November 2011

Take Time to Celebrate Your Successes

Answer me honestly – when is the last time you purposely celebrated a success in your life?  Please say it wasn’t your High School graduation or your wedding! I’m talking doing something great but often overlooked such as finishing a huge creative project, winning new business, achieving your goal weight or getting a new job. [...]

November 29, 2011 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Office Wear Tips for a Successful First Day at Your New Job

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CONGRATULATIONS you got the job! The night before, it’s almost as nerve wrecking as the moment you first walk into the reception of your new job  and the young fashionista of a receptionist gives you the once over with a sweet smile. It is the frantic search for that pair of patent heels you thought [...]

November 28, 2011 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Gift Ideas for Your Co-Workers

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Having to be in the company of your co-workers at least five times a day, eight hours a week, it is inevitable for us women to grow close and develop an intimate friendship with some of the people that we work with day in and day out. That said, when a co-worker’s birthday comes around, [...]

November 25, 2011 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

I’m Thankful to be Without a Title…sort of.

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It’s the time of the year where (if you live in the United States at least) you sit around the table and eat turkey, or maybe tofu turkey, if you’re one of those vegetarians (I’m a vegetarian, I can say that. Although I might be joining the “meat” side this Thursday, we’ll [...]

November 23, 2011 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

How to Launch Your International Career: A Review of Stacie Berdan’s GoGlobal!

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If you’ve ever dreamed of building an international career, you must read Stacie Berdan’s Go Global! Launching an International Career Here or Abroad. I found myself nodding and smiling throughout this concise, convenient eBook. Stacie draws from her own experience to give practical, step-by-step advice. She worked for a top global public relations firm in [...]

November 22, 2011 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

A Manager’s Perspective on Extra Time Off

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I work for a small company that is only able to offer part-time hours to most of its employees. A couple weeks ago, just as cold and flu season was starting to set in and people were beginning to use their sick days, I had several additional employees with life issues. One employee was struggling [...]

November 21, 2011 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Pressure of Being in Your Mid 20′s

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I’m 24, living in New York City and refer to both my tiny apartment on the upper west side and my parent’s home in upstate New York as my “home.” Besides the fact that I haven’t been able to disconnect my “home” in New York City with my “home” in upstate New York, there are [...]

November 20, 2011 11 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

What’s New at Ms. Career Girl – November 2011

In honor of Ms. Career Girl’s 3rd birthday and looking ahead to 2012, I decided to start an e-newsletter that will provide snippets of additional content to loyal readers like you.  Subscribers will be the first to hear about: Cool job & business opportunities, events, books, products and communities I think you’ll love The inside [...]

November 18, 2011 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Nicole’s Entrepreneurial Life: I’m on an Ideas Freeze

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I haven’t written an update about my “Entrepreneurial Life” in a while and with so many people asking me how things are going, here it is. The last few months have been interesting.  I went from being overly optimistic about my layoff being a huge “blessing in disguise,” into somewhat of an identity crisis to [...]

November 13, 2011 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Career Question: Should I Take a Sales Job?

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Dear Nicole, I graduated college about 6 months ago with a marketing degree and have had a really tough time finding a full-time job.  I was offered a sales job a few days ago but I am reluctant to take it.  My mentor always told me that once you get into sales, you are no [...]

November 11, 2011 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →
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