Key Takeaway: Develop A Process That Organizes Your Experiences I just finished writing a book called Careerismo which outlines how women get started in their careers. I intentionally kept my book condensed and concise, which means there’s more useful content to be shared with you. In this and future blog posts, I will cherry pick […]
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Unconscious Bias @ Work
Lesson Learned By Asking The other day my wife and I were working with a saleslady. This woman’s job fit her well and it showed. She had all the right attributes and excelled in most of the key of aspects of sales. After being together for 45 minutes, during which she spent much of the […]
On Int’l. Women’s Day, How A Data Point Might Change History
Today I am going to write on a topic of importance to women and the world. In my research, most data I turn up indicate an imbalance between education and employment for women. We have all read stories of equal gender pay. That’s the “80 cents” women are paid “on the dollar” men receive for […]
Do A Double Take On Your Humility
I just met with a woman who impressed me a great deal. I’ve worked with her before, but have recently gotten to know her better. She is smart, confident and a leader. And, she has had success in both the private and public sectors. Other women who I have worked with, and know, exhibit similar […]
On Skills & Interests
From activity to accomplishment, skills follow a path of natural evolution. The skills you possess, or develop, have likely moved along the same progression: from activity, to ability, to accomplishment, to skill. I was listening to a TED Talk on careers when Larry Smith, an economist, started drawing some conclusions about how a person’s passion […]
Careers Catch Up To Education Gains Made By More Women
As more women, than men, become educated employment is rising. According to Bloomberg, women are storming back into the U.S. job market in force. The worker participation levels currently reached by women haven’t been achieved in nearly two decades, since the year 2000. “Millennial women are now more likely to have a college degree than […]