Continue the conversation about leadership, careers and workplace issues by checking out some of these other articles:
Find the right career for you
Finding career success goes beyond conventional wisdom of ‘do what you love’. In the article “How Do You Measure Success? Three Steps to Self-Esteem” at Forbes.com, Rajshree Agarwal discusses how to match your career choices to your interests and skills. She promotes a passion versus ability framework that considers when an activity should be a vocation, hobby, misery or a paycheck.
Turn an internship into a job
Over at CNBC.com, Susan Caminiti writes “How to turn an internship into a lucrative full-time job“. Similar to the advice from my article “4 Tips for Success in your College Internship“, she emphasizes the importance of learning, networking and working hard. She adds the importance of actually expressing interest and asking for a job at the end. Good point!
Don’t be too busy for a lunch break
Being really busy has become a badge of honor in US corporations, but it can lead to behaviors such as eating at your desk an, ultimately, burnout. Daniel Bukszpan at CNBC.com covered this in his article “Too swamped at work for a lunch break? You could be risking your health — and your company’s bottom line“.
Signs of a bad boss
We covered bad bosses such as covering the research that narcissistic managers create abusive work situations. Shana Lebowitz and Allana Ahktar share more information in their article at Business Insider called “Signs you have a terrible boss, and how to stop them from crushing your happiness“.
