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Archive for November 2007
“You know, you are a pretty good boss, and I like working for this firm and all, but to be honest, this place is a little weak on diversity. So, I’m going to have to give you an F.”
Sounds like the setup for a skit from the Office, but in reality, this is what many [...]
Connie Thanasoulis recently left her job at Merrill Lynch and has been chronicling her experiences for The Glass Hammer…
Week 4:
I’ve decluttered my own house so much that I am now helping my mom with her projects. She’s 74 years old, and part of the reason I left work was to spend more time with [...]
November 19th, 2007, 8:00 am
Adaptability – from Aboard the Paris-London Eurostar Train
My last article talked about training. If I had to plot a graph of “Dullest vs Most Valuable Training,” I would proudly place proper typing skills in the upper right hand corner. But the mind-numbing hours of practice have certainly paid off over the years. As colleagues pick out letters on their keyboards using the [...]
This new series of articles, called “Passions,” is not a cheesy soap opera on day-time television. Rather, it explores what young successful professional women do when they are not working, and sheds some light on the hobbies and interests that they are passionate about.
Think that only a crazy person would jump out of an airplane [...]
Since 1877, The Fresh Air Fund, a not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer vacations in the country to more than 1.7 million New York City children from low-income neighborhoods. Each year, nearly 10,000 children visit volunteer host families in 13 states and Canada through the Friendly Town Program or attend Fresh Air Fund camps.
The Fresh [...]
Women, let’s rock the boat in Quantitative Analytics. Mostly known as a field for “Quant Jocks,” this financial sector is yearning for female professionals. In capital markets, where women have been traditionally underrepresented, this is one career where we have been dealt the upper hand.
Quantitative Analytics, or “quant” to those in the know, [...]
Please join inMotion at an exclusive party with a group of young lawyers and professionals who are committed to helping inMotion provide free legal and social services to New York City’s under-served and abused women.
Private cocktail reception and chocolate tasting at Jacques Torres Chocolate.
Delicious chocolate, savory hors d’oeuvres, and cocktails will be served, and Jacques [...]
100 Women in Hedge Funds will have their 6th Annual Anniversary Gala and Benefit dinner. This year’s benefit will be for the iMentor program.
iMentor is an organization founded in 1999 by John Griffin of Blue Ridge Capital. It serves to cultivate relationships between young people and volunteer adult mentors.
To make a Reservation, donation, [...]
This week’s post on the Wall Street Journal’s blog The Juggler, entitled A Father’s Decision to Stay Home, provoked an impassioned discussion. The posting referred to an article in Men’s Vogue this month in which award-winning New York Times correspondent Charlie LeDuff discussed his decision to give up his career (at least temporarily) and be [...]
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