Work, success, and meaning at every stage of your career
Welcome to the Stay Relevant advice column, where we answer readers’ burning questions about their careers and how thrive in a fast-changing workplace. Candace Moody, a career coach and writer with more than 30 years of experience, offers insight into what’s bothering you and what might be keeping you stuck. Do you have a burning … Continue reading How Can I Stay Relevant?
Our book launches March 3, 2026! Find it on Amazon here: https://qrco.de/Relevantbook Why “Potential Trumps Experience” in Today’s Workplace—And What That Means for Your Career You’ve spent years building expertise. You’ve earned your credentials, climbed the ladder, and proven yourself time and again. So why are you being passed over for promotions? Why aren’t callbacks … Continue reading Stay Relevant: Conquer Workplace Change at Every Phase of Your Career
A new term for the rising numbers of flexible and gig workers was coined at the end of 2023: The Flexitariat. Julia Hobsbawm, a workplace author and Bloomberg Work Shift columnist, predicts that the number of workers who choose flexibility over stability will continue to grow, despite the call back to the office many employers … Continue reading The Flexitariat
Monique Kelley is the author Redefining Networking: How to Lead with Your Unique Value, a guide for how to network more effectively by leading with the value that you can provide to others, not for what others can do for you. The book is full of practical advice, providing direction for how you can build and … Continue reading Redefining Networking
Whether you’re early in your career or an experienced candidate looking for your next big opportunity, your resume will be your primary marketing document. Resume advice abounds on the internet; some of it is very good (use strong action verbs, use language that resonates with the company culture and mirrors the position description) and some … Continue reading You Should Hire Me. Here’s the Proof.
If you’re planning to make a change in 2026, adding a side gig may be one of the best moves you can make. I’ve been writing about the benefits of a side hustle for years: more income, more autonomy over when, where, and how much you work, and the opportunity to turn doing what you … Continue reading Turn Your Side Gig to a Full Time Gig by the end of the (next) Year
This probably won’t come as a surprise: employees find it hard to reconcile what their employers say they value and how they act on a daily basis. That’s the takeaway from a new Values Gap Report from Resume Now. The 2025 survey of 1,000 U.S. workers reveals that while most companies promote their work values … Continue reading Workers Say Leaders Don’t Walk the Walk
Rack up another casualty of remote work and pandemic lockdowns: professionals are reluctant to reach out to other professionals, even as 70% say “your network matters more than your resume.” That’s one of the findings of Resume Now’s latest Networking in the New Job Market Report, based on a survey conducted with 1,000 U.S. workers … Continue reading You Know In-Person Networking Can Help Advance Your Career. But You’re Still Not Doing It.
If you’re an employer trying to figure out your employees, your best bet is Tik Tok. If the cool kids are doing it in the office, they’re bragging about it on Tik Tok in a space affectionately known as “Quit Tok.” That’s where the adults in the room first learned about “quiet quitting,” “rage applying,” … Continue reading A Guide to Quit Tok Slang
In a terrific article by Arthur C. Brooks for The Atlantic, he talks about how we humans love to criticize but hate to receive criticism. In other words, we love to dish it out, but can’t stomach receiving it. I believe that’s why internet forums are so popular and so toxic; we can hide behind … Continue reading How To Give Better Criticism – and Take it Better from Others
