The Workplace

A personal, handwritten thank-you note can make a huge difference in the days after a job interview.

Want to annoy or—even worse—bore the recruiter or hiring manager? Just follow these worst practices, and you won’t get so much as a sniff.

If you wouldn’t wear something in front of your date’s parents, it’s not appropriate for the office.

If you wouldn’t wear something in front of your date’s parents, it’s not appropriate for the office.

Beyond its effect on others, your demeanor and gestures can help you learn, innovate, even solve vexing problems. Oh, and enjoy a piece of gum while you’re at it.

Did you know the inventor of pop-up ads intended them to be less disruptive than those embedded on home pages? Read on for more secrets behind the Internet’s most annoying inventions.

Bringing stinky food for lunch, coming to work sick and telling inappropriate stories are just a few ways to alienate your co-workers. Are you guilty of any of these behaviors?

You might actually be a ‘passionate, results-oriented creative with excellent communication skills,’ but these days, who isn’t? Oh, and stop calling yourself a ‘guru.’

You might actually be a ‘passionate, results-oriented creative with excellent communication skills,’ but these days, who isn’t? Oh, and stop calling yourself a ‘guru.’

Need a book to take to the beach or the hammock in your backyard? See if one of these strikes your fancy.

Job seekers can get the chance to write for Facebook with this week’s featured listing.

Are these tasks keeping you from getting to your top writing and editing priorities?

This week’s featured listing is pin-worthy. Pinterest is looking for its next head of marketing.

Getting ‘inked’ today can have adverse professional repercussions in both the near and short terms, especially when you’re working in foreign cultures.

Cross off everything on your to-do list. Come up with new ideas. Mustering up the energy to do so could be as simple as turning on some tunes or changing your office’s wall color.