5 Tricks I Use to Manage My Career As a Chronically Ill Person

Managing an autoimmune disorder can feel like a second job — albeit a job that has zero pay and terrible benefits.

Just after my 15th birthday, a doctor diagnosed me with Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) — an autoimmune disorder that causes muscle tissue …

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If You Have OCD and Struggle With Your Career — Try These 15 Jobs

Those who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have many challenges when it comes to working in many traditional office settings. Among other challenges, those who suffer with OCD may have challenges meeting certain expectations at work, dealing with coworkers or …

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Why Capco’s Maleni Palacios Believes in Building Communities at Work

As a kid, Maleni Palacios had a long list of questions that no one could answer for her.

“I started asking myself, ‘Why are some countries rich? Why are some of them “poor”? What is this notion of a country …

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Interview Tips for New Grads on the Autism Spectrum

You have worked really hard to get to this point. You are just about ready to graduate and take the next big step. But are you really ready? Interviewing for a job can put the best of us on edge …

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How This NSA Systems Engineer Has Grown Her Career by Harnessing the Power of ERGs

One thing Arielle does each day that she wishes more people would do is say ‘thank you.’ “I may say thank you just as much as I say hello in a day. I think it is important to show people …

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Navigating Career Twists: Lessons from Three Women

You don’t usually expect to find an opera singer, a PhD, and an English major-turned-social-media exec swapping career stories in the same Zoom room. But that’s exactly what happened when Jodie Fiorenza, Menaka Sankaralingam, and Zandy Ring sat down to …

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The (New) Most Powerful Job Search

As you may have seen, there were two recent changes to the biggest job boards:

1) LinkedIn has moved to a new AI-based job searching system – which, while cool, makes it hard to get a handle on exactly how …

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4 Online Classes That Will Improve Your Soft Skills

I'm a huge fan of personal and professional development. Regularly setting new goals helps you tackle boredom, adds skills to your résumé, and increases your chances of securing the job you want (or a promotion if you already have the …

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3 Secrets of Great Interview Communication

In this post, we share three interview communication tips from Genelle Kahan, a former Bain & Co. Manager who spent nine years at Bain in their San Francisco and Boston offices. During her tenure as a management consultant, Kahan headed …

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The Ultimate Career Assessment Test for Students (Free)

If you’re feeling lost, confused, or anxious about the job search, a career assessment can be a helpful starting point to understand what kinds of careers might be a good fit for you. The best career assessments will consider multiple …

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