Entries by The Glass Hammer

SixFigureStart Proactive Job Search Basics

This eight-week teleclass series meets Mondays at 7p-8:30p EST via a conference phone line. Hear from former Fortune 500 recruiters how the hiring process really works, what the candidates who do get hired are doing right, and what the candidates who lose out do to blow it.

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MECCA: San Francisco Hotspot for Women’s Networking

Contributed by Heather Cassell San Francisco’s professional women know where to go for great food, wine and cocktails, entertainment, and socializing: Mecca, a hip restaurant and bar located on the edge of the Castro district at 2029 Market Street. “It’s a destination for a lot of people in the community to have your special dinner […]

Women’s Leadership Conference

To have the best talent in your organization, women must be part of that picture. As a professional responsible for women’s career advancement from either a line or staff position, you are always looking for new ways to engage women for the benefit of themselves and the organization. The challenges of finding and keeping the […]

Tips for Searching for a Job in a Recession

You have heard the rumors that your company is going to be announcing yet another round of write-downs and lay offs. Maybe you have been sneaking off during your lunch hour to make clandestine calls to headhunters and surreptitiously sending out resumes from your gmail account during work. Or maybe, in the last month or […]

In Europe and Breaking the Bank

My mother and I were checking out of our hotel in the old city of Vienna when the receptionist behind the desk asked me if I wanted to pay in euros or dollars. I handed her my Visa and said I would pay in euros, since seeing the inflated price in dollars would only depress […]