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When it comes to building a career, there's a lot we can learn from animals (and no, I'm not talking about the IT department.)

Think about it.

No motivation? Be as busy as a bee. Thinking of jumping ship? Be as loyal as a pair of penguins. Looking for a role model? You can't do better than 1,200-pound brown bear No. 32, known to his many ...Read more

NO!

No, you will not get the job. No, there is no reason to schedule an interview. No, we will not be keeping your resume on file.

No. Absolutely not. No way.

If that seems like a harsh reaction to a little resume, you haven't applied for a job lately. Because, lately, people submitting resumes would be delighted to get a "No" response. ...Read more

It's the end of the workday.

Did you accomplish everything? Did you accomplish anything? Did you move the needle, or did the needle move you? Did you achieve quantifiable goals? Did you streamline? Problem-solve? Innovate? Motivate?

If the answers are no, no and not even close, do you have any reason to believe tomorrow's workday will end ...Read more

You don't have to tell me -- you're a busy person. Forget work. You've got Reels to watch and TikToks to write and Reddits to read and Substacks to stack. You've got newsflashes on sales to get excited about and a world of sports scores to get mad about and, of course, Taylor tidbits to track on Insta, Reddit, Page Six and PopSugar. Not to ...Read more

My boss doesn't understand me.

You hear it all the time. From lowly interns, looking for a tiny tidbit of praise, to mid-level managers, looking for a soupcon of security, to the big-shots on Executive Row, looking for a bonus that would allow them to add a few more feet to their woefully undersized superyachts.

Nobody feels understood. Not ...Read more

Smashing SMERSH? Easy peasy. Melting down the plans of Auric Goldfinger? Walk in the park. If you want to give a secret agent a real challenge, put them up against a powerful artificial intelligence system -- a ruthless, large-language model with the ability to create deep-fake expense account receipts for deep-state, expense-account fakers ...Read more

Pull up a chair, young'un, and let me tell you about how it used to be.

Way back then -- last Thursday, really, but who's counting? -- people who hated their jobs had three choices. One, you were an Active Andrew, constantly polishing up your resume and haunting the job sites, unrelenting in your search to find that perfect job. Two, you were...Read more

Want to make progress in your career? Make friends.

It's true.

Research from the friendly folks at Gallup shows that "employees without strong friendships often feel less fulfilled, collaborate less effectively and are more likely to leave." On the other hand, employees with strong friendships find that their relationships with office ...Read more

Everyone knows you're heading for it. Everyone is waiting for it. But please, when it happens, no temper tantrums, no emotional fireworks. If you're going to crack up, please do it quietly.

Really, it's the thing to do.

Remember Quiet Quitting? That used to be a thing. Quiet Quitters did just enough work to keep from getting fired, content ...Read more

Did you hear about the employees who left for lunch and didn't come back to work for a year? They didn't get lost, and they didn't have amnesia. Nor were they lost in time and waiting for Tom Cruise to jump into a black hole and haul them back. No, these are people whose perks went way, way beyond two weeks of vacation and medical insurance ...Read more

Time to take your temperature. When it comes to your job, are you burned up or burned out? These days, being burned up is weak tea. Anyone can grumble about their bad bosses and their worse career prospects. Today, the cool kids have ratcheted up their dissatisfaction to DEFCON 1 total burnout. Really!

According to recent research from hrstacks...Read more