generation Y

How Did Your Mother Influence Your Career?

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I’m very lucky to have the Mother that I do. Born to Italian immigrants, my Mom did what most 1st generation Italian-American kids do: she joined the family Environmental Drilling business (honestly, she probably started there around age 6- labeling soil sample jars). At the ripe age of 15, my Mom’s boyfriend joined the business [...]

May 7, 2010 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Is Penelope Trunk Feeding Gen Y “Career Crack”?

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Sorry, Penelope.  I’m back. My fellow career blogger friend  Nick Corcodilos pointed out a blog post written by Penelope Trunk that I couldn’t help but question and discuss here on Ms. Career Girl.  In the post, titled “Why Job Hoppers Make the Best Employees,” Penelope argues the following five points to be true: Job hoppers [...]

May 5, 2010 31 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Effective Immediately: Meet Emily Bennington!

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Today’s post is an interview with the one and only, Ms. Emily Bennington.  Emily and I met in person for the first time in Columbus, Ohio about 2 weeks ago.  We spent the day sharing story after story about work, life and our first few years after college.  As you can imagine, we laughed just as [...]

April 21, 2010 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Stop Searching, Start Working: 2 Things You Should do while Unemployed

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“Make your life one giant networking event.” ~Dan Schawbel I graduated college in May 2009 and it wasn’t until I let go of the idea that I needed to spend all day every day looking for work and well, start working, that I began getting job leads. It’s the NUMBER ONE rule of the job [...]

April 19, 2010 12 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

3 Job Search Mistakes Most People are Making

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I’ve received lots of great emails from college seniors and recent grads this week.  These emails make me even more excited about the Job Search Boot Camp Guide coming out next month!  Many of you are making 3 serious job search mistakes.  We need to clear these up if you want to get a job. [...]

March 24, 2010 24 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

What Apartment Shopping Taught me about Careers

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Dear Apartment Gods,  Please, oh please let us find a dog-friendly 2 bed/2 bath within walking distance of the L. We’d like parking included. We also wouldn’t mind granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances and wood floors…equal sized bedrooms and new bathrooms…oh yeah, and keep us way under budget and within 4 block s of the park.  [...]

March 17, 2010 18 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Annoucing Ms. Career Girl’s Job Search Boot Camp!

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You may have noticed that I have something exciting cooking. I’m writing a pretty cool job search guide for college seniors and recent graduates.  It all started because of your emails and tweets. Many of you share the same fears.  Many of you make the same mistakes when it comes to executing your job search.  These [...]

March 9, 2010 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Monday Must-Reads: Variety Pack

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Five Big Mistakes that Job Seekers Make 6 Signs that you are too attached to success Stop Acting Rich What is Foursquare? Why You Should Love Google Buzz.

February 22, 2010 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Are You Suffering from “Entrepreneurial Perfectionism Syndrome”?

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With all the serious blog posts about resumes and interviewing tips lately, today I decided to share a personal story. I have a feeling many young entrepreneurs have experienced something similar. I had a bit of an emotional melt-down this week. It was one of those weird mid-twenties moments where you feel the need to evaluate your life from [...]

February 19, 2010 9 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Welcome to The Senior Series

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My busy ass is finally kicking off The Senior Series. College seniors and recent graduates: listen up. This series is for you. Why does a 25 year old like me care about you rocking your first job? I’m doing this because I wish someone would’ve done it for me. I’m also doing it because it’s [...]

January 28, 2010 16 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →