Barbara Rose

How much would somebody have to pay you to get you to quit your job? A year's salary? A month's rent? Enough cash for a really great trip? It's a...

Richard Wyers can see Lake Erie from his front porch, about 20 miles from the steel mill where he has worked for 36 years. He built the home himself --...

Career coaches are fond of reminding us that the way we leave organizations is as important as the way we come in. Never burn bridges, they warn, no matter how...

It's not easy to persuade employers to invest in sending someone to school, knowing the person could use the new skills to leave for a better job. It's not easy...

At a focus group of technology executives in Silicon Valley, a senior woman offered this advice to her younger counterparts: "If you want to be in the loop, get yourself...

Not to spoil your Monday, but how prepared are you to lose your job? There's little excuse these days for not being ready to kick a job search into high...

Smoking is a lightning rod for controversy, as is the question of whether workers who smoke should have to pay more for their health insurance. It's no wonder then that...

Thomas Kemeny applied for an unpaid summer internship at a top-rated ad agency in Florida after graduating Columbia College in 2005. The aspiring copywriter, now the real deal at San...

Older workers are more vulnerable to losing their jobs than younger ones when companies cut costs. They know this instinctively, even though the law of the land forbids age-related discrimination....

An elevator I boarded the other day on the way to work was decked out wall to wall, floor to ceiling, with a panoramic image of sand dunes. For the...