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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 →

Bilingual Ladies Are Highly Employable

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Today’s post is by, J. Salvage Approximately twelve percent of the US population speaks Spanish. The United States houses the fourth largest Spanish-speaking population in the world. Depending on one’s state of residence, this percentage may be higher. For example, more than twenty-eight percent of California’s population speaks Spanish. Texas is close on California’s heels [...]

February 24, 2011 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Senior Series: Interviews. Out of Town and Out of Pocket.

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Today’s Senior Series post was written Rob Pitingolo, one of the 5 amazing college seniors picked to be mentored and prepped by me for their first job and life after college. Around this time last year, my peers often reminded me how lucky I was not to be graduating into a harsh employment environment with [...]

February 18, 2010 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Goal Setting Can Move Mountains

As I woke up at 5:30 this morning to get a head start on my day, I was debating what to write about today. First, let’s start by saying that this whole 5:30 AM wake up call is new for me and is the result of doing a little 2010 planning and goal setting. It [...]

December 2, 2009 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Have you been burned by social media? Get featured in a national women’s magazine!

Hey Girls, Featured “Career Girl” and amazing freelance writer Jessica Girdwain is looking to talk to people who have been burned because of something they posted on a social networking site like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or even a blog. She needs to talk to people for an article she is working on for a national [...]

April 13, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Iowa Approves Gay Marriage!

It’s official: Iowa is the first state to break the Midwest’s stereotypically old-fashioned and conservative views!  Iowa has approved gay marriage!  Check out the New York Time’s article for details here. I’m wondering if Iowa’s approval of gay marriage will start a trend among other typically conservative states.   I also wonder how gay marriage will affect employee benefits.  Is [...]

April 3, 2009 1 comment 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 →

How Do You Handle Mistakes at Work?

What do you do when you totally messed something up at work? Do you admit the mistake? Do you hide? Do you make excuses? Blame someone else?We are all going to make mistakes at work. It’s inevitable. Some of us will make a lot of mistakes. Learning from the mistakes is what will set you [...]

April 1, 2009 6 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Why Do You Want to Be Rich?

I started reading Ramit Sethi’s book “I Will Teach You To Be Rich” this weekend. Yes, I was the nerdy girl that excitedly ordered the book the day it came out. I love Ramit’s blog, his writing style and the fact that his advice is tailored to our generation. Anyways, in the first chapter Ramit [...]

March 29, 2009 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Toolkit.com is Fabulous!

I just discovered toolkit.com thanks to entrepreneur.com’s list of 65 Indispensable Sites for Biz Owners- and it is totally fabulous!   It is free to sign up and you get lots of perks of being a member.  For those of you who have asked me how to incorporate, get a tax-ID #, get articles of incorporation, a [...]

March 26, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →