Marci Alboher, Working the New Economy
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How to cope with a bad boss
To mangle Tolstoy, good bosses are all alike. They are good mentors; they care about your happiness and advancement; their interests seem aligned with your own.Bad bosses, on the other hand, come in many flavors. And a new book, "Working for You Isn't Working for Me," by Katherine Crowley and Kathi
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Social media: Is it a revolution or a fad?
You might have seen the video. It's called Social Media Revolution and it's already gotten over 400,000 hits on YouTube since its release only a few weeks ago. It tells a story through numbers about the furious growth of social media around the world. Facts appear on the screen in rapid succession w
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5 tricks for wicked good writing
Last spring, I took a writing workshop led by Constance Hale, who is well known in literary circles as an extraordinary teacher. The workshop was based on her book, Sin and Syntax, and in about an hour, Hale transformed the way I think about writing sentences and spinning out paragraphs. At Hale's f
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How to be a smarter negotiator
Every time I enter a negotiation it feels like the first time. I can rehearse, prepare and strategize, but if I really want something or have any emotional stake in the deal, all the wisdom I think I've collected over the years starts jumbling together. (For example, "Never start the money conversat
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Will online education replace the Ivy League?
One of the lasting effects of the recession of 2009 may be that many upper middle class parents who expected to send their children to private universities now can't afford it. And since those families are probably too well-off for financial aid, there will be a huge boom in attendance at state coll
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5 ways to use Twitter in your career
My colleague, Sarah Milstein, just wrote a book on Twitter (conveniently called "The Twitter Book"). Before her book came out, I liked to think of Sarah as my own private Twitter tutor. She was the 21st user of the service and tried to get me interested in it back in 2006. I resisted. I couldn't see