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 17 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 55 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Create Your Own Luck by “Expanding Your Circle”

Post 2 of The Go-Getter Girl’s Guide series is about expanding your circle. First, let’s start by reviewing a few career myths (which you need to start accepting as myths!): Successful people just got lucky. Successful people always know exactly what they are doing. Successful people are so talented in their field that they never [...]

December 15, 2009 6 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Monday Must-Reads

Happy Monday! Here are five fabulous finds to help you jump-start your week: 1. Top Ten People You Must Have in Your Network by Careerealism Find out why you need to know a mentor, a visionary, an idealist, a realist, a wanna-be and more. 2. Personal Branding Blog: Lisa Orrell An interview conducted by Dan [...]

December 13, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

What does a Female Manager Look Like?

Yesterday someone (we’ll call Lady A) told me a short story about herself.  Lady A was hired to be a manager.  After a few days on the job, Lady B knocked on her office door.  Lady B explained that she used to be the manager in that role, but was demoted.  I know both the Lady A and [...]

December 10, 2009 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Are You Looking for Career Happiness in All The Wrong Places?

I read a great post today on womenonbusiness.com called “Looking for What You Love to Do in All The Wrong Places.”  Author Kirstie Berzanski LOVES what she does!  She sells moving boxes.  Kirstie writes that she always thought that the product she was selling would define her career hapiness, but she was wrong.  It’s not the moving boxes that [...]

December 9, 2009 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Work World is a Harsh Place-Deal with It.

I received a package from the fabulous GL Hoffman on Saturday with two books and a very nice hand written note. GL is the founder of the revolutionary job site Linkup.com and of the blog, What Would Dad Say. He thought I’d really enjoy reading Debra Shigley‘s “The Go-Getter Girl’s Guide,” and he was so [...]

December 8, 2009 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Week in Review

Here are some random thoughts about what I was reminded of this week: 1. A bit of positive news builds a heck of a lot of momentum. This week I talked to ForbesWoman.com and mscareergirl was officially accepted into their blog network. For me this is a huge honor, and hopefully the start of lots more business-related [...]

December 4, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

5 Winter Beauty Essentials

By, Ashley Crimaldi Every woman wants to look her best over the holiday season. December and January are busy times for the social calendar, but the winter weather doesn’t do much for our hair, skin or waistlines for that matter. Between holiday shopping, office parties, family reunions and celebrations with friends, it’s hard to find [...]

December 3, 2009 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Goal Setting Can Move Mountains

As I woke up at 5:30 this morning to get a head start on my day, I was debating what to write about today. First, let’s start by saying that this whole 5:30 AM wake up call is new for me and is the result of doing a little 2010 planning and goal setting. It [...]

December 2, 2009 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →