Blogs About "Advice"

My neighbor, Kathy, ran Human Resources for a large fragrance company. When I first got to know Kathy, I would leave our conversation thinking how much fun she was. But it soon dawned on me that I was enjoying myself because we talked entirely about ME the entire time. No wonder I had fun.

 Kathy would become involved in my...

  Women comprise nearly half the U.S. workforce and start businesses at 1.5x the national average. However, females are underrepresented on corporate Boards and male founded companies receive 95% of venture capital funding. The University of North Carolina’s online business program, MBA@UNC, highlights these and other business-related gender inequities in its Infographic . One particular fact that caught my eye:...

Last week I wrote a post entitled:  Have Connections? Use Them! One of my readers wrote in “Yeah, well, that doesn’t apply to me; I don’t know anyone.”  I told her it doesn’t matter whether she’s 22 and just out of college, or 32 and changing careers. She has connections. The same goes for...

A few weeks ago I attended a program at the New York City Bar Association sponsored by the committee I chair, the Law Student Perspectives Committee.

The program, Recruiting Tips from the Insider’s View, was well attended and the reviews were great. A lot of what was said by the experts from law firms and government employers has been said before but bears repeating.

It might...

Besides the great comic, this blog post covers all of the major errors resume reviewers and hiring managers see with resume file names.

Everything about you must be consistent throughout your job search. Not just the contact information at the top of your resume and cover letters but also your appearance and demeanor. Do not ruin all of your hard work by ignoring what your potential boss may see first, right after...

 

Many women know what they want to be when they grow-up. Today my 2.5-year-old daughter wants to be a doctor-mommy-good-girl. I promised her I'll work hard so she can be whatever she wants and she promised me the same.

 

What she ends up doing professionally may not exist yet. I won't go down the slippery-this-and-that-didn't-exist-when-I-was-her-age-slope (car phones, VCRs, fax machines, the internet, Starbucks!)...

May is Here! I, for one, am thrilled! I’m truly ready to let go of the heavy, dark remnants of Winter, and stretch and play lightly with more ease, as summer approaches.

Yesterday, a dear friend of mine — fabulous life coach and Emmy-award-winning writer Susie Horgan – shared with me a core idea from Buddhist thinking that “suffering” is the continually craving to be where you are not.

Are We...

Well, my 30-Day Twitter Experiment continues and it’s been quite enlightening and surprising so far – and tiring! More than I imagined.

Here’s what I’m learning:

1) It’s all about the connection. What do people want more than anything in life? To be valued, liked, appreciated, understood, recognized for who they really are, and to not feel alone. Welcome to Twitter. It’s all about real connection – conversing,...

I love reading Penelope Trunk’s posts – they’re always thought-provoking, controversial and stimulating. I’m thankful that she has a large voice and an even larger audience because she is able to prod so many of us to think about what we truly believe, in comparison with and contrast to her very strident views.

I must say, though, that her recent post on BNET – Terrible Career Advice Women Give Each Other...

As we move into a time of planting new seeds and cultivating what we truly wish to create, it’s time also to weed our gardens – discard old remnants from past plantings that thwart our growth, and cease to be beneficial as we evolve.

This Spring, I’m doing a great deal of emotional weeding. Truth be told (and so many people do not tell the truth about their real-life problems, so...