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Questions to ask before you take the job.

Are you the seven-foot superhero, the conniving villain, the strong-willed woman, or the family-man cop? You'd better be one of them, or risk being cut...

Hobbies count.

Five strategies for weathering the ups and downs.

Five strategies to buy yourself time — without losing the opportunity.

A series of seven studies found that candidates have more power than they assume.

... before you take the job.

Most people think of Napster when they think of peer-to-peer systems. Nirav Tolia, CEO of Epinions, explains why the power of peer-to-peer goes far beyond...

And a few to avoid.

Your career didn't start with your first job.

Flexibility, in the aggregate, has serious downsides — especially for younger workers.

John Browne believes that all companies battling it out in the global information age face a common challenge: using knowledge more effectively than their...

Making the most of a bad career move.

The do’s and don’ts of navigating a career transition that’s taking longer than you hoped.

Research-backed advice to help you face an algorithm.

The founder of WordPress says hiring must take into account your company’s unique way of working.

And how to manage it better

Resumes are dead. Interviews are largely ineffectual. Linked-In is good. Portfolios are useful. But projects are the real future of hiring, especially knowledge working hiring. No matter how wonderful your references or how well you do on those too-clever-by-half Microsoft/Google brainteasers, serious firms will increasingly ask serious candidates to do serious work in order to […]

Five steps to get a jump on your next big career move.

More employers are using tests as part of the hiring process. Here’s how to prepare for them.