Employers are Checking on You – Why aren’t You Checking on Them?

September 29, 2011

These days, most people in the unemployment line will jump at the chance for any job, accepting lower wages, longer hours, and even contract jobs that offer no guarantee of continued employment.  But how far would you be willing to go for a job that could provide for your family and keep you in your [...]

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How to Earn Extra Money Working from Home

September 22, 2011

Some of us are looking to earn a little extra for the rainy-day fund with a side job while others need something to tide them over while they recover from job loss (and look for another full-time gig in a recession economy).  Either way, you don’t have to resort to putting on a paper hat [...]

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How to Plan a Wedding While Working Long Hours

September 1, 2011

The modern bride doesn’t have time to spend every waking hour planning her wedding. If you can’t afford a wedding planner, that doesn’t mean you can’t have a fabulous wedding without stressing about it every hour of the day. Be a crafty and chic bride by following these time (and budget) conscious tips. Tip 1: [...]

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Maintaining Your Career and Your Relationship

August 22, 2011

Working women of the world share a common problem; splitting their time and focus between a career and a relationship.  You want to give 100% to both, but somehow it seems like you can’t stop yourself from letting one take precedence over the other.  If you are too focused on climbing the ladder at work, [...]

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Revealing Pregnancy to Your Boss: It Pays to Know Your Rights

August 19, 2011

We are finally entering an era in which women in the workplace are beginning to lose the stigma of Suzie Homemaker (despite the fact that on averagethey still earn only seventy cents for every dollar earned by men in the same positions).  Women are now shattering the glass ceiling by becoming CEOs of major corporations, [...]

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Career Women and Work Life Balance

August 9, 2011

There’s no denying that it’s difficult to create balance in your life.  Whether it’s just splitting your work and personal time or you have thrown kids into the mix, as well, you may not be able to see the influence that being overworked is having on your life.  The old adage about all work and [...]

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Continuing Your Education to Further Your Career

July 26, 2011

Continuing education is essential to upward mobility and remaining competitive in today’s global workforce. In fact, this issue is so vital and relevant to today’s times, that President Barack Obama felt compelled to address it through governmental funding, and numerous speeches devoted to raising the nation’s consciousness as it relates to this concern. And he [...]

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Don’t Let Bad Hygiene Hold You Back at Work

July 21, 2011

Have you noticed your coworkers avoiding you in the halls, fleeing when you near the water cooler, and bunching at the other end of the conference table in meetings?  The cause could be your bad hygiene and the lingering odors it causes.  Whether your cheap dental plan (and infrequent brushing) has left you with a [...]

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Is Your Appearance Holding You Back in the Workplace?

July 20, 2011

Have you been passed over for promotion more than once despite the fact that you are doing an adequate (or better) job?  Do you sometimes feel as though you are invisible to your bosses, no matter how much responsibility you take on or the successes you achieve?  Perhaps you’ve even started to notice that coworkers [...]

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Females Invade the Computer Science Major

July 15, 2011

Women of the world: listen up!  Although the computer science major in college has long been male-dominated, these days there are a lot more women choosing this path to a lucrative professional life, and Harvard serves as a prime example to illustrate the point.  Just a year ago, their student newspaper (Harvard Crimson) had an [...]

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