http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/146 Category: Jobs News en-us Copyright 2012 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Sat, 26 May 2012 17:35:36 -0400 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?   http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/tread-lightly-when-asking-employee-go-therapy Mon, 14 May 2012 10:05:11 -0400 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. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/try-make-jobhunting-sites-work-you Mon, 14 May 2012 10:01:14 -0400 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.” http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/retirees-return-work-cruise-agents Mon, 14 May 2012 09:54:02 -0400  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? http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/dont-take-advice-sign-coworker-thinks-youre-inept Sun, 06 May 2012 10:58:36 -0400  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. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/job-market-seems-be-thawing-new-college-grads Sun, 06 May 2012 10:46:45 -0400 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. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/04/recession-weighs-heavily-younger-workers Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:44:47 -0400 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? http://hamptonroads.com/2012/04/forget-about-revenge-focus-enhancing-your-career Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:37:24 -0400 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. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/04/try-few-oldschool-tricks-widen-your-professional-network Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:34:29 -0400  Daneen Skube | Interpersonal Edge http://hamptonroads.com/2012/04/customer-service-needs-collaboration-succeed Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:28:31 -0400  Joyce Lain Kennedy | Workplace Q&A http://hamptonroads.com/2012/04/when-leaving-job-its-best-keep-things-amicable Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:23:35 -0400