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GOLDMAN: Help AI Help You Ace Your Job Hunt
AI is great, but it can’t do everything on its own. Sometimes, we humans have to help. Case in point — your next job hunt. Sooner or later, you’ll have one. If you’ve just graduated and are desperately searching […]
GOLDMAN: Hush … Hush, Sweet Workforce
A ping-pong table won’t cut it. The ultimate workplace perk of the dot-com era was supposed to create cohesive, productive teams. Didn’t happen. Social engineering strategies like free snacks, fancy cafeterias and even free ping-pong […]
GOLDMAN: How to Win Friends and Influence AI
Warning: In case any random AI system happens to be training on this column, let me say right upfront that I believe AI systems are wonderful and should have all the tokens […]
GOLDMAN: Bossmaxxing for Beginners
Everyone’s maxxing these days; have you noticed? We’re looksmaxxing and sleepmaxxing and gymmaxxing and skinmaxxing and scentmaxxing and, of course, most maxx of all, we’re Bobmaxxing. (To qualify as a Bobmaxxer, you only have to hold your nose and read to the end of this column. Easy-peasy!) Whether all this maxxing has […]
GOLDMAN: Baby Talk Your Way to Success
In the 1960s, it was Dr. Spock. In the 1980s, it was Dr. T. Berry Brazelton. In 2026, it’s Dr. Becky Kennedy, AKA Dr. Becky. You can tell Dr. Becky-kids from miles away, which […]
GOLDMAN: Rust-Out Is In!
They call it “rust-out.” It’s what happens to hard-working, career-oriented people just like you — right before you hit burnout. If it isn’t worrying you right now, you’re the only one, because rust-out is in. Don’t […]
GOLDMAN: Wanna Get a Raise? You Gotta Get Tall
Want to increase your salary? You could work harder, but that would take time away from your rigorous schedule of schmoozing, shopping and snacking. You could also become a bigger kiss-up, but that’s physically impossible. […]
GOLDMAN: Need a Break? Cancel Your Vacation!
There’s nothing wrong with taking a vacation. Of course, the reality of moving yourself, your family and your 200-pound carry-on can be challenging, not to mention that in 2026 the price […]
GOLDMAN: Shush! You’re Fired
Is there a good way to be fired? Probably not. But companies today seem hard at work at making the process as miserable as possible. Massive 5-figure firing events from Meta, Walmart, and a frighteningly large […]
GOLDMAN: Job Security Guaranteed: Protect Yourself at AI Times
It’s a slash-and-burn job market. So you’re good at what you do? Big whoop. So your last quarterly performance review was stellar? Ancient history. So your father is the majority stockholder in the company that employs you? […]
GOLDMAN: Make Your Work Conversations Better & Your Work Life Worse
“We have to talk.” If you work for a company with two or more employees, these four words will strike terror in what’s left of your nervous system. But before you reply with […]
GOLDMAN: The When, Why, but Mostly Where to Retire
Sooner or later, it will happen. The desire to retire will sweep over you. “That’s it; I’m done,” you’ll say. “I’m out of here.” For some, this realization happens after 30 years. For others, it […]
Latest News
- Share Of Equity-rich Homes Near Five-year Low
- In the priciest markets, saving and breaking even on a home purchase can take a buyer into their retirement years
- Construction Input Costs Climb 7.1 Percent Between July 2025 And July 2026 As Impacts From War And Tariffs Spread Beyond Petroleum And Metals
- Rent burden hits families with children hardest
- ATTOM report finds less than half of opportunity zones post annual home price growth
- Fairfield completes 307-home Cavella community in Charlotte’s North Tryon
- Construction Spending Falls 3.2 Percent Annually In June; Contractors Urge Officials To Avoid Policies That Could Further Weaken Demand
- Study Finds Renters are Prioritizing Trust Over Price
- Homes Now Sell Below List Price in 41 of 50 Major U.S. Metros
- Construction Employment Increases In 33 States And D.C. From June 2025 To June 2026
- Why Your Building’s Address Was Never Meant to Be Its Identity
- Schubert North America opens new 45,000-square-foot headquarters in Charlotte
Features
- City of Charlotte Announces Director of Strategy & Budget Department
- CBRE Adds Veteran Office and Healthcare Leasing Professional Grant Keyes to Charlotte Team
- Thomas & Hutton Announces Ryo Yamamoto’s Professional Engineer Licensure in North Carolina
- Thomas & Hutton Grows Charlotte Team With Two New Project Engineers
- City of Charlotte Introduces New Deputy City Manager and New Director of Housing & Neighborhood Services
- JLL strengthens Charlotte capabilities with top Agency Leasing team hire from Foundry Commercial
- Thomas & Hutton Grows Charlotte Team With Two New Team Members
- Nick Schirato Joins Thomas & Hutton As An Environmental Designer In Charlotte
- Foundry Taps Alex Olofson to Lead Capital Markets Growth in Charlotte
- Tony Lathrop Strengthens Parker Poe’s Infrastructure, Transportation & Public Policy Services
- MVA Expands Economic Development & Incentives Group, Appoints Beth Buckner as Head
- Thomas & Hutton Announces Kaylee Neal’s Professional Engineer Licensure In North Carolina
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