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Is honesty always the best policy?

Posted 51 weeks 2 days ago by Sarah Winfrey

Career Building

Is honesty always the best policy?

What do you do when you have problems at work, when you make a mistake, or when you're interviewing for a different job? How do you handle the workplace pressures and politics that influence what you say and how you say it? Here are some ideas for deciding what works for your job.

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5 new ways to hack your boss (without a machete)

Posted 1 year ago by Sarah Winfrey

Filed Under: Career Building

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When I started my first "real job," I didn't realize how many situations I'd find myself in that were utterly different from most of what I'd encountered before. On top of learning the tasks specific to the job, I had to navigate office politics and figure out what it meant to be "professional." I had to make decisions about these things on the fly, without any experience and with only my intuition to guide me. I made a few mistakes while I figured it out, but eventually I learned to survie and thrive. While I'm still no expert, what I offer here are hacks to common problems that have worked for me and for those I know.

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