Millenials are not good about responding to email and that is bad news for their careers. While email doesn’t have the immediacy associated with texting, IM, or Google Chat, there are some important rules associated with email that should not be ignored.

Job search is a lot like dating—the more work you do at the front end to understand both yourself and your fit in the marketplace, the better the opportunities that will come your way.

For many people September presents a fresh start—like going back to school, it’s a time of renewed motivation and enthusiasm. Three things that help me get restarted are writing,  taking a course and attending a conference  especially in person. There’s nothing more inspiring than being in a shared interest group, with a lot of great speakers. And classes offer unlimited opportunities to network in a friendly setting.

A recent opinion piece in the New York Times last weekend mourned the passing of the English major as an assured path to a job or graduate school.

I love getting questions from readers—and here’s a very practical one that I’m not sure I’ve addressed on this blog before.

I had a very gratifying moment with a client the other day. He’s been out of work for a long time—about 9 months—and has been struggling with transitioning from his original career in journalism to something more secure and lucrative for the long term.

There’s a lot of confusion among recent college grads about how to acquire the skills employers deem necessary when the only way to get those skills is on the job. Going to college no longer guarantees you a well-paying job, and yet the ROI for a college degree is huge.

In my role as career advisor to college students and recent grads, I see plenty of cover letters. They almost always begin with a fairly lengthy description of all the wonderful qualities the candidate brings to the organization. And frequently these letters end with something like, “I am confident that Company X will benefit from my strong communication skills (or quantitative skills).” And there is “I know I can learn a great deal at Company X and look forward to making a strong an immediate impact”.