By Carol A. Hacker
If you are a younger manager with responsibility for managing people who are older than you, you know what a challenge it can be. One of the biggest challenges for younger managers lies in how they are going to supervise people who are older than them, have more experience than they do, [...]

by Carol A. Hacker
The November 2008 U.S. job loss report was staggering. More than 500,000 jobs shed in one month, the worst one-month job loss since December 1974. That brings the 2008 job loss total to 1.9 million.And according to a New York Times report on the job loss situation, [...]

by Sarah McAdams
Nearly three-quarters of employees are stressed about money — and 45% say their financial worries make it harder for them to do their jobs, according to a Workplace Options survey.
Current predictions about the economy surely won’t improve matters. “The key source of people’s money stress is far deeper than where [...]

by Boyd Byers
Every office has at least one. The guy who stockpiles Star Wars action figures in his cubicle. Or the gal with the Hello Kitty screen saver who jams to the same music as her teenage daughter.
Twenty years ago, they would have been considered immature and unprofessional. Today, they’re more likely to be seen [...]