Marci Alboher is a columnist, blogger, and author of "One Person Multiple Careers." Alboher has a new take on using multiple career roles to improve everything from meaning of life to work-life balance. She advocates the adoption of "slash" careers (as she herself is a columnist/blogger/author) to "integrate and fully express the multiple passions, talents, and interests that a single career often cannot accommodate--leading to a greater sense of fullfillment." »more»

For a good part of my working life I've wondered whether there was something wrong with me. Most of my friends had a very clear career path and stayed at established companies for a long time and only leaving to go to a related job at a different established company. »more»

"We are all disappointed after 20 years. Anyone who isn’t disappointed is dishonest with themselves. Life is hard. It’s full of tradeoffs. We all struggle to align our tradeoffs with our values and still it is disappointing to have to say no to things." (Penelope Trunk)

Marc Freedman's “Encore: Finding Work That Matters In the Second Half of Life” is a detailed analysis about the meaningful work that members of the baby boomer generation are increasingly seeking after leaving their primary careers. Encore careers are a significant social trend that represent a new phase of an individual’s work life. Historically, the author notes, the proverbial goal of aging was to secure freedom from work. Now the goal is to secure meaningful work—that is work that has a sense of purpose. »more»

Columnist Penelope Trunk (and author of the "Brazen Careerist") writes in her blog about different ways to control the amount of time you spend at the office thereby freeing up the time you need for family, exercise, hobbies, lifelong learning, etc., etc. »more»

Parents who are discriminated against by their employer have an ally: the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. »more»

Being focused on your job does not make you a workaholic nor does putting in long hours. Nor, for that matter, does occasionally missing important activities in your life because you are working. »more»

According to a new study reported in Psychosomatic Medicine, the stress associated with unemployment can suppress the immune system. The stress associated with unemployment effects the nervous system by triggering the release of norepinephrine (the hormone that underlies the "fight-or-flight" response impairing the body's "natural-killer" cells. »more»

Somewhere along the way, we got the idea that to do meaningful work - work that makes a difference means we have to sacrifice personal wealth, profit and success. We associate work that makes a difference with the terms "non-profit", volunteerism and personal sacrifice. It creates a kind of starving artist mentality. I want to challenge that ‘either/or’” notion. »more»

Tax time is an ideal time for a reality check on your career. Why? First, April 15th is a rather inflexible deadline so you won't have the problem of a slipping time line. Second you will already be totaling up the financial renumeration that you get from your job for your tax return so that part of the assessment will already be done. »more»