In the 1997 blockbuster movie “The Full Monty,” Tom Wilkinson’s character loses his job but fakes having one to hide the truth from his wife. He gets up every morning, puts on his suit, tucks his morning paper under his arm and heads out, only to return home after five p.m. In today’s economy, with […]
by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) There aren’t many professional women who can claim that they decided to pursue a career in accounting while they were inside an Italian mountain. Yet that’s exactly where Heather Paquette, Partner in the Midwest Information Technology Advisory (ITA) Practice in the Chicago office of KPMG LLP, came to her […]
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart What can I put in the resume to guarantee an interview? How do employers decide who to invite from the resume pile? What keywords can I use to make my resume stand out online? I get a resume-related question at every workshop. I have written before and say in […]
By Andrea Newell (Grand Rapids, Michigan) As we have previously reported, a 2004 study by Catalyst, a global non-profit organization dedicated to expanding opportunities for women in the workplace, showed that Fortune 500 companies with more women board directors performed significantly higher than the companies with the least number of women board directors: 53% higher […]
by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) When Lisa Powers joined Phillips Lytle LLP, a Rochester-based law firm, in 1999, she didn’t think to ask about the firm’s maternity leave policy. She was thinking about her career, not starting a family. However, in 2002 she got pregnant and discovered the firm had “one of most generous maternity policies.” […]
by Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) Secil Watson, Senior Vice President of Customer Experience, Money Movement, and Mobile Banking with Wells Fargo’s Internet Services Group, may not have had a sense of herself after graduating from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, but that’s certainly not the case anymore for the thirty-seven-year-old mother […]
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: Mergers and Acquisitions Chrysler emerged from bankruptcy after a deal to sell […]
by Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) A woman gets thrown over a balcony by her abusive boyfriend. The fall breaks her back, leaving her disabled. A young Marine, while home on leave, gets hit by a drunk driver, rendering him paraplegic. A baby is born in Russia and spends part of her childhood in an orphanage before […]
by Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles) “WOMEN Unlimited is based on my experience of doing everything wrong for the first half of my career. I often think back and agonize over it, wondering how I could have been so stupid. When I became an executive, I noticed many women around me who were smarter, but had […]
by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) What do you get when you sit down with five exceptionally accomplished professional women and ask them about their real life leadership strategies? You get a wide range of powerful and pithy advice on everything from the positive effects of the current economic crisis to their own strategies for […]