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Looking for Love? Let Blogging Open the Door to Romance

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A note from Nicole: To be quite frank with you, I almost didn’t accept the following guest post.  I read the title and the first few paragraphs and thought the concept was hokey. I rarely reject guest posts. But then I reminded myself of how many great people and friends I’ve met through this very [...]

October 14, 2010 6 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Are You in The Right Dip?

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I just finished Seth Godin’s book, “The Dip” and for those of you who read this blog often, you’ll be hearing a lot about it.  This book has single handedly changed my perspective of how valuable quitting can be.  Without going into too much detail, in “The Dip”, Seth Godin challenges the commonly believed mantra, “winners [...]

July 1, 2010 13 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Marketers Fail to Understand and Reach Professional Women

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Yesterday I spent some time reading a white paper by Ad Age and published by Meredith called, “The Reality of the Working Woman.” Let’s start with some interesting statistics The number of women in the workforce have exceeded the number of males in the workforce. Among working moms, 67% are breadwinners or co-breadwinners. Today only [...]

June 8, 2010 12 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Is Job Search 2.0 Worth it?

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Guest Post by, Jenny McCoy They say it’s easier to get a job when you have a job, but I’m not so sure. I launched my job search 2.0 last week with this site: SocialJenny.com. Go ahead, check it out. My reasons for creating this site were: I interviewed with a big NYC ad agency [...]

May 10, 2010 10 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Stop Searching, Start Working: 2 Things You Should do while Unemployed

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“Make your life one giant networking event.” ~Dan Schawbel I graduated college in May 2009 and it wasn’t until I let go of the idea that I needed to spend all day every day looking for work and well, start working, that I began getting job leads. It’s the NUMBER ONE rule of the job [...]

April 19, 2010 12 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Monday Must-Reads: Evaluate Yourself and Have a Good Week

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I hope you all had a great weekend!  The weather here in Chicago was beautiful.  The highlights of my weekend include: Putting on a very fun “Social Media 101″ workshop in the suburbs where I met lots of great people. Indulging in Mari Luangrath‘s “Foiled Cupcakes.”  They beat out any fancy-schmancy $80 dozen of city [...]

April 12, 2010 9 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Dear Ms. Career Girl Critics, I Heart “Me”

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Things are absolutely nuts in my world and I couldn’t be happier about it. What started out as “Job Search Boot Camp” has quickly evolved into something even more fabulous.  I cannot wait to share more about this project with you over the next few weeks.  All I can say is that it has a [...]

April 1, 2010 42 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

What are you doing with your time?

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In economics, the principle of scarcity says we have a limited amount of time and resources.  What are you doing with yours?  Consider Person 1 and Person 2.  Both work at the same day job that they don’t love.  Both claim to want to own their own business some day. Person 1′s Typical Week Day 8-5: Work 5-6 [...]

January 13, 2010 19 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Listen to my Teleseminar: Building Your Personal Brand via Social Media

Hi Lovely Readers, I wanted to let you know that I will be giving my first teleseminar presentation tonight at 7pm CST on how to build your personal brand via social media.  I was invited to be a presenter by Dawn Yerger, founder of DiamondMind Coaching and Consulting.  Check out and join DiamondMind’s cool social [...]

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

Cool Career Girl Technology: Eye-Fi

How annoying is it when you are super excited to upload your pictures from the weekend, and then you can’t find your stupid cord ANYWHERE?  I hate it.  I also hate the times when I avoid uploading pictures for weeks at a time and then have to deal with organizing them and waiting for everything [...]

May 15, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →