On the receiving end of lots of business 'networking' for the first time. How to deal with it? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 15, 2009 - 4 answers

Asking for my partner: What to DO if you live in a country where you speak the language quite well but it's not your mother tongue, but have 1:1 English literature degree, a fair bit of life experience and common sense, are interested in working with people but the idea of another crappy office job almost brings on a panic attack? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 1, 2009 - 6 answers

I want to read fictional and/or true stories about people being put into positions of responsibility unexpectedly for extended periods of time and how they deal with it. [more inside]
posted by reenum on Jan 27, 2009 - 37 answers

[Job Advice Filter] I applied and interviewed for an out-of-state job 8 months ago. Eventually I was offered the position, but I declined due to life circumstances that arose at the time. That same position is still open, and I'm interested. How should I proceed? [more inside]
posted by karizma on Oct 10, 2008 - 7 answers

Help finding the right career. This is not looking for a job I have one of those but I want to know what careers I should be looking at. [more inside]
posted by CollegeNelson on Sep 22, 2008 - 5 answers

Do you have a career that allows a great deal of flexibility? What is it? How do you get it? [more inside]
posted by btkuhn on Sep 7, 2008 - 17 answers

I have been working steadily and consistently for the last three years but not at jobs that show growth or project development (which everyone seems to want to know about). How do I find a new (better) job now? [more inside]
posted by project 2501 on Apr 2, 2008 - 1 answer

I am 28. I have a wife and an 11 year old daughter. I am going through a minor, yet stubborn crisis. Can you help? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 18, 2007 - 32 answers

Should I go back for a second Bachelors Degree in Computer Science when all I want to do is write stories? [more inside]
posted by mrgreyisyelling on Jul 31, 2007 - 18 answers

How do I work as little and as flexibly as possible, and yet earn enough money to live? [more inside]
posted by 6am on Jun 23, 2007 - 27 answers

I'm unhappy with my job, it's affect on my life, and where it's taking me. How do I find out what it is I really want in life and start doing it? [more inside]
posted by Waffle_King on Apr 24, 2007 - 21 answers

What do you do when you've hit the wall career-wise? [more inside]
posted by philad on Mar 18, 2007 - 13 answers

Leave your job, your girlfriend, drive across the United States... done it? [more inside]
posted by bizack on Mar 12, 2007 - 25 answers

How much will my overambition clash with my fiancé's underambition? And is his underachieving a symptom of something larger? I firmly believe that it is possible to find a job that I love to do, while my fiancé seems to be more of the mindset that he is content to work a job he doesn't really care about in order to fund his recreational activities that he does care about. I'm worried that he is aspiring towards mediocrity, and I'm worried that I will quickly tire of that. How do I motivate him to achieve more, or how do I stop stressing about that, because it is none of my business? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 18, 2007 - 33 answers

What is my life purpose? Am I currently living it but am too ungrateful to realize it? More inside... [LONG]... [more inside]
posted by workinprogress on Nov 14, 2006 - 15 answers

I may have an opportunity to move out west from my native New Jersey to California. A friend of my father's may offer me a position with his company in supply chain out there where I could but my Information Science/Management degree to good use. It's a scary proposition to pick up and move out...has anyone out there done this? More details inside. [more inside]
posted by PetiePal on Nov 3, 2006 - 24 answers

How do i get my partner to get a job? [more inside]
posted by Nik_Doof on Oct 17, 2006 - 9 answers

Which direction in my life do I take? (plenty of info inside) [more inside]
posted by crewshell on Aug 22, 2006 - 26 answers

I'm a high school senior trying to plan the next few years of my life. I'll definitely take a year off before college, but everything else is still up in the air. [more inside]
posted by jbb7 on Jan 14, 2006 - 30 answers

EndofCollegeLifeFilter: I will be graduating from college in the spring of next year. I am putting off graduate school for a year or two. Summer 2006 will be spent interning in Washington D.C. but what do I do after that? More below. [more inside]
posted by nosophoros on Nov 12, 2005 - 12 answers

What is the best location in the USA to live? [more inside]
posted by knave on Mar 22, 2005 - 52 answers

Would you quit a job if it meant you had a better chance of
pursuing life goals? Even if it was financially risky and
the economy was tough? Have you taken risks to avoid selling out? Did it work? Why or why not? [more inside]
posted by weston on Sep 1, 2004 - 10 answers