Career Tools

A rerelease of part 2 of our guidance on managing distant team members, which addresses problems related to working from home and managing remote employees that you may now be facing because of coronavirus.

A rerelease of part 1 of our guidance on managing distant team members, which addresses problems related to working from home and managing remote employees that you may now be facing because of coronavirus.

A rerelease of our guidance on phone One on Ones, which addresses problems related to working from home and managing remote employees that you may now be facing because of coronavirus.

Our guidance on setting up your space when working from home.

Our guidance on your Next Action.

Our guidance on how to answer "Out Of All The Other Candidates, Why Should We Hire You?"

Our guidance on not surprising your boss.

Our guidance on developing and maintaining a personal brand.

Our guidance about three recommended actions for interviewees.

Our guidance on building relationships when working remotely or with remote team members.

Our guidance on using technology to build relationships.

Our guidance on how get your email done in 30 minutes.

Our Hall Of Fame guidance giving examples of Manager Tools' ‘MT Goals': Goals that are Measurable and Time-Based.

Part 2 of our guidance on using acceptance criteria as a means of work assignment success.

Part 1 of our guidance on using acceptance criteria as a means of work assignment success.

Our guidance as to how long to stay in a job.

Our Hall of Fame guidance on how to prepare for your review.

Part 3 of our guidance for graduating university students.

Part 2 of our guidance for graduating university students.

Part 1 of our guidance for graduating university students.

Our guidance on the pitfalls for college students looking for their first job.

Part 2 of our guidance on how to build a network when you don't like networking.

Part 1 of our guidance on how to build a network when you don't like networking.

Part 2 of our guidance on a sample resume.

Part 1 of our guidance on a sample resume.

Our guidance on what to do when you cry at work.

Our guidance on post-interview recruiter communication.

Part 2 of our guidance on giving multiple pieces of Feedback to your peer around one event.

Part 1 of our guidance on giving multiple pieces of Feedback to your peer around one event.

Part 2 of our guidance on answering the interview question: Tell Me About Yourself.

Part 1 of our guidance on answering the interview question: Tell Me About Yourself.

Our guidance on non-resume job search documents.

Part 2 of our guidance on how to talk to your manager about getting promoted.

Part 1 of our guidance on how to talk to your manager about getting promoted.

Part 2 of our guidance on how to assess your network.

Part 1 of our guidance on how to assess your network.

Our guidance on keeping your word at work.

Our Hall of Fame guidance on what to do before, during and after any conference or training you attend.

Our guidance on taking advice from CEOs.

Part 2 of our guidance on how to update your resume for 2019.

Part 1 of our guidance on how to update your resume for 2019.

Part 4 of our compendium of guidance on email.

Part 3 of our compendium of guidance on email.

Part 2 of our compendium of guidance on email.

Part 1 of our compendium of guidance on email.

Our guidance on answering questions about travel in interviews.

Our guidance on supporting your boss when she introduces change.

Our guidance on ways to communicate complexity.

Our guidance on prioritizing your relationship with your boss.

Sometimes a new boss asks for "candor." In general, caution is warranted initially.