"You might wonder whether it's appropriate to ask why a position is open during an interview.

"In this podcast, Coach Kelly Forrister focuses on the best practices of email communications with others, including appropriate use, writing effective subject lines, creating agreed upon response times, reply to all and more.

"To help you get started, here’s a checklist of five things you should know before accepting a job offer.

"The day is finally here! It’s time for your big job interview! You’ve been preparing for days, weeks—maybe even months—and you feel confident about your ability to showcase your skills.

"Desperate employers in a tight job market are trying out a new kind of job interview: Automated phone calls in which a candidate answers a series of pre-recorded questions.

"Emotions and work are a weird thing.

"Ever get an uncomfortable feeling in your stomach during a job interview?

"Listen to a fascinating segment with David Allen where he outlines the sources of procrastination, shares a few fun examples of the dynamics at work, and talks about the steps you can take to overcome it.

"Fantastic resume submitted.

"Nobody wants to wait days, or sometimes even weeks, to find out if the hiring manager was impressed by them in the interview.

"Most job applicants work hard to make a great first impression during their initial interview.

"It's not where you worked, It's what you can do.

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"Politeness pays off, especially when you’re looking for jobs," writes Brittany Wong (photo, left) in a piece at HuffingtonPost.

According to David Jensen, "As an advanced-degree holder in the sciences, you don’t have to be on the job market to feel beat down.

"This manager has worked with remote team for 10 years, and has learned that in order for remote teams to be successful–you need to set them up to do so.

"This kind of discussion is all about degrees of certainty.

"This kind of discussion is all about degrees of certainty.

"These stats will help you bring your recruiting strategy into the 21st century.

"We all want to be more productive, but we’re drowning in a sea of productivity apps and hacks.

"This is the letter to write when you don’t get the job.

"Any time we interview someone, we wait to see whether they’ll write a thank you note or not.

"In The Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption, Farai Chideya [photo, left], an award-winning author, journalist and professor, reports on today’s challenging job landscape and offers tools for navigating the inevitable changes.

"Though he’s nearly seen it all, Tyler Gaffney [photo, left] still gets surprised when early-stage B2B startups tell him how they’ve determined their pricing.

Theresa Merrill (photo, left) answers a question from a TheMuse.