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What Did You Learn This Week?

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As I wrote in an email to a friend this morning, “this week’s episode of ‘Nicole’s Life’ has been an interesting one. ”  How about yours?  Without getting too juicy (I really wish I could) I’ll say that this week was full of unexpected and exciting surprises at work and in my career beyond my day job.  [...]

July 30, 2010 8 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 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 →

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 →

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 →

Week in Review

Here are some random thoughts about what I was reminded of this week: 1. A bit of positive news builds a heck of a lot of momentum. This week I talked to ForbesWoman.com and mscareergirl was officially accepted into their blog network. For me this is a huge honor, and hopefully the start of lots more business-related [...]

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

Embrace “White Space” as a Young Professional

By, Nicole Crimaldi Last night my girlfriend Millie and I were shopping at Water Tower Place in Chicago. Millie had several things on her shopping list, so spending long amounts of time in each store pondering and chatting with sales associates wasn’t a priority. We went into the Coach store where Millie intended on purchasing [...]

November 5, 2009 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Let’s Stick Together

By, Melissa Alvarez I recently met up for lunch with a mother of four who is not only my client, but has become a dear friend of mine. As we ate our lunch, Mrs. X brought up her frustrations about a number of recent developments that have occurred in her personal life. I was sad [...]

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

“When I’m not ‘allowed’ to spend money, I’m a lot more creative!”

Submitted by “Don’t Go Over in October” participant Leah P. Here’s something I’ve learned this past week in regards to money: When I’m not allowed to spend it, I’m a lot more creative. For example, a really good friend was broken up with this week. Normally, I would have taken her out for drinks or [...]

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

Share Why You Love Your Work, Win an iPod!

Attention Ladies, Have you ever stopped to think about why you love what you do? What made you choose your profession? What makes you love it? If not, do some soul searching because one of my favorite women’s sites, excelle.com, is doing a neat video contest in October. Create a video to be shared with [...]

September 30, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →