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Confession: I Hate My Job and I Don’t Know How to Leave It
I don’t fancy myself a hypocrite. And yet I haven’t been practicing what I preach. We talk a lot about career advancement as a path to financial independence here. You’ve got to angle for promotions...
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Prep Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself: Getting Ready for a Job Interview
You have a job interview! Now what? Well for one thing, you need to dress the part. You also need to be prepared to answer the dreaded salary question. And of course, you have to get ready to negotiate...
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Freelancer, Protect Thyself: The Importance of a Fair Contract
I can’t even believe this needs to be said, but… you deserve to be paid. You deserve to be paid in a timely fashion, without a fight, and without jumping through flaming hoops over shark-infested...
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A New Job, a New Day, a New Life, and I’m Feeling Good
Remember that time I was so miserable about work that I swore I’d quit my job by the end of the year? I did it. And I got a new job. I know! Me too! I’m sure you’re all just dying to know all the...
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The Actually Helpful, Nuanced, Non-Bullshit Way to Choose a Future Career
I waded into a lot of “career advice” as part of my research for this article. It was so universally bad that I feel stirred to apologize for it, even though I didn’t write it. I am so, so sorry. We...
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My Secret Weapon for Preparing for Awkward Boss Confrontations
I’ve had a lot of uncomfortable discussions with bosses. A few things I’ve told them that come to mind… “You deliberately humiliated another employee on a group call, and that level of immaturity and...
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Woke at Work: How to Inject Your Values into Your Boring, Lame-Ass Job
I generally don’t find it hard to live my values in my personal life. I vote. I’m conscious of where I spend my money, which is another kind of voting. My primary hobbies are fostering rescue dogs and...
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Workplace Benefits and Other Cool Side Effects of Employment
You just got a job offer! Condragulations! Now it’s time to negotiate… for your life. But before you start throwing numbers around, there’s something you should understand. Salary—the thing most think...
View ArticleOne Reason Women Make Less Money? They’re Afraid of Being Raped and Killed.
God bless our Patreon supporters. Seriously. In our April topic poll, I gave them several non-depressing softball article topics. But the one they wanted to read most was about the relationship between...
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The Ugly Truth About Unpaid Internships
Internships: a time-honored tradition in which young professionals gain valuable career experience and skills they can’t learn in the classroom. Internships are widely recognized as a great way to...
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How to Write a Resume so You Actually Have a Prayer of Getting Hired
Resume writing is one of the clearest markers of the generational divide. My dad insists on having a fucking dissertation of a resume, complete with hyperlinks, an “objective” (shudder), and paragraphs...
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How to Write a Cover Letter like You Actually Want the Job
Welcome back to another episode of The Bitches Teach You How to Get Your Ass Hired! Last time we reviewed some cardinal rules of resume writing. And today—you guessed it!—we’re gonna learn how to write...
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Ask the Bitches: What the Hell Else Can I Do to Get a Job?
We get a lot of different questions from the loyal citizens of Bitch Nation. But certain ones keep popping up over and over again like some sick game of economic whack-a-mole. It’s clear our darling...
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