You’re Not an Imposter—But You Might Feel Like One
Does this sound familiar? You sit in your cubical at your new job, staring at your computer screen, trying to give yourself a mental therapy session before the status meeting in nine minutes. The...
Author: Ms. Career Girl
Crafting Your Edge Instead of Chasing a Job
For the first time in 30 years, recent college graduates are more likely to be unemployed compared to overall workers. This is happening at a time of historic overall low unemployment rates. While Millennials are the...
Hiring Your First Employees: Making the Move from Small Business to Employer
Watching the business that you’ve worked so hard to build grow larger is a highly rewarding experience, but it does have its challenges. With success comes the need to keep up with increased demand,...
What You Need to Know (and Do) About the Generation Gap at Work
The communication and motivational styles of your coworkers and employees vary according to which generation they grew up in. Attitudes toward work, language, mindset and social norms evolve over time, leading to occasional generational...
Why Going Solo Could Be The Key to Finding Your Passion
As humans, we’re innately social, which has many benefits; we get to enjoy dinners out, new experiences and going to the movies with our friends and family. However, our modern lives often have a way...
Five Points for Aspiring Female Entrepreneurs to Consider
So, you’re thinking about switching careers. You want to leave the 9-5 life behind and venture into the challenging yet rewarding labyrinth that is entrepreneurship. You’ve got dreams, ideas, and plans, but you’ve also...
Why Corporate Results Are a Matter of Personal Style
To thrive in this female-driven consumer world, female leaders should be at the forefront of all strategic decisions. These leaders need to have more than just a seat at the table. In fact, companies...
How Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Affected My Self Esteem
When people think of sexual harassment, they think about egregious behavior (I mean it has to be egregious to be valid, right?) exhibited by men at work. Then they often wonder if the woman...
Why Personal Development Books May Not Lead to Your Success
What if this whole time we had it all wrong? What if everything was backwards and nothing was what it appears to be? Have you ever felt like you are broken, and something must...
A New Angle for Lawyers: The Legal Consultant
There is certainly no shortage of qualified lawyers in the U.S.right now. It’s also fair to say that people get into this profession for a variety of reasons — ideology, a commitment to justice,...