Career and Job Hunting Advice for November 28, 2014

Today is Black Friday, which means we're only month away from beginning a new year. Sure, it's just an artificial demarcation point on the calendar, but target start dates for achieving goals are a good psychological tool that have been shown to be effective at helping attain a new and/or improved job, lifestyle, living location, family situation, etc. I can't help much with lifestyle, living location, and family situation (although I have an opinion on nearly everything*), the job thing is a place where I might do some good. Here is my latest roundup of useful career advice. Go for it.

• 10 Behaviors That Could Kill Your Career, Jack Welsh
• 6 Career Insights for 2015, Arnie Fertig
• Why You Should Show Gratitude at Work, Miriam Salpeter
• The Problem with the "Go Home Early" Email, Bryan Glenn
• Career To-Do Checklist by Age 35, Daily Muse Editor
• 10 Things That Bother Young Professionals, Ron Benamor
• 4 Ways Leaders Effectively Manage Employee Conflict, Glenn Llopis
• Decoding the Job Interview, Carol Kinsey Goman
• How to be Happy at Work When Everyone Else is Miserable, Robbie Abed

* At this time, I have no opinion on the best color shirt to wear on a shopping trip for a new sofa, whether an arbor vitae or Norway spruce is more appropriate as a property boundary, or which key is preferred for an eclectic works of Beethoven's 5th symphony. There are a few others.

Posted November 28, 2014