Oct 08 2026
This cast describes Career Tools' recommendations for how to attend a meeting when your boss asks you to go in his/her place.
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Career Tools is a weekly podcast focused on specific actions you can take to grow and enhance your career, whether you are a manager or not. Career Tools won the Podcast Awards Best Business podcast in 2010 and was nominated every other year it has been eligible. Whether you are interested in jump-starting a stalled career, or sharpening your edge, Career Tools is the podcast for you. Go to http://www.manager-tools.com/testimonials to read what others are saying about the impact Career Tools has had on their careers and lives.
Oct 01 2026
You're a professional, and that makes you human. You're human, and that makes you mess up. You mess up, and that means you apologize.
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Sep 24 2026
This cast teaches how to quickly improve your writing.
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Sep 17 2026
This cast explains how to introduce one person to another in social and business settings.
Sep 10 2026
In this cast, we describe how to be effective in everyday conversations.
Sep 03 2026
Our guidance on micro-communications: the small behaviors that make an enormous difference in how you're perceived and how effective you are.
Aug 27 2026
Our guidance on how to answer the interview question 'where do you see yourself in 5 years?'.
Aug 20 2026
Our guidance on how to read a job ad and predict what interview questions will be asked.
Aug 13 2026
Our guidance on how to read a job ad and predict what interview questions will be asked.
Aug 06 2026
Our guidance on answering the interview question 'why do you want to work here?'
Jul 30 2026
Our guidance on how to tell whether you've received a full and complete offer.
Jul 23 2026
This guidance discusses how and when to delegate to the floor.
Jul 16 2026
This guidance discusses how and when to delegate to the floor.
Jul 09 2026
This podcast recommends keeping an ongoing Delta File, a private journal where you record organizational practices you find objectionable so that when you eventually reach a position of greater influence, you'll remember how those decisions felt from below and avoid making the same mistakes yourself.
Jul 02 2026
This is our guidance that gives examples of cover letters for particular roles.
Jun 25 2026
This is our guidance on how to accept a job offer.
Jun 18 2026
This cast describes how to keep your current employer from finding out about your search for a new job.
Jun 11 2026
This cast describes how to decide which jobs to apply for.
Jun 04 2026
This cast gives our most fundamental career advice: get results and build relationships.
May 28 2026
This cast gives our most fundamental career advice: get results and build relationships.
May 21 2026
This is our guidance for how to create accomplishments for your resume that will be compelling to the people deciding whether to bring you in for an interview.
May 14 2026
This cast tells you how to create and use a Career Management Document, the ideal tool for managing your career and making it easy to update your resume.
May 07 2026
This cast tells you how to create and use a Career Management Document, the ideal tool for managing your career and making it easy to update your resume.
Apr 30 2026
This cast gives our guidance on answering illegal interview questions.
Apr 23 2026
This cast gives our guidance on answering illegal interview questions.
Apr 16 2026
While not all bosses do, smart and effective bosses usually name someone on their team as their "Number Two." Being a good Number Two is good for your career. Here's how to do it.
Apr 09 2026
While not all bosses do, smart and effective bosses usually name someone on their team as their "Number Two." Being a good Number Two is good for your career. Here's how to do it.
Apr 02 2026
This cast explains our guidance on what to do instead of multitasking.
Mar 26 2026
This cast describes Career Tool's recommendations for answering questions about your career history.
Mar 19 2026
This cast describes Career Tool's recommendations for answering questions about your career history.