Career Advancement

What's Really Standing In The Way Of Women's Career Advancement

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Career & Money, Women in the Workplace, Office Discrimination, Career Advancement, Women Career Advancement, How Marriage Impacts Career, Women at Work, Women Workplace, Working Women, Women Sponsorship, Men Marital Structure, Marital Structure, Discrimination in the Workplace, Discrimination Against Women, Sex Discrimination Workplace, Women and Workplace, Job Discrimination, Women News

Even as this year’s Fortune 500 list included a record number of female CEOs, and urban, single women in their 20s are out-earning their male peers,...

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Creating the Change You Want in Your Career

Women & Co | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Career Advancement, Career Goals, Career Advice, Personal Development, Careers, Career Tips, Job Search, Career Change, Networking, Women Career Growth, Women News

This is not a race, it is your life and career, and you want to enjoy the journey as well as the destination.

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Don't Be Scared to Specialize

Daniel Gulati | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Job Hunting, Career Advice, Career Advancement, Careers, Promotions, Business News

Beyond the daily adrenaline rush, there is an emerging belief that accumulating breadth of experience is essential to being a CEO of tomorrow.

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What To Do When Someone Else Takes Credit For Your Work

Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Career & Money, Career Advancement, Urban Living, Work Advice, Take Credit for Your Work, Get Recognized at Work, Career Advice, Someone Else Takes Credit for Your Work, Career Tips, Women News

Jennifer Winter | The Daily Muse Managers love to extol the virtues of a team mentality. I can't count how many schlocky motivational posters I've ...

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How To Get A Raise This Year

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Career Advice, Job Advice, Career Advancement, How to Get a Raise, Career Advice for Women, Women News

Don't wait for your boss to come to his senses -- give yourself a raise this year. Workers can spend about $3,000 a year on coffee and lunch, accor...

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How To Turn A Good Review Into A Raise

The Grindstone | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Job Advice, Careers, Jobs, Career Advancement, How to Get a Raise, Career Advice for Women, Women News

You're king of the world! Or maybe, you're queen of the world! Congratulations on kicking butt and taking names in 2011. It's an amazing feeling to wa...

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A Realistic Look At How To Handle Criticism

The Grindstone | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Career Advice, Career Advancement, Careers, How to Handle Criticism, Work Advice, Criticism, Career Advice for Women, Women News

The annual performance review process isn't really a beloved business tradition. In general, employees hate them. And I think that feeling stems from ...

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How To Tell When 'Good' Advice Is Bad For You

ForbesWoman | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Career Advice, Career Advancement, Career Tips, Work Advice, Bad Advice, Good-Advice, Career Advice for Women, Women News

A significant number of my coaching and consulting colleagues across the country have shared with me this past year that they've hired outside help (m...

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Give Someone a Fresh Start

Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Career Advancement, Career Advice, Best Career Advice, Careers, Career Coach, Conflict Resolution, Management, Business News

Regardless of who you may have an issue with, be sure to address it before the situation becomes irreparable.

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How To Get Promoted At Your Office Holiday Party

ForbesWoman | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Holidays, Career Advancement, Holiday Parties, Office Holiday Party, Office-Party-Behavior, Office Parties, Career Tips, Office Party, Women News

The invitations are out. The trimmings are up, and workers everywhere are starting to sweat. It's beginning to look a lot like the annual holiday part...

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Facebook Isn't Everything: 5 Better Ways To Use Social Media

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: The-Daily-Muse, Youtube, Career Advancement, Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, Business Advice, Using-Social-Media, Women News

Ruth Zive | The Daily Muse When I launched my freelance writing business, I found I quickly had to master social media. And if you're running a com...

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A Guide To Learning When To Shut Up In Your Career

The Grindstone | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: The Grindstone, Career Advancement, Listening, Jill Abramson, Career Advice for Women, Listening More, Women News

"I said I needed to work on listening more and talking less, and not interrupting. I worried that questions I asked about the substance of journalism ...

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How to Build a Personal Board of Directors

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Career Advancement, Mentors, Unemployment, Sponsorship, Employment, Careers, Professional Development, Changing Careers, Self Promotion, Women News

The mentor relationship is powerful and valuable, so cultivate it wisely and be mindful of how you can help others and continue the circle of wisdom by becoming a mentor yourself.

