I'm starting a new job for the first time in 8 years. How do I make a good impression? I do a good impression of Jon Hamm; it's too bad there's no audio on here. Well, first of all, congratulations on ...

A cover letter is one of the most important—and most often botched—elements of a community-college job application. Assuming your materials arrive on time and you’re actually qualified for the job, an ...

A new employee, Alex, arrives wearing casual attire and seems a bit distracted, leading some colleagues to assume that he ...

Our first impressions of other people are long-lasting and highly consequential. Be aware of how you come across in your first interactions with people and think about what you want to communicate to ...

It's time to order the books for my spring courses. Because I teach Victorian novels, I'm continually trying to negotiate length; how many pages can I coax my students to read a week (or rather from ...

You may have a hundred books in your personal library; some you have read while others are still lying on the shelves waiting for your perusal. If you take the time to take a good look at the ...