At the Office

6 Things to Know When Starting a New Job

by Marie May 2, 2012

The job market is picking up, four long years after the Great Recession’s start. You’ve been waiting in the wings for new opportunities and your job search and interview efforts have finally landed you a new golden job. You’ve given good notice, said your goodbyes, wrapped up your current assignments and handed them off and [...]

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Why My Husband Hates The NFL Draft

by Elizabeth April 24, 2012

This Thursday night at eight o’clock, millions of people – mostly men, I’m guessing – will be tuning in to watch the NFL Draft. They’ll be watching to see who goes first (Stanford’s Andrew Luck or Baylor’s RG3?), which player their hometown team chooses, and – in many cases – to vicariously live out their [...]

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Perfectionism On The Job: What It’s Costing You

by Elizabeth April 2, 2012

My work day began every morning at 8:57 on the dot. Not 8:55am, not 9am. My first task was to meticulously go through my email inbox, sorting through the dozens of viewer emails I’d received overnight before I felt ready to accomplish anything. I always took my lucky purple pen into the morning news gathering [...]

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Get Ahead at Work – Build a Star Trek Team

by Marie March 28, 2012

Star Trek – the 2009 version of the movie – showed the famous Kirk-Spock team at its beginning – in its formative stage.  The famous fictional team – comprised of Captain Kirk, 1st Officer Spock, Dr. McCoy, Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, Ensign Checkoff, and Lieutenants Uhura (communications) and Sulu (pilot), accomplished impossible tasks. Working together, [...]

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Hey, Jealousy: A Case Of Professional Envy

by Elizabeth March 26, 2012

Her name is Jamie. Actually, it’s Doctor Jamie. We went to the same college. We both ended up moving to the same small town. We’re both married with young children. That, however, is where our similarities end. Because while I am most definitely a broke professional, Dr. Jamie (the “doctor” comes from her career as [...]

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