Women & Networking Effectively

By: Robin Barone

Imagine the start of a cocktail party: the setting is a terrace of a midtown office building with an impeccable view of Bryant Park. The bar is full stacked with a selection of good wine and attended by two attractive bar tenders. Tables and chairs scatter the balcony with a selection of antipasta, crudite, and cheese to dine on. God held up his promise of good weather and you can feel good karma spreading in the air through the beats of background music.

As the event progressed, I noticed a trend. As each woman arrived, they would enter the terrace, look around, grab a glass of wine, find their friends, sit down, and get comfortable for the remainder of the evening. I will admit the chairs were really comfortable and the food was really good. But in the back of my head I kept thinking, “Aren’t they here to meet other women in our field?”

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Ask-A-Recruiter: No Magic Bullet Answers

Contributed by: Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart

What is the best answer to the strength and weakness interview question?

I got this exact question after a workshop I recently led. Other than his name and industry background, I had no other information. Yet, he fully expected me to come up with answers to very personal interview questions.

Actually, I am asked this question so much I almost expect it after every workshop I give. It seems that many jobseekers out there are looking for the magic bullet answers that will get them past the interview to the offer stage.

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Brokering Change: A Wall Street Multicultural Women’s Exchange Interbank Conference

Save the date!

Goldman Sachs cordially invites you to save the date for the Brokering Change: A Wall Street Multicultural Women’s Exchange Interbank Conference. The half-day conference will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Bayard’s in New York City, immediately followed by a cocktail reception.

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Registration
12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Conference
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception

Please contact for more information

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Work/Life Balance For Singles

By: Cynthia Diaz

No lifestyle options are easy and while being single, living alone, certainly has its perks, the single lifestyle—as with every lifestyle choice—does have its challenges. There is an incredible amount of freedom in fending for oneself and not having to answer to anyone but, is being solitary all it’s cracked up to be?

Generally, unless one lives the single life, it is difficult to understand that being single is not all “Sex and the City” and impossibly high heels. Often, there are higher expectations for those without spouses and children. Working in corporate America, I have been told that putting in extra hours would be expected during a crunch, not a problem. I think everyone has heard that request at one time or another. It is what often follows that is insulting: “After-all, you’re single. You have no responsibilities.” Being single somehow allows my free time to become someone else’s asset.

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Dressing Your Resume For Success Part Two

By: Kathryn Sollmann, Co-founder Women@Work Network

Last week, we covered the first of seven signs that your resume needs to be updated. Here are the remaining six ways you can keep your resume as up to date as this season’s fashions.
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Clara Furse, Dame of the Capital Markets

175276657_ad05a2fc6b_m.jpgKnown for fighting off unwanted bids by Deutsche Borse, Euronext, Macquarie and NASDAQ, the Chief Executive Officer of the London Stock Exchange, Clara Furse, will have the honor of becoming a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

She is being honored for her services to the financial industry on the Queen’s Birthday List which is compiled by England’s Prime Minister twice a year. Even though the Queen’s actual birthday is April 21st, her birthday is celebrated on the first, second or third Saturday in June for practical reasons. Mrs. Furse, along with 959 other people that have made outstanding contributions to their communities, will be awarded by Queen Elizabeth the 2nd herself.

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Confessions of an Equity Saleswoman

By: Natalie Sabia

As I dial the phone number and await the first person to answer, a feeling of anxiety, yet excitement consumes me. I gather my thoughts and search desperately within myself for the golden ticket, the one that will determine if I survive this call or not: confidence. While waiting for that confidence to start brewing inside of me, I patiently listen for someone to answer. “Will I get the assistant again?” I ponder, “Will they give me a hard time?”

I obsess over these thoughts in my head, but at the same time wonder just what they will be thinking once they do pick up. Will the financial advisor give me an attitude and then laugh to himself and think, “Why is this girl calling me?”
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Catalyst Provides Fresh Research on Women’s Business Leadership

Catalyst, the top think tank for women’s workplace issues, relaunched its new website on June 12, 2008. The new site is packed full of studies, interviews and news stories on diversity and inclusion practices of major companies, women in leadership positions and the advancement of women of color.

Founded in 1962, Catalyst is a major nonprofit membership organization working with businesses worldwide to build inclusive workplaces and expand opportunities for women and business. At The Glass Hammer, we consider Catalyst to be a reliable source for research data on the subjects that women in law, finance and business find most important. They also host the Catalyst Awards, kind of like the Oscars for diversity and gender-inclusiveness the the workplace.

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When The Negotiation Gets Tough, The Smart Take a Break

Contributed By: Carol Frohlinger, Esq., Managing Director, Negotiating Women Inc.

8598115_45bb7c2304_m.jpgEmotions and our ability to control them, make all the difference in our negotiations. The more important the negotiation is to us, the more challenging to manage our emotions. I had a personal experience recently when my temper flared and, as a result, I didn’t get the outcome I wanted. Yes, I knew better but still fell into the emotion trap.

Deepak Malhotra, Gillian Ku and J. Keith Murnighan’s Harvard Business Review article, “When Winning Is Everything” (May, 2008) discussed the problems negotiators face when they get so emotionally invested in besting the other party that their judgment suffers. These experts isolate three drivers of what they call “competitive arousal”:

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Ask-A-Recruiter: When Quantity Matters

Contributed By: Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart

Typical resume advice says that you show quantitative results — revenue generated, costs saved, profits increased. But what about people who aren’t in sales or don’t manage a budget. What results can a mid-level manager or someone new in a career show?

The benefit of quantitative descriptions is not exclusive to bottom line data; quantitative descriptions provide scope and scale for your accomplishments. Quantitative details are tangible. The significance of an event planning project changes when we know that 1,000 people attended.

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