Career Advice

If only the different departments talked the same language, their relationship could be so much better

According to the first-ever ranking of the Top 25 CEOs from employer-reviews website Glassdoor.com, Meg Whitman's approval rating as chief executive is 80%, earning her the 24th spot on the list.Topping the list is Apple's chief executive, Tim Cook.

Google's Marissa Mayer spoke last night at an event in Manhattan on why she figured Google would probably be a flop and why she doesn't believe in burnout.

Mark Zuckerberg may be at the top of today's tech pyramid when it comes to prestige, but it's another Harvard drop-out and computer prodigy who reins supreme atop the list of tech billionaires.

LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman talks with FINS about his new career strategy book, "The Start-up of You." Getting ahead isn't like the old days when one company would take care of you for life, he says. Today, everyone has to think like the CEO of their own personal brand.

Getting the gears moving at the beginning of that first job hunt can be tough. Lindsey Pollak, author of "Getting From College to Career," talked to FINS about what new graduates can do to get a leg up.

Thanks to the rise of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, dumb interview moves are taking on a new character. The urge to share everything about one's life with friends and strangers via cyberspace is invading the very private atmosphere of the recruiter's office.

It takes more than superior performance to cross the finish line nowadays, as corporate boards have increased their focus on management succession. At the same time, boards rarely divulge the additional requirements that executives must meet to land a senior spot.

Corporate recruiters have been slow to adapt their online strategies for the mobile revolution.

The TED conference has evolved from an event where people share ideas into a place where technology industry deals get done, too.