Archive for the ‘Career’ Category
Getting to Know You: Icebreaker Ideas and YOUR Intros Here!!
I am often complimented on my unusual icebreakers and introductions. I think the point of networking is to get people past the initial discomfort and to really interact. Here are some interesting icebreakers to start off your next meeting or teambuilding session. THEN, please respond to ONE of the options with YOUR answers (tell us ...
Five Career Tips Women Should RUN from!
There’s a huge market for telling women how to be happier. Maybe it’s because women read more than men. Or maybe it’s the discrepancy that women know when they are overweight and men don’t. Or the discrepancy that most men think they are good parents and most women think they need to be better parents. The list goes on and on, in a glass-half-empty kind of way.
Meeting Facilitation: Tips from Women Leaders
“Meetings are like cocktail parties. You don’t want to go, but you’re cross not to be asked.” Today, at conference tables lined with laptops and glitzed with multimedia, those sentiments still prevail.
Entrepreneur Mom; Once Upon a Franchise
I began my career back when working moms were snagging lots of “first” titles. I was the “first” woman sales representative for Gerber baby food—a not-so-glamorous gig that involved driving from store to store to make sure our products were properly stocked and displayed.
Planning an Event? 17 Ways to Bring Your Event to Life
The following seventeen tips will help you shape and enhance the atmosphere with the entertainment, decorations, and food you choose.
10 Powerful Career Strategies for Women
Education is, by far, woman’s most powerful secret weapon, and we have been preparing for a sneak attack for at least the last decade. In 1975 a majority of the college degrees awarded went to men. This was true at the associate, bachelor’s, master’s, first professional, and doctorate levels. By 2000, a majority of the associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees were awarded to women, according to the Postsecondary Education Opportunity Research Letter. The Research Letter also reports that at the first professional and doctorate degree levels, the wide gap seen in 1975 has mostly closed, and within a decade a majority of these degrees also will be awarded to women.
Ten Steps to Product Photography That A Professional Photographer Won’t Tell You
Here are tips and tricks to photographing your product for a portfolio or advertising.
Beyond Surviving –How to Make the Most of a Layoff
Although layoffs are common and many people have experienced one, it can still be a shock when it happens to you. Even if you have been through it before, it’s important to recognize that a layoff is a loss and losses must be grieved. If you try to skip this step, it can prevent you from moving forward. Give yourself permission to grieve the loss of your job and the identity you had wrapped up in your position. Keep in mind that, as we adjust to a change, we typically go through four stages: denial, resistance, exploration, and commitment. Honor where you are and expect to move into to the next stage as you’re ready. You may find that you bounce back and forth a few times before completely moving out of one stage and into the next. That’s okay. It’s all part of the process
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