How to Decide if You’re Ready to Move for A New Career
In today’s society, it’s getting more common to move for career opportunities. The fact is, if you want to work in a field that doesn’t have a presence in your hometown or desired community,...
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Ask MCG: I’m a Single Mom Who Dreams of Doing Good
Dear Nicole, I’m 29 a single mother of two and I have a career but I’m not happy. In my heart I want to wake up, take care of my home, then visit different...
Ways to Increase Creativity When Working With Your Team
From the beginning of kindergarten until this very day, I cringe every time someone mentions these 2 words: group work. Maybe it’s the fact that I am an only child or the fact that...
Real Career Girls: An Interview with Danika Portz
Today’s post kicks off our new “Real Career Girls” series: a column where we’ll be talking to real women from across the country who are doing cool things with their careers. If you know...
Internships: Career Boosters or Financial Suicide?
Do your grandparents ever tell you stories about how they walked ten miles a day to go to school – uphill both ways? How about how they got their first job and the only...
10 Women You Should Know
“For most of history, anonymous was a woman,” were the words of Virginia Woolf. I think Ms. Woolf would be proud of how far women have come, and indeed we have come very far....
Four Steps to Defending Your Career
Working in digital public affairs, people don’t always understand what I do day to day. Honestly, it’s pretty hard to explain to someone who’s never worked in a “behind the scenes” type of job....
Just Shake and Make Up Already, Will Ya?
We all have that one person at work who we do NOT get along with. We clashed in the past over a disagreement. That person threw us under the bus in a meeting or in front...
Reader Question: How Do I Transition to a Career in Social Media?
Will you do a post on what it takes to make a career change and work in Social Media? I think there are a lot of ladies out there who are thinking of getting into...
How to Deal with Rude People
A few years ago, I was at a nail salon getting my nails done when a disgruntled lady walked in. I sensed from the look on her face and body language that we was...