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 [...]

Become a Real Cougar in the Workplace

Single-minded women know the term “cougar” as it relates to their personal lives, but Linda Franklin has a different take on what it means to be a “real cougar.” She shares her personal experiences and their impact with SMW readers.
Linda Franklin’s Story
As a woman who has undergone a complete 180-degree career shift myself, I know [...]

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 [...]

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.” [...]

The 7 Phases of a Single Woman’s “Job Search Pain Cycle”

Do women—and single women especially—have job search pain? Absolutely!
In fact, the job search pain starts even before a single women look for a job and whether they are employed or not. Here is the process, phase by phase. See if you don’t recognize yourself.
Phase 1 – We know something “isn’t right.” A woman’s intuition is [...]

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 [...]

To Increase Cash Flow, Treat Your Life Like a Start-Up: Tips from a Mom Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs are not successful because they are smart or original or savvy. Those traits help them, certainly. But it is a dogged persistence, and very specific action steps they execute daily, that make new business owners succeed. I thought I knew a lot about cash flow when I was a personal finance coach. And then [...]

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