2009

Ms. Career Girl’s Most Popular Posts of 2009

Here are mscareergirl.com’s most popular posts of 2009: 1. Penelope Trunk’s Interesting Personal Branding Strategy 2. 2009 Grammy Looks 3. 10 Steps to a Summer Internship by, Heather Huhman 4. The Story Behind Crescendo Apparel: Clothing for Pear-Shaped Women 5. Financial Savvy is Sexy in 2009 6. 14 Free Online Financial Management Tools by, Michele Fabio 7. [...]

December 31, 2009 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

What Did You Learn in 2009?

Today my Twitter friend @MattFagioli posed the question/tweet: What did you learn in 2009?  Something you didn’t realize in 2008. I couldn’t answer the question in a tweet because my answer would far exceed 140 characters. Where do I begin?  Here are a few bullet points of what I’ve learned this year, but I’m way [...]

December 30, 2009 6 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Checking in on Your 2009 Goals and $10 a Day

So it’s already February, and I have to ask:  how are those New Years’ Resolutions and 2009 goals going?  Most people fall off the wagon 6 weeks into the New Year.  Don’t let it be you!   Most of us (me included) set goals to get financially AND physically fit this year.  It’s not as [...]

February 11, 2009 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

7 Tips From a Tax Attorney

I’m so excited and honored to have Kelly Phillips Erb guest post for careergirls today!  Kelly is Tax Attorney and the author of taxgirl.com.  She is brilliant and a  fabulous writer too!  Enjoy! By, Kelly Phillips Erb, PC When I accepted my first “real job” after graduation, I did what any career girl in her [...]

January 8, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Focus Only on What You Can Control

Happy Monday Morning! It is officially 2009. For most of us that means packing our gym bag and salad today, and bringing an unusually positive attitude with us to work. We are hoping to make things a little better than last year. Today will be full of meetings, 2009 planning and organizing. There may be [...]

January 5, 2009 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

9 Ways to Make ’09 Divine!

1. Make managing your debt a top priority. The economy is experiencing turbulence. Eliminating debt is key. Enough said. 2. Decide what you are working toward in your career. If you don’t know where you are going, how are you going to get there? Design your personal “road map” and figure out some milestones you’d [...]

January 2, 2009 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Financial Makeover Week 1: Getting Started and The Truth About Minimum Payments

This is the part where you get on the scale and face that scary number. This is also the part of the makeover where you learn Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” This week your job is to gather all of your [...]

December 29, 2008 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Start of Your 2009 Financial Makeover

As another new year approaches, many of us are reflecting on 2008’s accomplishments. We are also reflecting on things that we would like to change in 2009. For most American’s this consists of making the same New Years Resolutions year after year, most of which will be abandoned by March. According to www.usa.gov, the top [...]

December 26, 2008 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →