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Episode 148 | Could AI Take My Job?
Will AI take your job? Yes. But don’t freak out. There is hope.
Episode 147 | Your Job Description Is a Living Document
Your job description, while you're *in* a job, is your receipts, your protection against overwork (and underpay), and your proof of promotion worthiness.
Episode 146 | Keep or Kill: Exit Posts on LinkedIn
Got 400 words about how you need a new job queued up and ready to post? Hold your horses. There’s a better way.
Episode 145 | Measure Twice, Cut Once (Corporate's Version)
Here’s every question you need to ask in order to start your projects with gusto. And aplomb.
Episode 144 | WTF Is a Team Player?
“Be a good team player” feels cute when it’s on a motivational poster, but not when it’s feedback in a performance review. Here’s what to do about it.
Episode 143 | Career Exploration (There Are Steps)
At a career crossroads? It’s time to identify your transferable skills… And deconstruct your limiting beliefs.
Episode 142 | Can I Take Your Order? (What Makes a Good Job Description)
A good job description is like a good burger.
Episode 141 | Gatekeeping: A False Sense of Job Security
Gatekeeping might seem like a surefire way to keep your job. After all — if you’re the only one that can do it, they’ll never get rid of you, right? Maybe. But who wants that?
Episode 140 | Why "Ask Your Work Wife"?
We get asked hundreds of questions each month... but this is the one we love the most.
Episode 139 | Must Be in Want of An Email Introduction
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an ambitious woman in need of a job, must be in want of an email introduction.” —Jane Austen (probably)
Episode 137 | The Corporate America Chain of Command
In Corporate America, what comes up must come down. And what comes down (and up) must follow a certain order. Welcome to the Corporate America Chain of Command.
Episode 136 | The 70-10-10-10 Rule
You've probably heard the Work Wives talk about writing down what you do, and then shouting it from Slack's highest rooftops... But where's the time in the day?
Episode 135 | Take the Money & Run
Got a raise but no associated responsibility increase? Who cares! Take the money and run.
Episode 134 | Go Ahead, Discuss Your Pay
What should you do when you find out a junior new hire makes 10k more than you, and why does it feel so weird to know what your coworkers make?
Episode 133 | The Benefits of LinkedIn Premium Business
LinkedIn Premium Business. Do you need it? Probably. Do you want to read a comparison chart from LinkedIn about it? No. Would you rather listen to the Work Wives banter about it? Duh.
Episode 132 | "Woah There, Nellie!" (Keep All Your Interviews on Track)
Applying for jobs and finding that some recruiting processes are outpacing others? Don’t worry — it is well within your control to reign them in.
Episode 131 | Is It Okay to Stay at a Company for Longer Than Two Years?
Do you really have to job-hop every two years if your job is great, your manager is amazing, and your compensation is *actually* competitive?
Episode 130 | #brb: Vacation Responders & Other OOO Thoughts
Get your vacation responder right. Here’s what to do — and what not to do.
Episode 129 | Yes, Directors Have Statuses, Too
Directors need Statuses as much as you do (and theirs are even more complicated than yours).