Careers Now - Joyce Lain Kennedy

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Careers Now--Joyce Lain Kennedy

First to report on workplace technologies and trends, Kennedy has amassed reader praise for three decades. Her Q&A covers high-interest topics, from state-of-the-art job searches and recruiter secrets, to career change pitfalls and the networking lifestyle. For business, features and classified sections.

Careers Now--Joyce Lain Kennedy Samples

When Your Job Is a Snore

DEAR JOYCE: Twice my boss has discovered me asleep at my desk in the afternoon. More people get the afternoon zombies than you might think.

Get Free Heads-up on Reputation Damage

DEAR JOYCE: In a recent column concerning the enormous increase of data breaches that can be used to steal identities, I wish you had mentioned Google Alerts for early warnings about potential identity thefts or, probably much more common, identit...

Social Networking Know-how for Job Seekers

DEAR JOYCE: Apparently I'm doing something wrong, because I've been using Facebook and LinkedIn to scout a new job, but so far the result has been a big fat zero.

Three Key Factors in Search Success

DEAR JOYCE: I am without a job, angry and growing desperate. Consider the three main variables that account for your plight: 1. Job-market conditions. 2. Individual experiences and fixed personal characteristics.

When a Firm Job Offer Turns Squishy

DEAR JOYCE: After interviewing with several managers, my wife thought she had a job offer and accepted it. This company has shown a disgusting disregard for a person's time, effort and feelings.

Breaking Free of a Pigeonhole

DEAR JOYCE: I am an engineer, 32, who would like to move into management. As you recognize in trying to make a career veer to management, boundaries have been put up around you -- you've been pigeonholed.

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