On The Job

AUGUST 19, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, August 19, 2010 How to Network -- and Not Hate It One of the reasons I wanted to be a newspaper reporter -- and not a television reporter -- was because I didnt want to be in front of a camera.

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On The Job

AUGUST 10, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, August 10, 2009 5 Ways to Manage Your Online Reputation Are you your own worst enemy? Or you sweated buckets over the details regarding your meeting with a key client.

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APRIL 16, 2018

You should work through this exercise if you tend to struggle with low self-esteem or have difficulty getting through the challenges of the day. If the challenges of the day overwhelm you, then this exercise will help give you that boost of self-confidence you need to get through life’s difficulties. Brene Brown.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 28, 2016

And we talk about how so many people are sad that she’s dying and what if everyone wanted to cry and tell her how much they will miss her during their lessons? And we talk about how so many people are sad that she’s dying and what if everyone wanted to cry and tell her how much they will miss her during their lessons?

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 28, 2013

That sort of post would embarrass me. But you don’t need another blog post on not following rules, because I think we all agree that this blog is a monument to not following rules. This is how I got through all my startups: I love the process. First of all, these bulbs didn’t come up until after spring.

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On The Job

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Workplace Anxiety Disorder Impacts Employees at All Levels The world moves at such a fast pace these days that sometimes we make snap judgments just in order to keep pace.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

It used to be that if people had no plans for what they were going to do after getting their law degree, they would justify the choice by saying, “Even if I don’t go into law, I can always do something with a law degree.” If you are not excited about your life, you travel to get away from it.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5 Ways to Avoid Freaking Out About Networking Hear that? Instead, it’s time to get on the phone or go out to lunch. That growling noise? Be prepared.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 17, 2008

I found it interesting that one of the commenters on this blog noted that when I wrote about the "Seven Random (and Sorta Weird) Facts About Me," he said he "can never think of the simple things who make us who we are." That got me to thinking about how difficult it sometimes is to come up with stories that illustrate our career.

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Penelope Trunk

JUNE 28, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Privacy is the new celebrity Posted to: Promoting Yourself | Self-management June 28th, 2010 Del.icio.us In the age of transparency Gen Y can see how to do this and they don’t need permission from MGM or Capitol Records to act like a celebrity.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to write about your life Posted to: How to blog | My book February 11th, 2010 Del.icio.us I say no because I have no idea how to do a book about my life. She gets hit by a train. I try to see that.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 11, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Live video chat: How to find the hidden job market Posted to: How to blog March 11th, 2010 Del.icio.us This chat will be about how to get a job by looking in the right places. Sign up here.) Subscribe -- free!

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Shifting the balance of power. She calls the school to get the kids ready to leave early. I have given a one-hour interview with a tabloid that was not recorded and it’s being taken out of context all over the UK. Or t he Farmer ?

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Check-up for self-delusion Posted to: Diversity | Self-management | Women February 7th, 2010 Del.icio.us Is this your first time here? The game is tantamount to cockfighting, only with people instead of animals. And people cheer.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Befriend the intern to fire up your career Posted to: Networking | Promoting Yourself July 30th, 2010 Del.icio.us He uses, as an example, the day I promoted an event on my blog a few hours after it actually happened.)

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 9, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Snapshot of the new workplace: Karen Owen's PowerPoint Posted to: Women October 9th, 2010 Del.icio.us How can you not admire a woman who can graph her sex life? She has bullet points, charts, and graphs. The rules are all different.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Asperger's at work: Why I need a sick day to register my car Posted to: Diversity | Self-management December 1st, 2009 Del.icio.us Like, how could they want all that information? Is this your first time here? But now I’m at the DMV.

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Lateral Action

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

When he comments on it, Schiller's wife laughs in embarrassment and explains that her husband always keeps rotten apples in the desk, claiming he is unable to write without the smell wafting into his nostrils. Photo by Esparta What do the following people have in common? The Priestess of Apollo - Greece, 403 BC. So what's your answer?

