Workwise.net

What is WorkWise?

A suite of features addressing the needs of print and online editors in newspapers and newspaper groups seeking outstanding workplace content. These columns and special assignment articles appear in some of the nation's most prestigious publications.

WorkWise Variety (rotating features and artwork each week on a single page)
For readers and site visitors

• This exciting new service for classified and business pages, developed at the request of The Miami Herald, assures the best content the market has to offer, prepackaged, for easy integration in your system. The ongoing content, both commentary and Q&A, varies from week to week, carefully selected from the wide range of columns for which the WorkWise suite is known -- emerging trends, on-the-mark job hunting and hot careers. It also includes a light touch, a BlogTip. WorkWise Variety comes camera-ready or as files, depending upon a paper’s needs. See it here at The Modesto Bee Online.

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

• WorkWise (1982-present) was first syndicated in 1994 by Passage Media. A classic, it covers emerging trends in the workplace and contains the widest range of HR topics in print today. This column is a staple in business and special sections, in print and online. Check The Hartford Courant, the nation's longest continuously published newspaper, for WorkWise.

WorkWise Interactive (Q&A)
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. Fresnobee.com is one of a growing list of clients since the 2004 launch to feature this widely appealing column.

WorkWise Advice (commentary)
For readers who believe that good work is worth having and doing -- throughout life

• WorkWise Advice, for special sections, brings timeless, clear commentaries for job seekers of all ages and backgrounds committed to securing meaningful, rewarding work.

• Editors may create their own mix -- a combination of weekly columns, individual or grouped reprints, and local commentaries. These freelance arrangements serve papers large and small -- syndication clients and others, including New York's Daily News.

"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.

"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 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.

"Three huge cheers for your recent article 'Getting the Irritation to Stop,' read in the Post and Courier's Careermarket."
-N.N., 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.