The forthcoming ban that will change your career and paycheck — At the only holiday “party” I go to anymore, these words were on repeat in every conversation pod. I bet you’ve heard them or spoken them… “Did you see the video of …” …The movie star speeding down a residential street? (RIP Anne Heche.) A delivery person taking a “Your package is delivered!” picture with their phone…

The problem with saying this is not childish, it’s dangerous. — “He’s a problem child.” The speaker rolled his eyes a little as he said the words “problem child” as if to suggest, “Among my many responsibilities, I now have to deal with this person.” “Problem child.” Have you ever heard that term used to describe someone at work? Or maybe…

And how to make recruiters and headhunters want you the minute they see your profile. — I’ve been an author, strategist, and speaker on career topics for over ten years. These are the three most common mistakes I see and how fixing these can make your career path rise effortlessly. Think helium balloon. 1. "Just Married!" Have you ever seen these words hastily written on a car’s back window…

Was our professor right to show us this and say nothing? — “Don’t mess with her,” said a classmate lowering his voice as the infamous Dr. D. walked down the hall of our school’s new building turning into the suite of offices she shared with four other professors. In the Mass Communications department, she was the only professor students approached with trepidation…

A short walk intersects with a pack of dogs. Now what? — Note: Courtney usually writes on career-related topics. You can enjoy those here. "This is even better than I expected!" I thought when I arrived at the address of the small cabin I'd booked for a week only a few days before. Clean and thoughtfully appointed, the books on Buddhism were…

And watch everything start to shift in a good way. — Stopped at an intersection, waiting for the light to turn green, I noticed a large paw sticker on the gas cap door of the car in the other lane and a little in front of me. The sticker was about the size of a large man’s palm and covered the…

Or what summer camp taught me decades later. — When I was a pre-teen, my parents sent me to camp for a week one summer. First of all, it was 4-H camp, so not a real rich kid’s camp, but still. We never knew what to expect. I mean, we had a schedule, but things like bad weather were a big deal, and there was…

If they do, knowing them can help you get more money and more freedom at work. — The Corporate Glossary exists because knowing the reality behind trending, sometimes sanitized words or phrases will help you protect yourself and may help you avoid learning these terms for the first time when you’re experiencing them. You know white-collar worker and white-collar crime have specific connotations — suit and tie…

Daylighting, Quiet Quitting, and the Great Resignation are trendy buzzwords, yet this is what you need to do to survive — Reading my email in the car while waiting for a rainstorm to stop, I saw this question posed by a reporter. What strategies will help people in the job market adopt in these tumultuous times? Good Question and right on time too. Three years ago, strategies that worked so well…