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Survival Tactic: Recognize Your Female Talent, Part Two

BY Nancy EinhartWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:35 AM

The founders of Fine Line Consulting know why corporate America needs more women at the top. Here, they discuss the roadblocks to retaining and rewarding female talent -- and prescribe solutions for vaulting those barriers.READ»

PERSONAL GROWTH | Comment

Be Resolved

BY Laurie CootsWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:35 AM

Resolve to sharpen your learning skills wherever and whenever the opportunity to arises.READ»

PERSONAL GROWTH | Comment

Is Your Education Just Business As Usual?

BY Lars MortensenWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:35 AM

If so, you need a get-you-in-the-game curriculum that will help you build the tools to succeed.READ»

PERSONAL GROWTH | Comment

Maximizing Success

BY Cecilia RothenbergerWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:34 AM

Career coach James Waldroop offers his strategies for turning Achilles' heels into personal successREAD»

PERSONAL GROWTH | Comment

Coping With Change

BY Astrid SandovalWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:34 AM

Seven ways to thrive in chaos -- and realize a reinventionREAD»

BUSINESS BOOKS | Comment

Career Cramming

BY Cecilia RothenbergerWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

Four need-to-reads for rookiesREAD»

ONLINE BUSINESS | Comment

I. Finding the Right Company for You: Team, Idea, Timing

BY Gregory J. PleshawWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

Late in 1999, Time magazine named Jeff Bezos Person of the Year for revolutionizing global commerce. Ironically, Bezos led his commercial revolution from atop Amazon.com, a global company that has yet to turn a profit. Since that ...READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS | Comment

IV. Workplace Injuries in the Dotcom Environment

BY Gregory J. PleshawWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

Serial typists and renegade programmers face some of the most grueling workplace health risks in the new economy. Sitting blurry-eyed and slump-backed in front of a computer screen all day is no longer the cushy gig reserved for ...READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS | Comment

V. An Internet Union: Does Collective Bargaining Make Sense When " We're All Owners Here? "

BY Gregory J. PleshawWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

New-economy job classifications range from temp to perma-temp, independent contractor to freelance, full-time exempt to nonexempt, and salaried employee to wage earner. While it seems unlikely that one union could represent this ...READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS | Comment

II. Documents and Jargon of the New Economy

BY Gregory J. PleshawWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

The new economy barters, trades, and produces one integral asset more than any other: intellectual property. This term, once reserved for music- and film-industry types, is reshaping the work environment for computer engineers, ...READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS | Comment

III. Death March: The Long Hours of the New Economy

BY Gregory J. PleshawWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

Employees inside the biggest computer software and Internet companies engage in a cruel and unusual ritual before every major trade show and conference. It's called the "Death March." The name refers to the all-nighters and short ...READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS | Comment

Dotcom Bill of Rights

BY Gregory J. PleshawWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

Call it the new American dream: hopping on board a pre-IPO dotcom with obscene amounts of venture-capital funding and creative energy, and riding the magic carpet of ones and zeroes straight to early retirement. Not surprisingly, ...READ»

PERSONAL GROWTH | Comment

Cease and De-Stress

BY Lauren HeistWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:32 AM

Studies suggest that lack of career control may cause more stress than long hours or work/life imbalanceREAD»

CAREER PLANNING | Comment

Janie Fossner

BY Fast CompanyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:31 AM

College: Northwestern University Major: Economics Hometown: Dix Hills, New York Age: 22 First Job: Teach for America in Oakland, California Job search advice for the Class of 2000: "Start early, talk to people who are already ...READ»

CAREER PLANNING | Comment

Andrew Henderson

BY Fast CompanyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:31 AM

College: UC Berkeley Major: Economics Hometown: Sacramento, California Age: 23 First Job: Associate for Brown-Simpson Asset Management in Palo Alto, California. "It's a catch-all position. It's a small office, so I'm doing everything ...READ»

CAREER PLANNING | 1 comment

Kate Lee

BY Fast CompanyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:30 AM

College: University of Pennsylvania Major: Art History Hometown: Warren, New Jersey Age: 22 First Job: Traveling to London this fall and working there for six months. I had vaguely always thought that my primary criterion for a ...READ»

CAREER PLANNING | Comment

Jason Kane

BY Fast CompanyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:30 AM

College: University of Pennsylvania Major: Psychology Hometown: Trenton, New Jersey Age: 22 First Job: Indefinite To begin, my foremost priority in choosing a first job is getting enough money so that I don't have to live at home ...READ»

CAREER PLANNING | 1 comment

Playing Rookie

BY Fast CompanyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:28 AM

Graduating college seniors across the nation share their criteria, ambitions, and priorities for a first job.READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS | 5 comments

The Bigs of the Blogs

BY David FutrelleWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:26 AM

The most popular places in the blogosphere, according to Technorati, as measured by the number of links to those blogs during the past six months.READ»

BUSINESS TRAVEL | Comment

Nightmare in Boomtown

BY Jonathan GreenWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:24 AM

Mark Seidenfeld was just another American cashing in on the post-Soviet boom. Then one bad deal in Kazakhstan sent his life into a spiral of extortion, siberian prison, and frontier justice. A cautionary tale.READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE | Comment

Going Native

BY Kate Bonamici FlaimWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:24 AM

Before Alex Frankel found nirvana at the Apple Store, he spent almost two years seeing life through the eyes of a service-industry wage slave. His journey yielded intriguing insights about some of the country's most cherished companies.READ»

LEADERSHIP MENTORING | 4 comments

It's Not Just Who You Know

BY David LidskyWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:20 AM

The rise of the "professional Web" lets you collect colleagues like Pez dispensers. Resist the urge.READ»

PERSONAL GROWTH | Comment

Cliché Watch

BY Fast Company StaffWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:20 AM

How much are your hackneyed personal strengths really worth? Plenty, if you're that go-to person. The average salary offered in nationwide job listings that seek clichéd applicant attributes, according to ...READ»

BUSINESS BOOKS | Comment

And Career Makes Three

BY Linda TischlerWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:20 AM

Mothers don't have to opt out. And they don't have to feel guilty about it, either.READ»

MADE TO STICK | 8 comments

Success Can Make You Stupid

BY Dan HeathWed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:19 AM

Did you win because you were smart or because you tipped the scales in your favor? READ»