Career Center | Blogs and articles tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2006-07-08:/careercenter//622013-05-17T20:02:46ZMovable Type Pro 4.21-enQ&A: Time to break cycle of abuse at worktag:blog.nwjobs.com,2013:/careercenter//62.187182013-05-22T08:00:00Z2013-05-17T20:02:46ZQ: The verbal abuse that I receive from my boss has been escalating for several years. About once a week, he begins shouting, cursing and banging on my desk. He starts criticizing my work, then brings up issues from my personal life.NWsourcehttp://www.nwsource.com/Ryan McNamee's cool cruise-line jobtag:blog.nwjobs.com,2013:/careercenter//62.187172013-05-21T08:00:00Z2013-05-17T17:22:44ZWhat do you do? I am the marketing coordinator at Un-Cruise Adventures, an adventure cruise line [based in Seattle]. My primary role is to manage the visual assets and act as the company photographer and videographer. NWsourcehttp://www.nwsource.com/Ditch the golf clubs: Running is the new sport of networkerstag:blog.nwjobs.com,2013:/careercenter//62.187202013-05-20T08:00:00Z2013-05-17T21:41:34ZWant to network with the CEO of public company or the president of a university? Start running. Adam Goldstein, CEO of Royal Caribbean International, says his running workouts and passion for the sport build rapport with staffers at all levels. "There is no doubt I have running friends in the company who I might otherwise not have formed as strong relationships," he says.NWsourcehttp://www.nwsource.com/Soft skills: Gen Y gets schooled in old-school professional etiquettetag:blog.nwjobs.com,2013:/careercenter//62.187112013-05-17T08:00:00Z2013-05-16T21:54:13ZLike many young professionals, Gracie Quatchon is learning how to navigate the business world with charm. It’s not necessarily something taught in school alongside marketing or budgeting, the 30-year-old Seattle banker says.NWsourcehttp://www.nwsource.com/What do you do after crying at work?tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2013:/careercenter//62.186152013-05-16T22:00:00Z2013-04-26T14:56:42Z What do you do after crying at work?...NWsourcehttp://www.nwsource.com/What to do when a former employer wants you backtag:blog.nwjobs.com,2013:/careercenter//62.187082013-05-15T14:43:32Z2013-05-20T21:28:11ZEmotionally, jobs can be like lovers. We fall for them, fight with them and sometimes lose them. The Great Recession left millions of Americans jilted by their jobs. But as the economy continues its slow recovery, some find their old flames back on the prowl.NWsourcehttp://www.nwsource.com/Q&A: Boss pressures workers to buy productstag:blog.nwjobs.com,2013:/careercenter//62.187072013-05-15T14:34:51Z2013-05-16T21:55:02ZQ: The head of our department has been pressuring employees to purchase products from her husband, who recently began selling diet supplements through a multilevel marketing company. When I was invited to a “party” at their home to hear a sales pitch, I politely declined. But she still keeps trying to convince me to buy the products.NWsourcehttp://www.nwsource.com/Jen Green's cool cosmetics jobtag:blog.nwjobs.com,2013:/careercenter//62.186682013-05-14T08:00:00Z2013-05-16T21:57:44ZWhat do you do? I am the trade marketing and merchandise manager for butter LONDON, a Seattle-based cosmetics company. I work closely with the sales team to develop and deliver marketing collateral and merchandising elements to support our retailers and...NWsourcehttp://www.nwsource.com/Ready or not, retirement usually happenstag:blog.nwjobs.com,2013:/careercenter//62.186882013-05-13T08:00:00Z2013-05-16T16:49:27ZMany people have surrendered to the idea that they will “work until they drop,” especially if they haven’t saved enough money to retire. The problem with that strategy is that a high percentage of people who are retired today had to leave the workforce before they planned, either because of failing health, layoffs or family issues.NWsourcehttp://www.nwsource.com/Thanks, Mom: Readers share mothers' work wisdomtag:blog.nwjobs.com,2013:/careercenter//62.186582013-05-10T08:00:00Z2013-05-07T15:45:41ZBy NWjobs staff In honor of Mother's Day, NWjobs asked readers to share what their fathers taught them about work. Here are excerpts. “The best advice my mother and grandmother taught me about work was to always take advantage of...NWsourcehttp://www.nwsource.com/How often do you check job postings?tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2013:/careercenter//62.186142013-05-09T22:00:00Z2013-04-26T14:50:47Z How often do you check job postings?...NWsourcehttp://www.nwsource.com/How to return to workforce after lengthy gaptag:blog.nwjobs.com,2013:/careercenter//62.186492013-05-08T08:00:00Z2013-05-09T22:12:21ZFor 18 years, I stayed at home to care for a child with special needs. My son now has an independent living arrangement, so I am in the process of looking for work. Before he was born, I held several retail and clerical jobs, but after being unemployed for so long, I have no idea what to put on my resume. How can I encourage someone to hire me?NWsourcehttp://www.nwsource.com/Company offers raises to employees who get tattooed with its logotag:blog.nwjobs.com,2013:/careercenter//62.186522013-05-07T08:00:00Z2013-05-16T16:17:48ZA Brooklyn, N.Y., real estate company is rewarding employees who make a very personal -- and permanent -- display of their loyalty to the firm.NWsourcehttp://www.nwsource.com/Giving feedback? Avoid delivering a 'praise sandwich'tag:blog.nwjobs.com,2013:/careercenter//62.186502013-05-06T08:00:00Z2013-05-09T20:12:05ZMost of us think we know how to give feedback. Positive comments are better -- and more useful -- than negative ones. And if you do have to point out something wrong, start with a compliment, move on to the problem, then end on a high note. It turns out that it’s not that simple. NWsourcehttp://www.nwsource.com/