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 6, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Five tips for asking better questions Posted to: Finding a career | Fulfillment May 6th, 2010 Del.icio.us To get to the answer, you have to ask the right question in a search bar. Is this your first time here? That rings true to me.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 9, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Lesson from LeBron James: How to decide when to relocate Posted to: Fulfillment | Quitting July 9th, 2010 Del.icio.us Many sportswriters have said that the widespread obsession with James' decision is totally over the top.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Thanksgiving drama on steroids: Adding a family business to the mix Posted to: Entrepreneurship | Money | Negotiating November 25th, 2009 Del.icio.us Their ideas about how to live life seem fine. Is this your first time here?

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 9, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog The biggest triumph is getting out of bed Posted to: Fulfillment March 9th, 2010 Del.icio.us It was about my most triumphant moments in my life, and how I overcame obstacles to get there. So I wrote that. Or five hundred.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Asperger's at work: Why I'm difficult in meetings Posted to: Diversity | Knowing yourself October 29th, 2009 Del.icio.us It’s that they can’t manage to be socially acceptable while they get the work done. Which was a disaster.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 10, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog My birthday post Posted to: How to blog December 10th, 2009 Del.icio.us So it was a huge relief to write this post and come clean about who I am, and how I got here. Is this your first time here? That would be a good gift.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 4, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog There's no magic pill for being lost. Over eighteen months, we pretend things have changed, but really, here’s where we are: The farmer owns about 100 acres on his own. I’m not sure how long I can say it with any credibility.

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Career Advancement

APRIL 1, 2019

Nasir asks: I’ve heard that employers are checking social media more and more, to find out how professional their people really are. Should I just get rid of my Facebook profile so I don’t have to worry about my boss snooping on me? With Facebook and many other platforms, you can choose how much the public sees of your profile.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 9, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Obama. Is this your first time here? And one thing about work. Posted to: Career fulfillment October 9th, 2009 Del.icio.us " My son said, "For what?" He said, "Did Obama win for killing that stuff?"

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 18, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Live video chat: How to find career fulfillment Posted to: Career fulfillment March 18th, 2010 Del.icio.us Should I tell you how many times Ryan Paugh told me that I have to announce the webinar if I want people to come to it?

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog 8 Tips for anger management Posted to: Office Politics | Parenting | Self-management January 8th, 2010 Del.icio.us Now I see it’s a problem for people who think they will get fired for being unpleasant. Is this your first time here?

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 17, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Martin Luther King Day Special: Racism is alive and kicking. I was not thrilled about going, but I try to be open-minded when it comes to stuff that is new to me that I am not ever wishing I will get a chance to experience.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 12, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Generation Y in Politics: Krystal Ball's candidacy Posted to: Diversity | Women October 12th, 2010 Del.icio.us And all that research about how a little routine begets more routine? Is this your first time here? And I like it.

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Lateral Action

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

If you want to know how I did it, read on. Thinking that maybe I was over-using it a bit, I went out and bought a Wacom tablet. Realising something was seriously wrong, I took the unprecedented step of taking the week off, even though I had urgent work to get on with. What's the worst thing that could happen to a writer?

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Why men should give women flowers Posted to: Learn to take advice | Office Politics October 28th, 2009 Del.icio.us Women are reading to figure out how to get the men in their lives to send flowers. What do you get with flowers?

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Lateral Action

JANUARY 26, 2009

In some cases these are people who wouldn't describe themselves as 'creative', who find it embarrassing and slightly intimidating to be asked to come up with wacky ideas in front of their colleagues. I hate running them, I hate contributing to them and I hate using them to solve problems. I suggest it's time you gave them the boot too.

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Lateral Action

MARCH 16, 2009

Do you get tired of sitting hunched over your laptop for hours on end? So this is the first of two articles about Dragon - in this one, I'm going to review the software's functionality and how to use it. And the more you use it, the more it gets used to your accent and vocabulary, so the better it gets.

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Lateral Action

AUGUST 24, 2009

To begin with, he needed the extra money from his literary journalism, but even later in life, when he was financially comfortable, he still set himself an incredibly demanding schedule, over and above his 'day job'. You have to be absolutely determined, otherwise you might just as well write poetry. And maybe it would have been enough.

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Vantage Circle

JUNE 6, 2021

Read our blog on: The Guide To Conflict Resolution In The Workplace. It's safe to assume that everyone who reads this blog has gotten an email that has left them speechless. It might be because of how nicely it was framed. You might be thinking why it's so important to consider how you begin your emails.

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