Shutterstock When you start your career, you are so happy that someone hired you that you’re likely to put up with less-than-ideal working conditions. Most of us have a lousy job (or two or three of them) before we realize that there is a built-in equality in the employment relationship. When you realize that you are worth more – more money, more respect, or whatever you value most — than your current employer is giving you, you can change jobs.

Before you quit your job, make sure you’ve tried a few tips (Credit: Unsplash.com). It’s no secret that millennials are job-hopping, so if you find yourself at a crossroads debating if you should leave your job or not, you are not alone. Whatever your reason for wanting to walk out the door, there are some actions you could take to give your job another chance to survive. According to a 2015 study by EY, the top five reasons that American millennials leave jobs are as follows.

Shutterstock You know you need to get back to someone as soon as possible when he or she sends an email labeled “urgent.” You can imagine the other person staring at his screen, unblinking or obsessively refreshing his inbox, because he’s waiting on you for the final numbers, the approval, the go-ahead, the answer or the next steps.

Shutterstock Dear Liz, I don’t know whether I would  have quit my job in a soul-sucking, toxic workplace if I hadn’t found your columns, but that’s what happened. I guess everything happens for a reason. I started to really dislike my job around Memorial Day, and by the middle of September I was getting sick because of the politics and intrigue at my job. I was losing sleep. I had to do something.

When you’re an expert in any field, people may regularly ask to “pick your brain,” buy you lunch or some other form of asking for advice. For free, of course. If you feel conflicted at time like these, it makes perfect sense. Your schedule is packed, yet your instinct might still be to jump in and help. In fact, your generosity and desire to make a difference likely played a huge part in you going into business to begin with.

Under 30 Summit attendees. (Photo: Ryan Hickey) Breaking into a new industry as an outsider can be a harrowing feat for someone with little experience and connections. On Monday, four young social entrepreneurs shared a few words of wisdom in front of an audience of 800 people at Northeastern University during the first day of the FORBES’ 30 Under 30 Summit.

Eager to help Oracle customers around the globe innovate and grow, founder Larry Ellison says his company’s surging efforts in Oracle ERP Cloud applications and cloud infrastructure have reshaped the competitive dynamics of the industry such that Oracle’s top two competitors are now Workday and Amazon Web Services.

Americans are apparently incredibly stressed out by the election this year. The American Psychological Association (APA) has just released some early results from its Stress in America survey, which is due out early next year. The central finding is that, regardless of political affiliation, more than half of the people polled are significantly stressed out by the election.

You’ve had your head down, diligently completing your work, but you still aren’t getting that promotion you want. Guess what? The reason might just be… because you’ve had your head down, completing your work. Nope, you didn’t read that wrong. Being a diligent employee might actually be holding you back. Why? Because doing your work is the first part. Making sure management sees what you’re doing is the missing piece.

Choosing a major is a complex decision, often a tug-of-war between personal interests and financial prospects. Recently there has been a heightened focus on colleges’ financial return on investment. Parents sometimes put pressure on their kids to choose majors that lead to lucrative careers, and last year the White House released a college scorecard that shows annual cost, graduation rate and average first-year salary.