Are Your References Selling You Short?

If you’ve been searching for a job, by now you know the drill. As part of the application process, you provide references—generally people with whom or for whom you’ve worked; the understanding, at least from your standpoint, is that your references will sing your praises and therefore potential employers will know you are the person [...]

Negativity in the Workplace

Your job can either help lift your spirits or it can bring you down.
Sure, sometimes circumstances are beyond your control. However, it helps to be alert to negative forces—and do your best to avoid or counteract them.
Big Picture Issues
Circumstances beyond your control include, you guessed it, the economy. To say that economic conditions have impacted [...]

Emotionally Equipped to Handle Your Career

You may have the credentials, the experience, and the hard skills required for the job. But are you emotionally equipped to handle your career and its challenges?
Before you say, sure, step back and think about it—really think about it.
In order to do this, you need to take a look at your current job and career [...]

Assessment Overkill

Q. What do employers want? I mean, what’s up with all these personality assessments and multiple interviews? I’ve got the experience and a proven track record; shouldn’t these be enough?
A. You’re not the first job seeker to lament about a lengthy screening and hiring process. Today, employers have more tools at their disposal, and many [...]

Making a Lateral Move

If you’re like most single-minded women, you’re interested in career advancement. So what should you do if you’re offered a lateral move?
Moving Up
The career ladder, for the most part, is a poor metaphor. In truth, very few people ascend to career heights by climbing rung by rung along one narrow pathway.
Careers tend to involve a [...]

Using Sick Time to Pursue a Career Opportunity

Q. I received a personal invitation from an industry leader to attend an event that offers great PR for my company and tremendous opportunity for my career. The career development piece is especially important to me because the company I’m working for isn’t doing well. The problem is my boss can’t see the value of [...]

Determining Your Fair Market Value

Over the past two years the economy has more than slumped—and unfortunately, in many fields, salaries have also declined.
So, how do you figure out what constitutes a fair salary in the post-recession job market?
Research Your Field
Whether you’re vying for a raise or searching for a new job, you owe it to yourself to get up [...]

Single-Minded Entrepreneur: Karen Allen

Actress Karen Allen has had an action-packed career—literally. She starred with Harrison Ford in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and other films in the legendary series.
Although Allen is perhaps best known as Indy’s love interest, her many films include the lead role, opposite Jeff Bridges, in “Starman,” and the lead, opposite Bill Murray, in “Scrooged.” [...]

Navigating Office Politics

You love your job. You even love some of the people. But oh the politics.
Workplace politics can be an issue for both women and men. Yet women sometimes have more difficulty dealing with this kind of situation than their male coworkers. And single women can become especially frustrated by workplace interaction that seems to require [...]

Single-Minded Entrepreneur: A.J. Johnson

From star student with an eye on a career in medicine, to television and movie star, A.J. Johnson has always followed an unconventional path.
Today, the actress and dancer, once best known for the lead role in “House Party,” is taking her career—and the careers and lives of others—to new heights in her role as president [...]

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