In the age of personal branding, it’s part of your job description to become an expert no matter your specialty.

Sue Kochan tells the importance of checking the facts in the stories that bind our lives and limit our careers. These are the stories we often have no idea even exist.

You've submitted your resume and made it through the first round of screening. One thing stands between you and a phone call requesting an interview. What does the company do?

Five years ago I was graduating college, wide-eyed, entitled and impatient. Sound familiar? What I can tell you, what I found out quickly, is that nothing worth having will come to you. It has to be