December 2009

Ms. Career Girl’s Most Popular Posts of 2009

Here are mscareergirl.com’s most popular posts of 2009: 1. Penelope Trunk’s Interesting Personal Branding Strategy 2. 2009 Grammy Looks 3. 10 Steps to a Summer Internship by, Heather Huhman 4. The Story Behind Crescendo Apparel: Clothing for Pear-Shaped Women 5. Financial Savvy is Sexy in 2009 6. 14 Free Online Financial Management Tools by, Michele Fabio 7. [...]

December 31, 2009 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

What Did You Learn in 2009?

Today my Twitter friend @MattFagioli posed the question/tweet: What did you learn in 2009?  Something you didn’t realize in 2008. I couldn’t answer the question in a tweet because my answer would far exceed 140 characters. Where do I begin?  Here are a few bullet points of what I’ve learned this year, but I’m way [...]

December 30, 2009 6 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Go-Getters Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle

Chapter 5 of “The Go-Getter Girl’s Guide” is about maintaining a healthy lifestyle.  What an ironic topic to discuss this time of year as many of us are facing the reality that it’s time to cut back on cookies, and get our butts to the gym. I’m not going to get into the details of this chapter [...]

December 29, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Routine: Think Less, Accomplish More

Routine: boring or amazing? I always thought it was boring.  Lately I think it’s amazing.  This is the perfect time of year to take an honest look at your routine.  You probably have some goals for 2010.  Maybe you want to lose 15 lbs, save $5,000 or pay off $3,000 in credit card debt.  Our daily habits become [...]

December 28, 2009 7 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Monday Must-Reads

I’m noticing a trend. My favorite posts each week are frequently from the same sites. In other words, send me your favorite blogs! Here’s this week’s line up. The theme this week is thinking differently about your career. 1. Considering going back to school? Why acquire more student loans, delay the reality of the work [...]

December 27, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Sex and the City 2!

Ms. Career Girl’s favorite ladies are coming back on May 28, 2010! Sex and the City 2- woo hoo! From the trailer below, it looks like the girls go to the desert, Samantha wears tiny clothes (surprise!) and Charlotte makes motherhood look like a storybook. Miranda has a hot new haircut and Carrie still pushes [...]

December 23, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

MTV’s Jersey Shore: sending a bad message to today’s youth?

Many of us have a new guilty pleasure. And it’s kind of embarrassing. We can’t stop watching Jersey Shore.   MTV’s latest disaster, Jersey Shore, is a reality show based on 7 (ridiculously exaggerated) “New Jersey Guidos” who live together in a house on the Jersey Shore together for a summer. The males on the [...]

December 23, 2009 16 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

A Guide to Schmoozing

Many twentysomethings’ biggest career fear and biggest career barrier is schmoozing. Yes, you have to schmooze. If you’ve been following our Go Getter Girl’s Guide series, you read last week’s post about creating your own luck. How can you create your own luck if you aren’t meeting new people, planting seeds, making connections, demonstrating your [...]

December 22, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Monday Must-Reads

Happy Monday! Here are this week’s five fabulous finds. Make it a great week, and let us know what you think! 1. Is your New Year’s resolution to make a career change in 2010? If so, check out this review of Alexandra Levit’s new book “New Job, New You.” 2. “Gen-Y, the Brazen Opportunist, and [...]

December 21, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Penelope Trunk’s Interesting Personal Branding Strategy

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What is the first thing you think of when I say Penelope Trunk? A very interesting article by Fast Company points out the obvious, yet interesting, personal branding strategy of Gen Y career “expert” and founder of brazencareerist.com, Penelope Trunk. If you’ve ever read Penelope’s personal blog you can find out just about every detail of [...]

December 17, 2009 54 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →
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