August 2011

What’s New at Ms. Career Girl?!

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Hey Everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying the new & improved look of MsCareerGirl.com!  This nip/tuck has been a long time coming. A huge thanks to my good friend Matt Cheuvront and his firm Proof Branding for doing a great job on the site and the revamped logo. Ironically I met Matt on Twitter after [...]

August 31, 2011 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

How has studying or working abroad changed your career?

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Over the weekend I celebrated my friend’s bachelorette party with a fantastic group of girls.  We had great dinners, drank way too many girly cocktails and danced so much that my legs are still sore two days later! I met my friend Courtney through this group of girls about 3 years ago.  Courtney has since [...]

August 23, 2011 13 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

You Want to Leave Your Job and Do What?

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Today’s Guest Post is by, Dave Thomas In a day and age where the economy has been on life support in the eyes of some economists, why on earth would you want to quit your job to start you own business? Are you nuts? Have you lost your mind? Those are likely some of the [...]

August 23, 2011 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Shake off Morning Grogginess and Have a More Productive Work Day

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Today’s guest post is by Lenore Holditch. If you’re anything like me, waking up for work each morning just gets harder and harder with each day. I’m not saying that I hate my job. I love it actually. But taking care of a household after an 8-hour work day definitely takes its toll: come the [...]

August 18, 2011 12 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Announcing #AnnieSez Twitter Chat Tonight!

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Hi Gals, If you’re like me and love TJMaxx, Marshalls, Nordstrom Rack and the like, then you will love that I’m working with retailer Annie Sez to bring you guys discount codes, free gift cards and free merchandise! Every other Wednesday I’ll be hosting #AnnieSez chat starting at  at 9pm EST on Twitter.  For tonight’s [...]

August 17, 2011 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

What I Learned from My 50 Different Jobs

A Jill-of-All-Trades from a young age, I’ve had more than 50 jobs in my life – mainly because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, so I thought I’d test them all!I had serious angst about my “purpose” and wandered through these jobs hoping for a bolt of inspiration to hit me. I also [...]

August 16, 2011 9 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Negotiate a Lifetime of Higher Earnings

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You have just a handful of chances to dramatically increase your earning power.  No, it’s not when annual review time rolls around.  Demanding that your boss match a counter-offer won’t work either. The best chance of increasing your lifetime earning potential is before you even start a job—when you’re at the negotiating table, striking the [...]

August 12, 2011 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Become a “Frugalista” with Me

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Happy Monday! I returned to the “big city” last night after spending a week on a quiet lake in northern Michigan.  It was a great vacation but it’s always wonderful to be home… especially after spending the last night of the vacation on a rainy camp site.  I had never been camping before and I’m [...]

August 8, 2011 7 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Best Week Ever

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For those of you who have been following my journey since getting let go from my job a few weeks ago, I must say that not many weeks could top this one!  Week 3 was an exciting one both personally and professionally (thus the creative title of this post!). First, I got over my huge [...]

August 2, 2011 19 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →