By Andrea Newell (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
At age 14, Laura Herman spent the summer on the north coast of Spain with a host family. It was her first taste of independence, immersion into another culture and glimpse of a society affected by political unrest. Once back in the quiet Boston suburb where she grew up, she [...]

By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
“Taking risks is not the way I looked at things. I thought of them as opportunities,” explains Niloufar Molavi, PricewaterhouseCoopers‘ Chief Diversity Officer, when describing her career progression. “You have to be willing to step outside your comfort zone.”
Having worked for PwC for nearly 20 years, Molavi has seized [...]

by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City)
Carol, an employment law attorney, stopped working for about 7 years after her third child was born, instead leading a life filled with childrearing and community involvement. When her youngest child started going to school, Carol decided to explore ways to use her law degree but realized that it [...]

“Today, more than ever before, it’s important that those who are in a position to benefit your career know who you are and what you’ve accomplished,” says John M. McKee, author of Career Wisdom–101 Proven Ways to Ensure Workplace Success. He’s put together a list of “shameless self-promotion” tactics he recommends to help establish [...]

Contributed by Kathryn Sollmann of Women@Work Network
Your job search seems never-ending – is it the recession or is it you? Are you overlooking basic but critical job search strategies that are required in even the strongest economic cycles?
Take this simple quiz developed by the Women@Work Network to find out if you need to [...]

by Pamela Weinsaft (New York City)
The cubicles and corner offices in the U.S. are empty today, as people take the day to eat turkey and cranberry sauce (and pumpkin pie – yum!) with their families, while giving thanks for all the good things in their lives.
We know that 2008 has not been the best year [...]

Contributed by Emily A. Donahoe of www.womenspeaktraining.com

An Elevator Speech is defined as a persuasive, “call-to-action” presentation that is 30-60 seconds in length and approximately 100-150 words. The origin of its name is self-evident; it can be delivered, effectively, in the span of a typical elevator ride.

Elevator Speeches (also called Elevator Pitches) are all [...]

By: Kathryn Sollmann, Co-founder Women@Work Network
Most women know what to wear to give the right impression in the right situation. Yet, even many women who spend thousands of dollars on each season’s fashions present themselves as paupers on resume paper.
At Women@Work we call it the “under-dressed” resume — resumes that don’t look right, sound right [...]