by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) Shortly after graduating from high school, Ann Oka stuffed her clothes in some garbage bags, packed her record albums in a box and loaded up her $200 Vega for a three-week road trip across country with a high school friend. Destination: sunny California, where she had lived before her […]
Contributed by Martin Mitchell of the Corporate Training Group In case you were too busy to have kept up with all the news, contributor Martin Mitchell has gathered some important market events from last week to help you start this week well informed: Economic Backdrop The US non-farm payrolls report showed that the economy lost […]
by Marian Schembari (New York City) In the past ten years, the number of women who choose to remain childless has practically doubled. According to an article published last month in the Telegraph, the tides are turning as it used to be poverty and low marriage rates that contributed to childlessness. Today, women with higher […]
“I am so sorry. Big Kiss. My love to you and the girls. Hold them close.” Catherine Bailey’s tragic last words to her husband just before the successful City lawyer and mother of three daughters drowned herself in the Thames earlier this year. The resulting heartbreak for her young family, and consternation and sadness […]
by Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) The National Association for Female Executives has once again released their list of the top corporations for executive women-or as the site puts it, their “annual scrutiny of America’s corporations.” The 2009 list, which takes into account succession plans, metrics for managers, and commitment to bringing women into P&L […]
by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) At the age of 21, Pam Flaherty, President of Citi Foundation, was well on her way to achieving her childhood dream of becoming an ambassador. While waiting to get called up into a Foreign Service Officer class, she was accepted into the M.A. program in International Relations at […]
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart I recently reached out to a former superior and found that she had been let go. In this day and age where people up and down the corporate ladder are being laid off, what do I do when the people I worked with are no longer there to act […]
by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) Women may be less likely to encounter blatant sexism on the job than in prior years, but a recent study suggests “modern sexism” is still keeping women from achieving the highest level of success in corporate America. Modern sexism is often defined as a more subtle form of discrimination that […]
By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) Janice Chaffin, Consumer Business Unit President at security giant Symantec, knows a little something about hard work. She got her first job at the very young age of fourteen, working her way up over time from cleaning person to receptionist in a doctor’s office. Once in college at the University […]
Contributed by Martin Mitchell of the Corporate Training Group In case you were too busy to have kept up with all the news, contributor Martin Mitchell has gathered some important market events from last week to help you start this week well informed: Economic Backdrop ECB data on lending behaviour in June showed banks doing […]