting. However, one member of the team who behaves in a very passive-aggressive manner towards me gave me a gift of a spa treatment to mark the occasion. She…
Noticed a typo on resume which added erroneus 20 years of experience at a job which I have been in for 2 months. I have corrected this on all job boards but have applied to many jobs with it. It is a chronological resume. How do I address this at an interview? I have one next…
How do I get past the fact that I have not had long-term jobs in the past 6 years and I have worked on temporary work but that has been it, not enough to make a long term work? I have a general degree in Finance. And it seems not to help me get a job. In finance. My husband left…
Turned down a great opportunity due to salary. It was a difficult decision to make but although the job sounded rewarding, I needed to be smart about my long-term finances. Adulting is hard!
I'm super frustrated and need some advice. I have been trying to pivot from front-end development to product management. I have about a decade of experience, including many projects for which I've straddled the roles of engineer and PM. I have a great resume that gets my foot in…
new job but it’s a bad fit I just started a new corporate job two months ago. Before my start date, my hiring manager called to tell me they had left the company. Within two weeks of starting, the remaining members of my team had left. I understand this is the job market right…
Is it fair for a boss to ask for justification of why you can't attend a meeting outside of work hours? Context: my boss frequently sets meetings for 8am and 7am in the mornings. Most times, I make it work and attend. This time, she set a meeting for Friday at 8am and I had…
change of attitude - Looking for advice: I am a PM manager at a company that expanded really fast (started as an individual contributor and now manage 6 PMs & 12 teams). the work was amazing - very 24/7 and super intense but was worth it bc of the impact I was able to have and…