WorkWise (weekly commentary and artwork)
For readers and site visitors with some work experience

• WorkWise was first syndicated in 1994. It discusses emerging trends in the workplace, HR and small-business topics, and scholarly findings made accessible to readers. This column is a staple in business and special sections, in print and online. Check The Modesto Bee for WorkWise.

WorkWise Interactive (weekly Q&A and BlogTip)
For job seekers at any point in their careers

• WorkWise Interactive is an information-packed Q&A column about job-finding. Its BlogTips showcase compelling, often humorous insights from experts on topics of all kinds related to employment. This column is featured in business and special sections, in print and online. The Times is one of a growing list of clients since the 2004 launch to carry this widely appealing column.

WorkWise Special (new products developed for editors)
For editors seeking customized content

• This exciting service for business pages, special sections and niche publications assures the best content the market has to offer. It is selected from the wide range of columns for which the WorkWise suite is known – emerging trends, on-the-mark job hunting, hot careers, small business and local interest topics, including higher and graduate education.

Editors innovate with this material. See what The Miami Herald developed. The Modesto Bee uses two full columns, with one broken into segments.

USA Today’s Hispanic Living featured an article on Latina entrepreneurs. A third affiliation with The Hartford Courant, the nation's longest continuously published newspaper, bridged local with national perspective. For four years, "Your Money" at New York's Daily News published many special small business, career and education articles. The Los Angeles Times featured an article about global awareness through graduate study abroad. A cover story in the Chicago Sun-Times discussed the value of an MBA, while The Seattle Times article on stepped-up alumni career services led its section. A nursing publication at The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.) launched with our national and local content exclusively. An article published in UTAH CEO magazine focused on management – training strategies and tactics.

What Readers Say

CONTINUITY

"I have taken your advice in your columns and changed how I’m looking for work."
-D. A., tradesman, Pontiac, Mich.

"Your article on age discrimination was very informative. You have a great talent for taking a more complicated issue and turning it into useful, practical information."
-K.C., Hartford, Conn.

"I am going to hold on to that career advice for forever."
-B.F., office support, Mobile, Ala.

"Another winning column."
-R.J., Cedar Hill, Tex.

"I enjoy reading your column. It's helped me with a lot of things I've been working on."
-S.A., in transition, Houston, Tex.

"Thoughtful work. Your material is always topically current and insightful."
-G.W., military recruitment executive, Fort Knox, Ky.

"I only wish that all the good info you share with your readers was available to me and my students back in my teaching years. Believe me, you would have been our Monday discussion."
-R.R., retired teacher, Commerce Township, Mich.

"Another splendid and highly entertaining column. Note to self: No grooming in places with windows."
Michael Rigg, social media specialist, The Times Media Company, Munster, Ind.

INSIGHT

"I read your column in the Sunday San Francisco Chronicle. It is very informative. I am glad that there is such a column to help job seekers."
-Anonymous, San Francisco, Calif.

"I read your article, 'To Young Job Seekers: Tighten Resumes,' with great interest."
-L.N., new grad, Hartford, Conn.

"I present job search programs to two different groups each week. We have eight offices in six counties. I'll share your wonderful information with my co-workers!"
-Judy Greene, workforce strategist, Business Services KV Works Inc., Valparaiso, Ind.

"I enjoyed your recent column because I had an interview that the interviewer didn't know how to end."
-W.D., international transportation job seeker, Munster, Ind.

"Thank you for your comment about not taking a job you know won't work out."
-S.R., administrative assistant

"I read your article on facility management and am looking for a career change. Your article inspired me."
-M.T., career-changer, Dallas, Tex.

BREADTH

"Three huge cheers for your recent article 'Getting the Irritation to Stop,' read in the Post and Courier's Careermarket."
-N.N., hospital laboratory technologist, supervisor and performance improvement coordinator, Charleston, S.C.

"That is stunning advice."
-K.L., friend of a person in hostile work environment

"I will be sharing your article about customer service with some co-workers."
-C.H., customer service, Houston, Tex.

"I was fascinated reading about working with horses to further the team-building goals of an organization."
-Carolyn McMullen, The McMullen Co. Inc., Davis, Calif.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
-L.P., high-tech whistleblower

What Editors Say

"You are a gifted writer."
-Kevin Weaks, writer/producer, STL-TV, St. Louis, Mo.

"Yours are the only career columns we buy. They help enormously."
-Vivian Vega, managing editor, Custom Publishing, KNS Media Group, Knoxville, Tenn.

"I continue to enjoy reading your articles and I am thrilled when I hear readers from our region are sending in questions."
Keith Foreman, employment sales manager, The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Va.

"Thanks for your consistent hard work."
-Matthew Saltanovitz, assistant editor, Business, The Times of Northwest Indiana, Munster, Ind.

"Our managing editor was so thrilled with the WorkWise package that she grabbed it and put it in the early run for Sunday, not realizing it was for publication next week."
-Tom Blount, editor, High Point Enterprise, High Point, N.C.

"I appreciate the value that your column brings to our readers."
-Eric Johnston, publisher and president, The Modesto Bee, Modesto, Calif.