Life@Work
Life@Work: Does It Matter When You Interview?
In your quest to stand out at an interview and Get That Offer, you are focused on every detail – including when you interview. You hope for some control in the scheduling and overthink it: if you are the first up, you might be forgotten by the end of the process. If...
Fun Facts About Job Seeking
Here at the Jewish Community Services Career Center, we recently searched the internet for the most fun facts and survey results out there about job searching. Enjoy! 41 percent of job seekers search for jobs while in bed, 30 percent while at work, and 18 percent from...
An Advanced Guide to Professional Email Etiquette
If you have been emailing for any amount of time, you know the basics of email etiquette: Don’t use all caps because that denotes anger (if you’re that angry, compose yourself before composing an email), don’t send confidential information, and be especially...
How to Deal with Difficult Colleagues
The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre famously said, “Hell is other people,” and no place feels quite so hellish as a workplace with a difficult colleague. Dealing with such colleagues can affect our moods, productivity, and even our physical and mental health. But...
Navigating the Tricky Waters of Office Romances
Q. My co-worker and I fell in love on the job. We both still work at the same employer, although in different departments. We’re being very discreet, so nobody knows, not even our supervisors. Are we doing everything right? You’re asking, of course, because #MeToo is...
Telling Your Boss He or She is Wrong (and Surviving)
Of the many hard conversations you must have at work, quite possibly the hardest is the one when you know your manager has erred and you have to tell her or him. In that conversation, you must balance a lot of interpersonal dynamics, from managing up and communicating...
Overcoming High School Dynamics at Work
If you’ve been in the workplace for any length of time, you might feel it’s a whole lot like high school – the popular seem to advance to the corner office while others look on from their cubicles. That’s not just your sour grapes about popularity; research now...
What’s the Proper Etiquette for Workplace Gift-Giving?
Q: It’s holiday time and I’m confused about gift-giving. Should I get something for my boss? Should I expect something from her? What about my colleagues and the people I supervise? To make things even more confusing, I haven’t worked at my present job long enough to...
Bad Interviewer Could Mean a Bad Company
There’s nothing like interviewing with someone who isn’t good at it to remind you that the interview is a lot like a window you can open. As you sit across the desk from an interviewer who asks few questions or hasn’t read your resume, you may find yourself...Upcoming Events
Jul
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all-day Artscape 2018 @ MICA Campus
Artscape 2018 @ MICA Campus 
Jul 20 – Jul 22 all-day
Artscape goes back to the basics this year with a focus on ART. Special events include a Silent Disco, Squonk Opera’s Pneumatica, art installations, an artist-run art fair, free pedicab rides, comedy from Baltimore Improv[...]
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7:30 pm World Acappela: Iberi Choir of G... @ B'nai Israel Congregation
World Acappela: Iberi Choir of G... @ B'nai Israel Congregation 
Jul 26 @ 7:30 pm
This concert is another in the continuing series of sacred music inside B’nai Israel’s majestic sanctuary, sponsored by the Creative Alliance and B’nai Israel Congregation with the generous support of the Jacob & Hilda Blaustein[...]
Jul
28
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8:00 pm David Byrne @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
David Byrne @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
Jul 28 @ 8:00 pm
The former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is getting rave reviews for his choreographed 12-piece “American Utopia” show. The CD (which was included with every ticket purchased) is pretty excellent, as well. This IS your[...]
Publisher’s Notes
Read the latest views and thoughts from Jmore Publisher Scott Rifkin, MD 
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