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Office chatter vs. productivity and how to come out on top..

In social situations or large gatherings do you evade talking to people, avoid eye contact or tend to text people just to look busy? Would you rather go to the dentist than attend a work-related networking event? If you’re an introvert, you can probably relate.

learn about six ways you’re hurting your chance of advancement.

Learn how gender bias exist in the 21st century.

The Southeast quadrant of Washington, DC, is a busy place. Working in SE DC? Here are the top 8 places you should live.

Working in NW DC? Need a place to live? Here are the top 10 places to live if you work in NW DC.

Do you hate your job? Would you rather wash broken dishes than go to work? If you're nodding with a pained expression, you belong in the overcrowded hate-my-job camp. Just don’t stay too long.

A common question that comes up in leadership conversations is whether leaders are born or made. What do you think? Find out if the experts agree.

How do you find a mentor at work? Mentors challenge your thinking, help you avoid mistakes and provide career guidance that, ideally, will allow you to achieve your goals faster.

Where are you going to college? What are you going to major in? What kind of job are you going to get with that major? Will you make enough money to support yourself with that degree?

Should You Quit Your Job Before Landing a New Job? This is a tricky decision that many employees face. Read our take.

How do you make your resume stand out? These days, jobs are competitive, and you may be tempted to exaggerate on your resume. There are pros and cons to exaggerating on your resume though. Read more:

Shortfall. Train wreck. Epic fail. Sound like one of your projects? Here's how to manage a failed project.

Are you working in NE DC? Here are the top 10 places to live if you work in NE DC.

When you work in an office, your gabby neighbor, needy family members and others don’t expect you to be free during the day. Your inner domestic engineer or social media butterfly isn’t coming up with tasks or distractions either. But when you work from home—as a telecommuter, business owner or p...

Just when you think you're ready to shift into a more productive groove at work, Procrastination enters the room. You two decide to hang out, which means your to-do pile grows longer.

Looking to move to the next level in your career? Follow these tips to advance.

Becoming a parent changes you in ways so profound my words could never come close to adequately describing the epic life shift coming your way. It shifts your entire perspective on the world, what's important to you, what your goals in life are and how you want to spend your time

In my work life, staff meetings often involve one or two long-winded colleagues telling war stories while the rest of us feel like POWs. At meetings for one volunteer gig, we’d advance an issue nearly to completion…and then stop just short of resolution.

She's not your boss, but she's in your business, bugging you about a report that needs to be turned in, looking over your shoulder or wanting to be cc'd on every email. She's likely a micromanager, commonly defined as a person who manages situations using excessive control.