Nicole Crimaldi

Celebs with Glasses: Love or Hate?

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I’ve been in need of contacts for a long time.  And by a long time, I mean that I’ve probably been needing them for the last 5 years.  Oops.  Has anyone else out there avoided contact lenses for years? It started in high school when I couldn’t see the board very well.  Then as the [...]

April 27, 2012 8 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Reader Career Question: I Want to be a Life Coach

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Dear Nicole,  I recently graduated with my Masters of Education degree in Psychology. What I’m being advised to do by many is to go on and pursue a Phd, but I don’t want to become an academic- I want to become a life coach.  The PhD would not let me be creative and I’ve been needing [...]

April 2, 2012 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Will Managing our Goals Online Make us More Likely to Achieve Them?

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If there’s one thing about me that drives my closest friends & family nuts, it’s that I’m always talking about goals: goal setting, vision boards, getting uncomfortable, making a plan, writing your goals down, positive energy, etc. etc. Some may wonder why I can’t just be happy with the status quo, or take one minute [...]

March 23, 2012 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Ms. Career Girl Connect is Tomorrow! Woo Hoo!

Hope you’re having a great day!  Here in Chicago it’s unseasonable warm and I am LOVING it! Check out this short video highlighting some of the features of Ms. Career Girl Connect!  Complimentary food, champagne, GIFT BAGS along with a guest sharing how he lost over 100lbs and an amazing panel of wellness experts! PS- [...]

March 14, 2012 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Pay it Forward: Leave Me a Small Business Tip

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Hello readers! Remember me?  The person who started this blog but never seems to find time to write on it?  Yeah, hi… In the spirit of attempting to keep you updated on my life as an entrepreneur, here’s a post!  Life has been busy over here at MCG Media.  I’m getting comfortable selling my service [...]

March 6, 2012 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Chicago Girls Listen Up!

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Hi Girls, My goal for 2012 is to create a community of young professional women via MsCareerGirl.com who can help each other professionally and have a bit of fun together too!  Check out these events, then share with friends! Hope to see you there! -Nicole  Today! Connect, Inspire, Grow event featuring Jairek Robbins I am [...]

January 31, 2012 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Don’t Accept a Job Without Doing This!

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If there’s one thing I’ve learned about my career since graduating college, it’s to trust your gut and do your due diligence.  Ok, that’s two things.  Let me explain. I’ve worked for four different companies since I graduated college in 2006.  Of those, two were fantastic in their integrity, staff, core values and way of [...]

January 30, 2012 11 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

A Sure Way to Fail: Being Ms. Independent

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I must have spent days upon days in my cubicle dreaming I could be self-employed and working from my adorable home office. I wanted independence. I did not want to have to rely on other people so much to make a living. Now I AM self-employed. My home office is NOT adorable. And, I’ve learned [...]

January 27, 2012 13 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

#MCGConnect Chat Starts Tonight & Dating Columnist Wanted!

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Happy 2012!  We are super excited to bring some great new content to you this year at Ms. Career Girl.  Since the blog is going into its 4th year of existence, we figured it was time to spice things up a bit. Who is “we,” you ask?  Well, you’ll be hearing a lot more from Kovie [...]

January 4, 2012 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Answer This Before Setting Your Financial Goals

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I’m a big fan of goal setting, vision boards, the law of attraction and taking focused actions in order to get where I want to be.  These things have worked wonders for me. It’s not magic, and I don’t feel that I’m “lucky.”  I don’t really believe in luck. I’m sure many of you are [...]

January 3, 2012 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

My #Rewind2011

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I hit up Twitter on my 6:30AM train out to the burbs this morning and saw that #Rewind2011 was a trending topic.  So naturally I thought back to what had happened to me in 2011 and realized a whole hell of a lot has happened in my world this year. March: Bought a new car, [...]

December 28, 2011 21 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 →

Is “CEO’s Disease” Really a Good Thing for Your Business or Career?!

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I was watching a great Ted Talk given my Cameron Herhold (former COO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK) last night which mentioned that many successful CEO’s and Entrepreneurs have bi-polar disorder (manic depression).  In fact,  this phenomenon is so common that many business writers & bloggers refer to it as “CEO’s disease.”  This whole idea really surprised me, [...]

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

Thoughts on Wedding Planning?

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Wedding planning has been an interesting experience for me and very different than I thought it would be. To be honest, I feel like I’m supposed to be a lot more obsessed with wedding planning than I actually am. I wasn’t one of those little girls who dreamed of her wedding day.  I hadn’t thought [...]

October 21, 2011 24 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

How to Monetize Your Blog

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This is the fifth post in a series of 5 posts about blogging: why to start, how to start,how to get readers, how to build community and how to monetize your blog. There are so many ways to monetize a blog these days.  The catch is that most of these ways require a LOT of traffic.  More [...]

October 17, 2011 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

How to Build Community Online

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This is the fourth post in a series of 5 posts about blogging: why to start, how to start, how to get readers, how to build community and how to monetize your blog. The title of this post is a bit misleading. Read on and you’ll understand why. If there’s one person who I admire in social [...]

October 7, 2011 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

10 Ways to Grow Your Blog’s Traffic

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Today is the third post in a series of 5 posts about blogging: why to start, how to start, how to get readers, how to build community and how to monetize your blog. A lot of you are terrified that no one will ever read your blog.  Believe me, someone will read it BUT only if [...]

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

How to Start Blogging in 5 Easy Steps

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Today is the second post of a series of 5 posts about blogging: why to start, how to start, how to get readers, how to build community and how to monetize your blog. Step 1: Decide What Your Blog is About Don’t over think this one.  You don’t have to have all the details figured [...]

October 4, 2011 7 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

An Interview with Alexandra Levit on Blind Spots

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There are a few people who really got me interested in writing about career and young professional-related topics: Dr. Debra Condren (Ambitious), Christine Hassler (20Something, 20Everything) and, of course, Alexandra Levit.  I was excited when I heard Ms. Levit had a new book coming out and this book, “Blind Spots”, seems like it will be [...]

October 4, 2011 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Why Young Professionals Should Blog

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Today is the first of a series of 5 posts about blogging: why to start, how to start, how to get readers, how to build community and how to monetize your blog. A lot of people ask me why/how I started blogging.  Let’s rewind 3 years. Like many young professionals, I was feeling lost and [...]

October 3, 2011 20 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Fashion Friday: “Style Your Life”

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Happy Friday everyone! I hope you had a fulfilling and productive week and that you have a fun weekend ahead! What I’m really squealing with excitement about today is that I get to meet the founder and CEO of Stella & Dot, Jessica Herrin in person tomorrow!  Jessica is the kind of woman I admire: a wife, a [...]

September 30, 2011 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Evolution of The MBA

Last night on our free career coaching call with Emily Bennington and Alexia Vernon, there were several questions about going back to get an MBA.  Today I received this infographic about the evolution of MBA programs, where in the world they are most popular and what companies have been started by those with an MBA. [...]

September 27, 2011 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Join Me, Alexia Vernon and Emily Bennington on a Free Call Tonight!

I’m thrilled to invite you to a free career coaching call with Alexia Vernon and Emily Bennington TONIGHT at 8pm CST!   I’m so excited to moderate a call between these two top career advisors, authors and speakers!  We’ll be discussing the biggest mistakes career girls make and how to avoid them. Here’s a sneak preview [...]

September 26, 2011 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →
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