career

TEST
How to get a job

BUSINESS SKILLS
Saying no can be good for your career

HEAD-TO-HEAD
Do people in the US work too much?

WORK EXPERIENCE: Michael Warshafsky has had a busy summer. The 18-year-old spent 60 days job-shadowing 60 different people in 60 different professions and then writing a blog about it.

When Laurie Davis lost one of her biggest clients, she saw the writing on the wall. The marketing consultant had to find a market that was less vulnerable to the ups and downs of the financial-crisis economy. And then she found the answer: love never dies.

Nur Quotenfrau oder doch qualifizierte Führungskraft? Nach welchen Kriterien sollen Frauen in Spitzenpositionen gelangen? Vicki Sussens-Messerer hat dazu zwei Meinungen gehört.

TYPICAL MISTAKES: You wanted that job. You thought you'd prepared yourself well. But you didn't succeed. What did you do wrong in the interview? You may have talked yourself out of the job, say the experts.

Getting a promotion is a positive thing, but what are some of the possible pitfalls? Margaret Davis spoke to Aliya Ali-Afzal, a full-time career coach at London Business School.