Personal Stories
Rachel Marcy was not great at working in retail, but we're just as pleased.
Work
Whitney Fletcher, on leaving academia AND his brown corduroy blazer.
Feminism
A female cook on how "Ratatouille" gets at the heart of being a woman in a professional kitchen.
Work
Veena Singh shares a glimpse of what an average day is like for a forensic pathologist.
Advice
The Toast's job advice column takes on promotions (yours) and leaves of absence (not yours.)
Advice
Businesslady is here for all your job advice questions. She is firm but fair.
Family
A series of Mother's Day cards you may not have seen before.
Sex
Violet Mclean, on seeking sex work in an oil and gas boomtown, and not finding it.
Ghosts
Randi Beers looks back on the time she spent as the bartender of the Lyubov Orlova, better known to you as the cannibal rat ghost ship.
Advice
Nicole and Mallory provide some advice on having a lower standard of living than you want, and your yappy coworkers.
Business
We're not sure if you're ready to work in customer service yet.
Work
Mark Kowgier has created a cover letter template for those who wish to be unemployed for an indefinite period of time.
Books
Allison R. on how library school is actually exactly how you imagined it to be.
Business
Andrea Laurion, on office chairs she has known, and also the strict definition of "new."
Books
Spencer Madsen on how to run your small book press, how not to mess it up, and how to justify having dragged yourself into this industry at all.