This cast concludes our guidance as to the actions to take when your boss resigns.

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This cast describes our guidance as to the actions to take when your boss resigns.

Some time ago, we produced a three part cast called How To Resign. It's a long series, because our recommendations take six weeks. When your boss resigns though, you often only have a week or two to come to terms with the idea and prepare yourself for the interregnum, the undefined amount of time where you have no boss, and the coming of the new boss. Whether you love or hate your current boss, change is always unsettling. Taking action within your circle of influence will make this time less difficult and allow you to potentially benefit from the change.

[By the way, for those of you who have been through this before, and perhaps the transition wasn't handled well, don't assume it's always that way. Take heart. The fact is there are some companies who do succession planning well, and when a manager announces she is leaving, it's almost already agreed to who is going to fill their role. Succession planning at all levels (even if it's just an executive having a back up plan in her desk) helps when a boss resigns.]

Here are some basic things you can do to prepare for the transition professionally.

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This cast tells consultants and project managers how to create a resume.

This cast is the first in a series which we'll put out over time about the way to apply our resume advice to particular careers, job titles, or times in your career. We've noticed from the resumes we see as part of the resume review service, that there are particular areas where it seems to be more difficult to apply the advice, and we want to give extra guidance for those areas.

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This cast tells you how to manage your voicemail on a daily basis.

One of the most frustrating issues in the workplace is getting someone's voicemail, leaving a message and then not knowing what's going to happen next. Often their message isn't enough to tell you if they are in the office or out, when they are returning, when they might return your call. It's one of the reasons that voicemails are often followed in quick succession by emails and in-person visits. The urge to reduce the uncertainty is stronger than any urge towards efficiency. We can't change the people around you, but we can help you get it right.

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This cast concludes our updates to our resume advice for 2010.

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This cast updates our resume advice for 2010.

In each of the last two years we have produced a cast updating our resume advice. Resume and hiring trends are always moving (though the focus on what you did and how well you did it never changes) and we want you to both be aware of the trends, what they mean, and how to adapt your resume to keep up with them.

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This cast gives our guidance on what to do when asked about your GPA.

In the first five or so years out of university (and for some, longer than that) one of the first questions one is asked is 'What was your GPA'? This is an easy enough question if you're proud of your achievement. But what if you didn't do as well as you hoped? Or circumstances conspired to make study difficult for you? Or you discovered that you were not mature enough or interested enough in your topic and you slacked off? There are a myriad of reasons why people do not do well in their university courses. In this cast we'll discuss how to handle that question.

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This cast concludes the discussion of our recommendations on what to do when preparing logistically for a presentation at hotel or offsite location.

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This cast continues the discussion of our recommendations on what to do when preparing logistically for a presentation at hotel or offsite location.

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This cast recommends what to do when preparing logistically for a presentation at hotel or offsite location.

Presenting at an offsite location, often a hotel, seems to be a rite of passage for most professionals. If you haven’t done it before, we promise that you will underestimate the amount of logistical thinking required to do it right. We are routinely amazed – think about that for a second – by smart people thinking that all they have to do is know their content, and they will do well.

But an effective offsite presentation happens much like effective briefings at meetings – way before the presentation actually begins. Here are just the basics on how to be well prepared – at least logistically – for an offsite presentation.

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