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10 Tips To Climb To The Top Of Your Field

Marie Claire | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Career Advice, Career Advancement, Promotions, Career Advice for Women, Marie Claire, How to Get Promoted, Women News

The corporate ladder can be very unstable, so we rounded up some of the best on-the-job advice to help you keep moving up. 1. Act Like a Boss Co...

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Men More Productive At Work When They're In A Relationship -- Women Not So Much

Aol Jobs | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Career Advancement, Work Productivity, Women vs Men, Relationships, Work Dynamics, Productive, Employee Productivity, Women News

Sixty-four percent of single men say they are more productive at work when they are in a relationship, compared with less than half of women, accordin...

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More Kids Won’t Kill Your Career … Unless You Want Them To

BNET | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Career Advice for Parents, Career Advancement, Working Mothers, Career Advice for Women, Working Moms, Having More Children, Women News

I’ve mostly been avoiding political news lately, but the Republican primary race has still managed to get on my radar. Is Michele Bachmann as crazy ...

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How Productive Are You Really?

ForbesWoman | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Career Advancement, Career-Coaching, Career Women, Being in the Moment, Career Advice, Career Coach, Life-Control, Productivity at Work, Productivity, Women News

As a career coach, I spend a lot of time working with people on their productivity. You might not expect that, but productivity is actually a critical...

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Career Management Is Leadership Behavior

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Career Advancement, Women Career Advancement, Women Career Advice, Career Advice for Women, Women Career Growth, Career Action Plan, Women News

Here are some great tips to help you become more pro-active as you develop and implement your personal career action plan.

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Why You Need Your Own Board Of Directors

The Grindstone | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Business Tips, Career Advancement, Socializing-at-Work, Board of Directors, Social Workplace, Success Tips, Co-Workers, Career Advice, Women in Business, Women News

In large companies, a board of directors is essential. They’re there to inspire, provide feedback and ultimately decide where money should be invest...

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Why Women Will Help Shape the Future of Work

ForbesWoman | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Success, Career Advancement, Future of Business, Working Women, Successful Women, Women in Business, Young Businesswomen, Businesswomen, Women News

“You have to start living the life of the person you want to be,” Bobbie Barrett advises a meek Peggy Olson during an episode of "Mad Men." “And...

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How Sports Help Women Succeed in Business

AOL Jobs | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Career Advancement, Women in Business, Healthy Living, Benefits of Sports, Businesswomen, Women-Success-Tips, Success Tips, Women News

In 1976, the Yale crew team marched into the office of the school's P.E. director and stripped, revealing "Title IX" painted across their chests and b...

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Are Attractive People Really More Successful?

The Economist | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Career Advancement, Workplace, Physical-Beauty, Physical Attributes, Good Looks, Working Women, Workplace Politics, Women News

France looked back this week at the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the walls of the Louvre. It was one of the most startling art heists in history, ...

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Ambivalence: The Career Killer

Hillary Rettig | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Procrastination, Perfectionism, Ambivalence, Productivity, Ambivalence Fear, Career Advancement, Ambivalence Perfectionism, Self Help, Ambivalence Career, Career Advice, Fear Career Advancement, Healthy Living News

Ambivalence is powerful because it is usually fear-based: you crave a particular outcome, don't think you can get it or are afraid of it, and develop a thicket of compensatory rationalizations.

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The Power of Promotion

Donna Flagg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Career Advancement, Promotions, Feedback, Workkplace, 360 Feedback, Business, Executive Power, Management, Performance, Business News

So in the end, who makes the best managers? Which individuals get the most out of their teams and produce the best business results for their employers?

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Uninsured Women Negotiates With Hospital, Pays Less Than She Would Have For COBRA

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Welding, Vincent Pierce, Cobra, Lisa Antonini, Mahoning County, Bearing Witness 2.0, Medical Bills, Property Taxes, Danite Pierce, Career-Advancement, Bearing Witness, Health Care, Leslie Caldera, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Tammy Compton of the Wayne...

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