• Don't Blow Your Cover While Job Hunting

    If you’re lucky enough to be looking for a job while you have a job, Tanisha A. Sykes, Essence magazine’s personal-finance and careers editor, has a list of do’s and don’ts. Whatever you do, don’t duck out on your full-time gig under the random guise of “I’ll be back.” Do that too many times and…

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  • Uncomfortable in a Multiracial Workplace? Don't Be

    Essence‘s Tanisha A. Sykes applies lessons from her transfer to a predominantly white high school to grown-up concerns about fitting in on the job. … I subsequently carried that into the workplace, and my best advice for “relaxing” around people from other races is to attend the after-work meet ups, join the diversity groups other…

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