Amy Lindgren

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Working Strategies: On office plans, flow states, ‘carreerism'

By: Amy Lindgren

Every once in a while I like to cobble together a few items that have been on my mind, but which I can't quite stretch into a full column. Here's what I have this time.

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Working Strategies: Business startup a good option for seniors

By: Amy Lindgren

Second Sunday Series – This is the 10th of 12 columns on career planning post-60, which will appear the second Sunday of each month from September through August.

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Working Strategies: Training for a new role internally: Lifeline or trap?

By: Amy Lindgren

When your boss says, “I’d like you to start training for this other role,” what crosses your mind? If you trust your boss, you might assume the training will benefit you. If you don’t trust your boss? Well, depending on your level of cy…

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Working Strategies: 10 Tips for supplemental job questionnaires

By: Amy Lindgren

Raise your hand if you love supplemental questionnaires in the hiring process. No hands up? Well, that's just because you haven't been properly introduced.

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Working Strategies: The wrap-up on career planning for seniors

By: Amy Lindgren

Second Sunday Series: This is the last of 12 columns on career planning post-60, which have appeared the second Sunday of each month since September.

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Working Strategies: Making do when the job isn't what you thought

By: Amy Lindgren

Here's one of those “Is it me?” things: Jobs that turn out to be different than you expected.

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Working Strategies: Five things to do while waiting to change jobs

By: Amy Lindgren

“Write what you know.” That's the advice given to budding novelists, but maybe it works for advice columnists as well?

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Working Strategies: To hobby or not to hobby?

By: Amy Lindgren

For years I’ve been hearing these two viewpoints about including hobbies on your résumé: “Hobbies? What does that have to do with getting hired? Leave ‘em off.” And, “Hobbies show your (creativity, personality, fill-in-the-blank). Inclu…

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Working Strategies: Hobbies? What hobbies?

By: Amy Lindgren

In last week's column, I provided pithy advice for including hobbies and interests in your résumé. This week?

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Working Strategies: New 2nd Sunday series: Breaking in at entry level

By: Amy Lindgren

If you're a regular reader of this weekly column, then you know that I like to focus attention on a specific topic for 12 months of second Sundays.