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If we put our heads together, we can surely add a bunch to this list. Pitch in with your favorites in the comments.
C/O TimesOnline for the original post.
P.S.: Yes, that’s British slang you’re reading. I’ve included links to definitions.
1. Losing track of gossip. There’s nothing worse than sharing a juicy piece of semi-anonymous scuttlebutt […]

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There’s a great post up at Dumb Little Man giving you a rundown of office-politics survival-strategies. It’s an unusually well thought-out post, as these sort of posts go, and it reads a bit like Sun Tzu mixed with Machiavelli. Some of my favorite techniques:
Before Engaging in Political Battle, Know How Much Power You Have. This […]

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Some of us work in pleasant, civilized workplaces. The rest of us live in a cut-throat jungle full of back-stabbings, double-crosses and deceit.
It’s hard to get ahead in the office politics rat-race if you don’t have a good sense of when someone is lying straight to your face. You know the situations: the long-delayed project […]

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Career blogging Godmother Penelope Trunk has an interesting post up about Barack Obama’s Iowa victory and what it tells us about the workplace. A lot of it I agree with:
This is a metaphor for the workplace. The young people have, effectively, shifted the balance of power to themselves, and the older people squabble between each […]

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We’ve mentioned this before, but in case you hadn’t heard, the New York Times had an article this Sunday alerting you that social networking can be hazardous to your career. It seems that anyone can see what you post on your blog/website/Myspace/Facebook… and “anyone” includes your boss and co-workers.
Ever since the Internet came about, a […]

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Time and again on this blog, I’ve stressed the importance of your reputation vis-à-vis your career.
Improvement blog Lifehack.org has a timely reminder that your reputation hinges on your ability to say what you’ll do… and then do what you’ll say.
People want to count on you when you’ll say you do something. If you regularly drop […]

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If you have career or job search question you would like answered on this blog, click here to Ask Brian.
Reader Mike from Somewhere writes:
“My old job wants me back. They have NOT made a definitive offer, but they seem to feel it’s only a matter of time before it trickles through HR and it’s more […]

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Like the office holiday party, holiday gift giving around the office is often a perilous endeavor. There are so many social, political, cultural, class and emotional landlines to navigate.
I’ve always had a lot of respect for people who just opt out of the whole thing, but I’ve never had the guts to do so myself.
So […]

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It’s coming. This week or next. The office holiday party.
The office party has gone into legend not because of myths, but because, all too often, the myths are real. Can you avoid making ill-advised pass at the married guy in accounting you’ve had a crush on? Can you keep from telling your boss what you […]

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I can hear some people out there already:
“What? I would never ask for a year end bonus! How presumptuous! How rude!”
Well, the fact is, people negotiate for their year end bonuses all the time. I can’t know if it’s appropriate for your situation (or even if you’re in an industry where year-end bonuses are customary) […]

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