A group of think tanks, lead by the Pew Charitable Trusts, found that for the first time, men in their 30s are earning less than their parents.  For the first time ever, this generation will not be more well-off financially than their parents. What should we make of this new finding?  Does this mean the […]

This is not actually the headline of the column at Yahoo. But I feel like it should be. And what else is a blog for but writing the world the way it should be?
Here are my favorites from the list of ten ways to make people not like you at work:
• Using sarcasm as a defense […]

My book, Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success, is available now!
Here is tip #37 from the book: A Long List of Ways to Dodge Long Hours
It’s hard to leave the office at a reasonable time of day when your workplace culture centers on long hours. But the cost of not leaving work is high: a […]

By Ryan Healy – like most people our age, my friends don’t really read blogs. So I created a My Space page to market my blog.  At first, this worked out great.  Our friends could see bulletins every time a new post went up and people got a better sense of what the blog was all […]

Think twice before you ask for that promotion. What are you asking for, really? The average salary increase is less than 4%. This amount of money is not going to change your life in any notable way. Instead, ask for something that will change your life, like training, or a plum project that will broaden your skills.
Even […]

Advice for getting happier: Instead of focusing on what’s wrong with people, try focusing on what’s right with people -what makes people happy, successful and more productive. This is what the positive psychologists do.
Senia Maymin (pronounced Sen-ya) has a master’s degree in applied positive psychology. What this means is that she uses the science of […]

Here is my book  tour schedule so far. You’ll be able to find updates on my book web site, at www.penelopetrunk.com in a few days. For now, here’s the schedule.  
I have actually already gone to one city, as a pre-publication test run: Cleveland. And I met up with a bunch of people including Cheezhead blogger Joel Cheesman, who recorded an interview […]

At some point, you’ve probably thought about starting your own company. Maybe you want to get rich and famous from it, but most likely you just want to have fun, learn a lot, and try something new. The trick is getting the guts to do it.
Whatever you want to gain from starting a business, there’s never […]

More reviews of my book, Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success. I send a big thank you to everyone who is writing about the book! Also, for the book publication, I’ve launched a new home site.
Here’s the home site: http://www.penelopetrunk.com/.
And here are the latest reviews:
Bob Sutton at Bob Sutton 
This book made me think, it made […]

When you try to decide should you stay at your job or should you quit, you probably focus on the part of your job that is not core to you. For example, getting coffee for the boss. You do that and then your boss teaches you, say, how to review a fashion show in Milan. […]

My book, Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success, is shipping from Amazon!
Buy it there now. Or buy the book in local book stores starting on May 25.
Here is tip #25 from the book: Don’t Use Adverbs
If you want people to pay attention to what you have to say, write short. This is true in all […]

By Ryan Healy — College taught me the true meaning of independence.  I attended classes when I chose, I studied at my convenience, I partied at my leisure and I relaxed when I needed to relax.  You would assume that since I am now an “adult,” I would at least have this same sense of […]

A few months after I graduated from college, I got a job at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. I thought it was the perfect job for me because I was very focused on playing professional beach volleyball, and I needed to earn money to get myself to Los Angeles, but I couldn’t work 9-5 because then […]

By Ben Casnocha — More than half of the current crop of college grads will start a business during their lifetime. And last year alone, 700,000 people started new companies in the United States. We are living in the golden age of entrepreneurship.
Part of the force behind this burst of new business is that the […]

Guy asked for more material from me for his blog. So I wrote up a list of the biggest workplace myths. Here is my favorite:
Myth #9: Create the shiny brand of you!  
There is no magic formula to having a great career except to be you. Really you. Know who you are and have the humility […]

There are a lot of new readers this week, so here’s a little introduction to Coachology: Each week I offer free 90 minutes with a coach who I think is providing an interesting service. This week is David Bohl, who comes in at the end of the post.
The biggest difference between the workplace today […]

Yep, that’s right. Guy Kawasaki inteviewed me about my new book. The post is titled Career Guidance for This Century and it’s at his blog, How to Change the World.
 

During my first job interview, my mom drove me to 31-Flavors while we practiced interview questions.
One question we did not practice was “How much money are you expecting?”
When the ice cream store owner asked, I said, “Well, my parents are cutting off my allowance for the summer so I’d like twenty dollars a week.” That […]

For many young people today, the most trusted source of career advice is their parents. Unfortunately, a lot of parents are giving a lot of misguided advice to their kids.
Today’s workplace is very different from the one baby boomers navigated. But often they don’t realize that, and think the “classic” advice still applies. It doesn’t. […]

By Stephen Seckler – The cost of a legal education is now reaching stratospheric proportions. Anyone contemplating this enormous investment of time and money should think long and hard before applying.
Here are five common myths about what law school will do for you:
Myth 1:  I’ll be able to use the law degree in whatever career […]