The rapport you have with your boss can become suffocating if the relationship becomes too personal, experts say. The best way to prevent this scenario is to state firmly your discomfort when a conversation becomes unprofessional.

The ability to persevere may have more to do with career success than innate talent or intelligence, Lisa Quast writes. She cites research finding that high IQ scores and degrees from prestigious colleges are not the best indicators of career success.

Superlatives such as "awesome" or "the best" don't convey the confidence or specificity you think they do, writes Judith Humphrey, founder of a leadership communications company. Similarly, repeating empty words or referencing earlier statements can erode confidence with your target audience.

Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System said it will hire 2,000 employees, including nurses, beyond the 2,000 hired six months ago. Jobs will be open in Danville, Shamokin, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Lewistown, State College and Harrisburg, and officials say the hiring process could take a year.

Note the keywords in job listings in order to customize your resume, writes Chrissy Scivicque. Adjust the wording in your bullet points to reflect the job requirements and keywords from the listing.

Little Golden Books, celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, makes reading more accessible to children through the books' inexpensive cost and bright, golden spines. "When I think of these famous Little Golden Books -- like "Tawny Scrawny Lion," "Scuffy the Tugboat," "The Shy Little Kitten" -- these books have a wit to them, a slyness that I think was very rare at the time," says Diane Muldrow, who works at the imprint today.