Finding Your Entrepreneurial Niche
If the statistics are true, more people than ever before want to star their own business someday. Of those people, I bet 90% of them have no clue what type of business they want...
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Resilience in Times of Economic and Career Crisis
I received the following Facebook message from someone I went to High School with today: Nicole, I am finding that my motivation to do my job is falling off little by little every day...
Chapter 1 of My Journey as an Entrepreneur
So rather than a career or personal finance lesson, today I’m going to share what being a budding entrepreneur has been like for me lately. A few words that immediately come to mind: coffee,...
Raise Your Hand!
My friend Allie and I went to coffee the other day and she casually mentioned that she spoke at her college graduation ceremony. I’m not talking small tiny college here: she spoke at Michigan...
Applying “The ‘Next!’ Principle” to Rock Rejection
The fear of failure is the #1 reason most people never reach new heights in their personal and professional lives. Perhaps people feel that too much could be lost if they try something different...
Accurate Representation of Millenials in the Workplace?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv52oVIcUKk&eurl=http://nextforce.collectivex.com/] Check out this clip from a 60 Minutes segment on “Millennials” in the workplace. Although we’ve heard some of the stereotypes before, the video makes our generation of workers out to be very...
7 Tips From a Tax Attorney
I’m so excited and honored to have Kelly Phillips Erb guest post for careergirls today! Kelly is Tax Attorney and the author of taxgirl.com. She is brilliant and a fabulous writer too! Enjoy! By,...
The Double Edged Sword of Working With Family
If your family has their own business, the question of whether or not to work with them will inevitably come up at some point. Society has many views on young people joining their family’s...
Focus Only on What You Can Control
Happy Monday Morning! It is officially 2009. For most of us that means packing our gym bag and salad today, and bringing an unusually positive attitude with us to work. We are hoping to...
Dad’s Career Advice From the Trenches
I just got back from a great family vacation to Florida where I shared many laughs with my amazing family. Getting the five of us together for a week is a hoot: we are...