What’s Your 10 Year Vision?
Sometimes you just have to take a few minutes to to stop and check out where you are, where you’re going and where you want to be. In honor of the beautiful weather on Wednesday, two...
Category: Work
The Free Samples Theory: Why Volunteering Could Get You Hired
As the program coordinator of NeighborScapes’s Civic Leadership Corps for low-income youth from 14 to 24 years old, and as an AmeriCorps VISTA about to complete her year-long term, I’ve been talking- and hearing-...
Monday Must-Reads: Evaluate Yourself and Have a Good Week
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...
Reality and the City
“Dear Carrie Bradshaw, You are a [swear word] liar.” This is the first line of Jen Lancaster‘s book, “Bright Lights, Big Ass.” Ms. Lancaster has a point. Ever since my aunt was in law school downtown Chicago (I was...
Warning: Your Major is Not a Floatation Device
Ms. Career Girl Confession: When I was in college I hid behind my major- big time. I felt smart and respected saying I was a finance major. I was proud that I was in...
How 8 months of Unemployment Turned out to be a Blessing in Disguise
Unemployment can be a really frustrating time. If you’ve just come out of college you might be feeling pretty disillusioned and thinking, “I went to college for this.” I feel ya. I went to...
Dear Ms. Career Girl Critics, I Heart “Me”
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...
10 Guerrilla Job Search Tactics That Work
In my opinion, there are two things most job seekers do wrong: they are too general and they are too boring. I frequently write about the #1 problem of entry-level candidates: lack of focus....
20 Resume Tips from a Hiring Manager
I’m a hiring manager. During the last seven years I’ve reviewed an estimated five thousand to ten thousand resumes while hiring or promoting fifty people for three different companies. I’ve hired sales people, tech...
The Senior Series: Wrestling With Discouragement
There are a lot of articles floating around arguing that Gen-Y is emotionally resilient. Despite the worst job market of our lifetimes, we are optimistic and upbeat about our economic futures. Some college seniors...