Daneen Skube | Interpersonal Edge Q. I have an employee that seriously needs some psychotherapy. He is touchy and defensive, and he alienates his coworkers. He is also brilliant and productive. How do I bring up the topic without making him believe I’m questioning his mental health?  

Joyce Lain Kennedy | Workplace Q&A   DEAR JOYCE: My question: How useful is it to invest time and energy answering long questionnaires on websites that claim they automate the matching of your background with open jobs? – T.H.

By Hannah Sampson

McClatchy News Service

MIAMI

After a career in law enforcement, security and private investigations work, Oscar Paz was looking for something to fill his “semi-retired” years.

“We were looking for something to do, my wife and I,” said Paz, 58. “We like to travel and we’ve been on quite a few cruises.”

 Daneen Skube | Interpersonal Edge Q. I have a coworker who is always giving me advice and trying to help me. I am good at what I do and tired of being insulted by this condescension. How do I get him to back off and quit assuming I’m incompetent?

 Joyce Lain Kennedy | Workplace Q&A DEAR JOYCE: After graduating in 2010 with a degree in communications, I’m working in a restaurant in a tourist state hundreds of miles away from my college. Is it true that the job market for new college grads has picked up this year? If so, I could use your help to move from waiter into my professional career. – P.Y.

By Will Bunch Philadelphia Daily News PHILADELPHIA He’s nearly 27, unemployed, living at home in the Philadelphia exurbs with his dad, and spending a good chunk of his day on the computer. But Chris Cocchi isn’t playing video games.

Daneen Skube | Interpersonal Edge Q. I was recently fired from a job I loved because I had a coworker I thought was a friend who undermined me with my boss. I just landed a new job with a competing company. I find myself obsessing with ways to ruin my coworker’s career the way he ruined mine. Is there a way to make him pay without hurting my new job?

Joyce Lain Kennedy | Workplace Q&A DEAR JOYCE: I’m trying to build a professional network that will be helpful to me in changing jobs, which I hope to do within a year or so. Frankly, I haven’t been too successful in social networking. What about the old school way of meeting people face-to-face? Suggestions? – G.A.H.

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 Joyce Lain Kennedy | Workplace Q&A