My Job Search Journey

Today’s guest post is by Rachel Esterline. I’ve gone back and forth about whether or not to write about my job search. From the reason behind the decision to leave the agency world to the interview process itself, it’s been a roller coaster of a journey. However, I’ve received several direct messages and emails from other young [...]

December 26, 2011 16 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Don’t Think About How Much You Hate Your Job… You Might Feel The Urge To Do Something About It

I meet people all the time who hate their job but rather than help them wallow in their misery, I try and help them see the possibilities. What do you want to do instead? What’s your dream job? Is it… … Becoming a Feng Shui consultant … Moving to L.A to be an actress and photographer [...]

December 19, 2011 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Your Mail, Your Choice: UPS My Choice

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If you ask most people if they value customer service, they are certain to say yes. While quality, affordability and marketing affect the reasons why we buy, and why we choose one service over another, it is safe to say that customer service is still included at the top of our list. When people think [...]

December 15, 2011 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Failing My Way to Success

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Thanks to Samara Zimmerman for today’s post on overcoming the fear of failure! Failure – curious word – seems so indistinct and feeble when it slips off the tongue. But its bitter sting is in that very vagueness that masks a word so powerful – because “failure,” “failing,” is truly in the eye of the beholder, and [...]

December 13, 2011 6 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Not Satisfied with Your Life? How to Change Careers

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Okay. Let’s admit it—you hate your job. Or, at least, you find that stress from work is affecting your personal life for the worse. And when your work life has been constantly interfering with the satisfaction and quality of your personal life, it’s probably time for a fresh start and a new career. So how [...]

December 6, 2011 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Are You Working Under a Micromanager?

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When someone has been termed a micromanager at one time or another in their working career, it probably is not something they wanted to rush ahead and place on their resume for all the world to see. Not only does the term bring unwanted attention to the individual, but it can also lead to an [...]

December 5, 2011 7 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Fitting Breast Cancer Awareness Into Your Daily Routine

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For professional women, life is full of responsibilities and concerns.  Your head is likely filled with thoughts of your job, your family, and—if you have time—your social life.  With all of this going on, you may feel as if you don’t have time to think about anything else, least of all your health, but it [...]

December 1, 2011 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

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 2 comments 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 →

Is Now the Time for Women to Start a Business?

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By, Dave Thomas With the economy fluttering in the wind, many women wonder if now is the time to start their own business or just ride out the financial storm. While there are a number of risks for either sex for that matter in starting a business in today’s economic conditions, there are women out [...]

November 7, 2011 0 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 →

More Companies Becoming Flexible with Work Hours

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Despite a national unemployment rate that hovers around 9.1 percent, millions and millions of Americans start and finish their days on the clock, the work clock that is. With that being said, many of these workers operate under a standard 8-hour a day, 40-hour a week position. For some, however, they work under what is [...]

November 1, 2011 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Let’s Dance Out Loud Chicago

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My name is Kovie Biakolo and I am the Events Coordinator for Ms Career Girl Meda. It has taken me a while to post an entry because I wanted to gain some experience writing (on my own blog) and because I have been following a couple of amazing bloggers like Nicole and thought it would [...]

October 31, 2011 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Two Times When You Should Let Your Ambition Rest

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So you’ve landed the dream job or at least the first step to your dream job, then what? As an individual who went from grad school to grad school drop out to intern to copywriter and now editor in the span of a year, I have finally entered the industry I’ve wanted and yet Ambition, [...]

October 25, 2011 4 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 →
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