Megan Broussard is ProfessionGal, a southern PR girl living in NYC. She enjoys critiquing resumes, blogging about style and the young professional lifestyle, along with reviewing the latest office supplies. She is a contributor to The Daily Muse, a columnist for Glass Heel and has been featured in Shoplet.com’s “Office-Writer Favorites” series. Her next goal in life: writing a book. For the latest gossip on all things career-centric, find her on Twitter/Instagram (@professiongal), Facebook (facebook.com/professiongal), Pinterest (pinterest.com/professiongal) and her blog: professiongal.com.
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Ever wondered what it’s like to launch a business? This week, our resident entrepreneur-in-training shares the challenges of balancing work, life, and a new business—and some of the things she’s realized along the way.
Ever wondered what it’s like—really—to launch a business? Well, over the next few weeks, we’ll show you: This first-time entrepreneur is chronicling her start-up journey and sharing all the lessons she’s learning right here.
We all know to be careful what we post on social media—or do we? Learn from (and laugh at) the lessons these professionals learned the hard way.
Having a “work husband,” or a close confidante at the office, can be a great thing—but it can be a complicated one, too. From one work wife to another, here’s how to live in harmony at the office, without disrupting each of your own happy homes.
So you overslept—and have exactly 30 minutes to prepare for a big meeting. Don’t panic, just buckle down and follow these steps to running a meeting on the fly.
Some things are better left unsaid—take it from these five professionals who revealed things to their bosses they wished they hadn’t. Learn from their mistakes, and avoid these topics with your manager at all costs.
Finding yourself in the middle of two bosses or co-workers-turned-quarreling-ex-lovers can be tough: Is it better to be a mediator or pretend not to notice? What if your work is being affected? Here’s how to manage being the middleman in four sticky situations.
In the office, sometimes honesty is not the best policy—especially when it concerns touchy subjects like a competitor’s job opening. Here’s a list of questions you definitely don’t want to answer with the (whole) truth, along with ways to dodge them with ease.
There are plenty of things that’ll make your cover letter stand out in a bad way. But how do you move past mediocre and catch the eye of the employer in a good way? Read these guidelines.
