Movers and Shakers – Financial Data Services

stockticker.JPGby Sima Matthes (New York City)

All eyes are on the market today, looking to see if the $700 billion “rescue plan” will have the desired effect of soothing nervous investors and turning around the downward market spiral. This intense market scrutiny put us in mind of those who, among other things, process the market transactions. And, as we focus on the stock tickers and market fluctuations, it seemed appropriate to note some women leading the way in the Financial Data Services industry.

Read more

/by

Top Gals and the Gap

,

iStock_000005581680XSmall.jpgby Paige Churchman (New York City)

With all the other news from the financial world, you might have missed this – both Fortune and Forbes have recently published their top-paid lists of businesswomen. Fortune’s is a sub list of its annual 50 Most Powerful Women in Business, published just last week, three weeks after Forbes named its 100 Highest-Paid Women In Corporate America and about a month after the Census released its 2007 figures on the U.S. wage gap between men and women.

Read more

/by

Don’t Let What’s Happening on Wall Street and Main Street Make Us Forget – It’s Time To Take to the Real Street and Take Aim at Breast Cancer!

Contributed by Julia Kaufmann-Yu

Most of us feel helpless in the face of the “perfect storm” brewing on Wall Street and Main Street. So now may be a good time to focus what we DO have control over and remember that each one of us can make a difference in the crusade to eradicate breast cancer.

Yes, it’s October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month – time to re-commit our time and energy to this important cause that affects one more of us women every three minutes! Read more

/by

Executive Personal Shoppers

bfashion.JPGy Caroline Shannon (Dayton, OH)

Sure, “girls just wanna have fun” and “diamonds are a girl’s best friend,” but, despite conventional wisdom, shopping can sometimes rank pretty low on the list of fun things to do — especially, when you are a busy business professional who can barely squeeze in lunch let alone a trip to the department store.

Read more

/by

Survey: Will Executive Coaching get you to the corner office?

The Glass Hammer is delighted to partner with Lily Benavides, a 4th-year Doctoral candidate at the University of San Francisco on her research about the executive development of women. Lily is investigating the efficacy of executive coaching on the organizational performance of female executives to determine if this leads to their further promotion.

So please take a moment and reflect on your experience with executive coaching: how has it impacted your organizational performance? What business areas were specifically impacted? What new knowledge was gained? What do you do differently as a result of your experience with executive coaching?

More women are needed in the executive suite. Click on the link now and join in the quest. This is your opportunity to tell your story, a valuable one it is.
Survey closes Saturday, October 4. We will report back to you with the findings!

/by

25 Women to Watch in Banking and Finance

bank2.JPGby Sima Matthes (New York City)

We love it when companies on the Fortune 1000 are recognized for having women at the top! The October issue of U.S. Banker, profiles the 25 Women to Watch, a ranking that honors women whose leadership continues to shape the financial services industry.

Read more

/by

The Week in Review: The House Bails on the Bailout But the Senate Revives the Rescue

governmentbailout.JPGby Heather Chapman (New York City)

Labeled the ‘Hail Mary’ of bills, Congress’ revised $700 billion bailout plan was expected to be passed by the House of Representatives on Monday. Yet, despite all expectations, the House rejected the plan by a vote of 228 to 205—a mere 13 vote margin. Investors had been relying on the proposed bill to buoy the sagging markets; however, with the House’s repudiation of the bill, the Dow Jones Industrial plummeted, dropping more than 700 points, while the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index fell by more than 8%, making Monday the worst single day in trading history for the United States in at least twenty years.

Read more

/by

The Nice Niche–A Trap or an Opportunity?

excluded.JPGby Sima Matthes (New York City)

There seems to be at once an unwritten expectation that women will be “nicer” (whatever your definition of that word is) than men, and that if they’re not, they’re considered impossible to work with. What does it mean for women to be condemned (or elevated) to the “nice niche”– the place where women in corporate America often find themselves stuck?

Read more

/by

Ask-A-Recruiter: How do you manage multiple searches?

istock_000005168521xsmall1.jpgContributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart

I cast a wide net in my job search and interviewed with some companies that I am not that interested in just to practice and get out there. Well, I am far along in the process with some of these and just beginning with my first choice companies. I am afraid that an offer will come along that I don’t really want. At the same time, in this market I am afraid to turn down a sure thing with just the hope of something better. What can I do to buy time?

Read more

/by

Facebook Friends: Should You Add your Workmates?

typing.JPGby Elizabeth Harrin (London)

Social networking is big business: Facebook, Bebo, MySpace, Twitter, Viadeo – there are plenty of sites waiting for you to upload your photos and tell all about your escapades on a Friday night. But how do you separate work life from personal life, especially when you do socialise with work colleagues as friends? It is possible, and if you don’t pay attention to what you say online, you could find it career-limiting.

Read more

/by