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Contributed by Amy Dorn Kopelan, Co-Creator, The Guru Nation So many talented women managers and senior executives really have what it takes to move up in their organizations, but what they often don’t have is a Personal Board of Directors ready to advise them and support them. Even when some women (and men) tell me […]
Contributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart At a recent workshop, a jobseeker asked an incredibly broad, but often-asked, question: What are recruiters looking for when they interview you? I essentially gave him the same advice I wrote about in an earlier GH column entitled “No Magic Bullet Answers”. But while there is no one-size-fits-all approach […]
by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) The women in The Comeback have one thing in common: none of them had planned to leave work but at some point they all made the decision to go back. I spoke recently with Keller about what she learned from writing the book and what advice she had for women looking […]
By Paige Churchman (New York City) “Phoning it in” used to be an insult implying a lackadaisical performance, but now that many of us have phones practically implanted in our skulls, phoning it in is de rigueur at least some of the time. Telecommuting is everywhere. Even the denizens of the corner offices, who once […]
by Anna T. Collins, Esquire (Portland, Maine) Laura Allen* had been working at a law firm in the U.S. for three years. She had always gotten excellent reviews, regular bonuses and raises, and was respected by her peers. Then, her entire legal career was stopped short. “When I had my daughter,” Laura explains “my employer […]
Contributed by Martin Mitchell of the Corporate Training Group In case you were too busy trying to stay warm (or, for our readers in the Southern Hemisphere, trying to stay cool) to have kept up with the news, contributor Martin Mitchell has gathered some important market events from last week to help you start this […]
The National Council of Women’s Organizations (NCWO), an umbrella organization with over 200 member organizations representing over 11 million women in America, will host an inaugural ball celebrating the inauguration of President-Elect Barack H. Obama and Vice President-Elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. The organization will also use this unique opportunity to honor women who have, […]
by Anna T. Collins, Esq. (Portland, Maine) Beth George is an accomplished attorney. Early on in her career she interned for the late Hugh H. Bownes, First Circuit Court of Appeals and served as Judicial Clerk for the Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. She has practiced solo for ten years, focusing primarily […]
by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City) When I told friends and family that I was planning to go to Antarctica (one of the”to do’s” on my “400 before 40” list), the overwhelming response was: “why would you want to do that?” My response was to wonder how someone could NOT want to go. The penguins, […]