Is a Cover Letter with a Resume Necessary?

Believe it or not, sometimes a cover letter with your resume isn't necessary. But some of you should most definitely include one.

Do you need that letter? Find out here.

Leaving Work Early Today? Extra Buses & Trains for You!

New Jersey Transit is offering "early getaway" bus and rail service today for those of you leaving work early for the Thanksgiving holiday.

They will also be running extra trains on Thanksgiving Day to accommodate those attending Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

On Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, additional trains will operate to New York and enhanced bus service will be offered to shopping centers throughout New Jersey.

For more information, go to www.njtransit.com.

Confronting a Workplace Saboteur

"I work with someone who agrees with action items in meetings, but she consistently sabotages them later. What can I do?"

Sound familiar? Is someone you work with, and maybe depend on, constantly backpedaling? Is she consistently going above or around you?

Get some good advice here.

401K Matching Contribution Eliminated? READ THIS.

If your employer has announced that they're suspending their matching contribution to your 401K, you'd be wise to update your resume and get it circulating. Cuts to 401K matches are a huge red flag. Find out why here.

Pledge Yourself to Workplace Serenity

We can't control what's happening in the office -- layoffs, co-workers acting like jerks, bosses being unreasonable -- but we can control how we react. And that could make a world of difference

Read some words of wisdom from Deepak Chopra here.

At Work, Avoid the "Personal Implosion"

Work can make you feel so overwhelmed, so freaked out, that you feel like a building about to collapse in on itself.

Here's an article that reminds us of some common-sense ways to avoid getting to that miserable place.

Law Firms Laying Off Legal Secretaries

Buchanan Ingersoll, Duane Morris, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Reed Smith, Blank Rome, Dechert.

Who's laying off secretaries? And is it because of the economy, or are they reporting other reasons?

Read about these firms now at Law.com.