generation Y

What Would You do with a Million Dollars?

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Welcome to Ms. Career Girl’s shortest blog post ever.  I had some really interesting conversations this weekend that really got me thinking. I’m sure you’ll hear more about these soon.  Here’s one fragment for you to chew on for today. What would you do if you were given $1,000,000 right now? (Tax free, no strings attached) How [...]

February 8, 2010 15 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Penelope Trunk’s Interesting Personal Branding Strategy

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What is the first thing you think of when I say Penelope Trunk? A very interesting article by Fast Company points out the obvious, yet interesting, personal branding strategy of Gen Y career “expert” and founder of brazencareerist.com, Penelope Trunk. If you’ve ever read Penelope’s personal blog you can find out just about every detail of [...]

December 17, 2009 54 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Holidays as a Twentysomething

Today marks the beginning of the holiday season.  A season which changes as we get older.  I couldn’t help but observe the chatter going on between other twentysomethings on Facebook and Twitter (and from my own friends) about this holiday season.  Some of us are spending our first holiday away from home due to work, studying, or spending [...]

November 25, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Ramit Says: What do you NOT care about spending money on?

By, Nicole Crimaldi If you’re like most twentysomething females, balancing your personal finances is sometimes a tough job.  Not only do we have the normal expenses of food, rent and utilities,we have the temptation of fabulous beauty and fashion products looming over our heads.  In Ramit Sethi’s book, “I Will Teach You to be Rich,” there [...]

August 27, 2009 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Fired to Hired: An Interview with Tory Johnson

By, Nicole Crimaldi We are so excited to feature Tory Johnson and her new book “Fired to Hired!” At just 22, Tory Johnson was fired from her dream job as a publicist at NBC News. What followed is an all too familiar story-days of denial, Häagen-Dazs, and daytime TV. Tory’s pity party turned into a [...]

July 28, 2009 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Is Bending the Rules Good for Your Career?

By, Nicole Crimaldi A few weeks ago, I started receiving a stream of Facebook messages and wall posts congratulating me on my quote in Redbook magazine.     “Huh?!  What quote?!” Turns out it was true.  I laughed out loud when I finally read it myself!  It was in a section of July 2009′s Redbook about breaking the rules.  [...]

July 21, 2009 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

If You Like it or Not, You Are in Sales.

By, Nicole Crimaldi While researching for this post, I came across a great article called “10 Characteristics of Successful Salespeople.” Reading the article proved my theory that the qualities of a successful salesperson apply to almost any professional role. “But Nicole, I’m a CPA! I hate sales. I would never ever go into sales!” In [...]

July 16, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Great Roommate Debate

By, Nicole Crimaldi To live alone or not to live alone: that is the question. For those of you who are like me and spent all four years of college living with roommates (and perhaps the first few years after), you may be getting to the point in your life where you are ready for [...]

July 15, 2009 7 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Creating a Positive Emotional Association with Your Professional Brand

By, Dawn Yerger It’s hard not to notice that branding has become a hot topic in today’s business world, and with good reason. Human beings tend to assess whether or not we like or dislike something within two to three seconds, which makes it a very short window of time allotted for someone or something [...]

July 1, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

How Gender Roles Affect the Women of Public Relations

By, Roland Cailles As a public relations person, I have the pleasure of working with some of the most talented and creative women in the professional world. My industry, known for its fast-paced lifestyle and feminine-friendly working environment, is filled with women. And yet, though women out number men at most agencies, it’s an industry [...]

June 30, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →