When Facebook opened its newest headquarters building in 2015, architecture critics purred. Google’s Googleplex is the stuff of movies. Uber next year will make its own architectural statements in San Francisco and Oakland. But Silicon Valley isn’t the only place where powerful new tech companies come to life. This month, the company settling into tech’s boldest new headquarters is Provo, Utah-based Qualtrics.

Anxiety spurred by recent economic uncertainties contributes to the image that college graduates are facing difficulties in the job market. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, 2016 college graduates have highly favorable job prospects with statistics showing that employers are expecting to hire 5% more graduates out of the 1.9 million graduating this year.

(Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File) Rowling’s new book, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, sold more than 3.3 million copies in the U.S. and Canada, publisher Scholastic announced last week. It is currently ranked No. 1 among all books on Amazon. The Harry Potter franchise has been extremely lucrative for Rowling. According to Forbes, she has earned approximately $1 billion over her career, making her the world’s richest author.

Shutterstock Dear Liz, I replied to a job ad five weeks ago and got swept into a whirlwind recruiting process. At the end of the first interview I came home and told my wife “This is my dream job.” I’m working now but I’m under-utilized. The job I interviewed for is much more interesting, it pays better and it’s got an international component that my current job doesn’t have.

Part of the series “Living and Working Better” Photo Courtesy: iStock In my work as a career coach, my clients and I focus a great deal on authentic goal-setting, working to get at the heart of what they want – deep down – in their life and work. They’re often very surprised at how “off” their goals have been, given what they personally believe and value.

Shutterstock Dear Liz, I’ve had two face-to-face interviews with an advertising agency in my city and I’ve also had two phone interviews, and they all went really well as far as I can tell. Now they’ve invited me to come to their headquarters for a final day of interviewing. I’ve never been to an out-of-town interview before.

Shutterstock Is it time in your career to look for a new job? Do you have that interview already lined up? Here are some modern, counterintuitive takes on having a successful interview. The world has changed; so has job hunting. Be ready, and good luck! 1. Train Like An Olympian: Malcolm Gladwell was wrong; it isn’t about 10,000 hours, it’s about 10,000 (more or less) smart hours. If you’ve got a lot riding on an interview, think of it like a race or a meet.

Shutterstock Communication is the real work of leadership: articulating a vision. Breathing life into professed values. Challenging the status quo. Engaging people’s heads, hearts and hopes. A lot of that communication is in day-to-day conversation, in meetings, and other routine interactions. But some of it also comes in the form of speeches or presentations. Death-by-PowerPoint is unacceptable. The best recipe for communication success is the careful use of plain language.

Courtesy of Shutterstock It’s back-to-school week in California, and the rest of us with kids across the country are beginning to get ready. Every year, as summer draws to a close, millions of families prepare to adjust their schedules to a different rhythm of daily life. In the workplace, employers are trying to adjust, too.

Shutterstock Imagine this: You’ve worked at an established company for several years. You know most of the staff and executive team, and have even been promoted for your hard work and contributions. Then, one day you learn that the organization’s about to implement major structural changes that could change how your department’s run and jeopardize your job security.