Amy Lindgren

Networking isn't a favorite topic for most job seekers, which is somewhat puzzling given our understanding that most offers come from contacts.

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Thomas Jefferson sure knew what he was doing when he inscribed these “unalienable rights” onto the Dec

Every once in a while I like to cobble together a few items that have been on my mind, but which I can't quite stretch into a full column. Here's what I have this time.

Second Sunday Series – This is the 10th of 12 columns on career planning post-60, which will appear the second Sunday of each month from September through August.

When your boss says, “I’d like you to start training for this other role,” what crosses your mind? If you trust your boss, you might assume the training will benefit you. If you don’t trust your boss? Well, depending on your level of cy…

Raise your hand if you love supplemental questionnaires in the hiring process. No hands up? Well, that's just because you haven't been properly introduced.

Second Sunday Series: This is the last of 12 columns on career planning post-60, which have appeared the second Sunday of each month since September.

Here's one of those “Is it me?” things: Jobs that turn out to be different than you expected.

“Write what you know.” That's the advice given to budding novelists, but maybe it works for advice columnists as well?

For years I’ve been hearing these two viewpoints about including hobbies on your résumé: “Hobbies? What does that have to do with getting hired? Leave ‘em off.” And, “Hobbies show your (creativity, personality, fill-in-the-blank). Inclu…