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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 →

Monday Must-Reads

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1. 10 Books Every Entrepreneur Must Read from 2009. 2. The 3 C’s of Leadership: control, connection and challenge. 3. Feeling stuck? Try this. 4. Get happy for only $12.50 with Gretchen Rubin‘s new book, The Happiness Project. Browse her daily musings which explore wisdom of the ages, scientific studies, and “the lessons from popular [...]

January 3, 2010 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Work World is a Harsh Place-Deal with It.

I received a package from the fabulous GL Hoffman on Saturday with two books and a very nice hand written note. GL is the founder of the revolutionary job site Linkup.com and of the blog, What Would Dad Say. He thought I’d really enjoy reading Debra Shigley‘s “The Go-Getter Girl’s Guide,” and he was so [...]

December 8, 2009 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Great Advice and Book Giveaway for New College Grads!

It hit me last weekend that it has been exactly 3 years since I graduated college. I cannot believe how much my life has changed. I think it took me the whole 3 years to really get used to this whole “college is over, you’re officially an adult” thing. With that being said, graduating college [...]

May 13, 2009 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Why I love (and what we can learn) from Bitter is The New Black

I just finished reading Jen Lancaster’s first book, Bitter is The New Black, today.  I’m not sure WHY it took me so long to start reading this masterpiece, but the good news is that it didn’t take me more than a few days to finish it.  I very rarely read books that are not business related, so this [...]

May 6, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl, Karen Burns

Author and serial entrepreneur GL Hoffman introduced me to Karen Burns this week, author of “The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl: Real-Life Career Advice You Can Actually Use.” Karen has an awesome blog packed with great career advice so naturally I had to share her story, blog and book with you! What’s your career story/background? Simply this: [...]

April 1, 2009 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Pinwheel Girl

I had the honor of meeting Kendra Kett at a Ladies Who Launch workshop I attended about a month ago and knew immediately that I wanted to feature her in a Ms. Career Girl post. Even before I got the chance to speak with Kendra one-on-one, I was intrigued by her. Kendra is the author [...]

February 26, 2009 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Finding Your Entrepreneurial Niche

If the statistics are true, more people than ever before want to star their own business someday. Of those people, I bet 90% of them have no clue what type of business they want to start. Today’s post provides a process that should help you start gaining clarity on what Your Company, Inc. looks like. [...]

February 24, 2009 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Heather Huhman’s “How to Prepare for Your First Day of Work”

Check out Heather Huhman’s article “How to Prepare for Your First Day of Work” on examiner.com today.  I think this is a great topic.  Heather’s article presents a wide range of advice given by some great career coaches and bloggers you should definitely check out! Notice my slightly contraversial piece of advice on this topic: 3. Go shopping. [...]

January 27, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Applying the Law of Attraction to Your Job Search

The Law of Attraction simply states “like attracts like.” According to the theory this means that our current situation is a result of the thoughts and feelings we have each day. So in other words, that means if you have a lot of debt, it’s probably because you constantly think and worry about your debt [...]

January 12, 2009 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →