Women Careers

In Defense of Smash: What It Shows Us About Women and Careers

Dina Gachman | Posted 04.05.2012

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Dina Gachman

What's most interesting about Smash is each of the character's attempts to balance their burning desire for a career in theater with the demands of relationships, marriages, and children.

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Why Your Career Is Stalling (When You're Doing Everything Right)

Posted 12.13.2011

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Dear women trying to get ahead in the workplace and blaming yourself for not advancing: It's not you, it's them. A new study from the nonprofit gro...

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The WIE Network: Finding Common Ground

Deborah Stambler | Posted 12.08.2011

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Deborah Stambler

"We all share common goals of wanting to be happy and successful, to have families and dynamic careers. And that's what the WIE Symposium is about, setting aside our differences and uniting behind our common aspirations."

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Averting Casual Dress Code Disasters

Posted 11.13.2011

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Do you find relaxed dress codes at work actually relaxing -- or a new source of stress? This week on AOL Jobs, Claire Gordon wrote about the way te...

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Getting A Grip On Power: 10 Tips For A Successful Career

Posted 10.30.2011

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Ever since Fortune, in 1998, started ranking the top women in business (yes, we were first), I've been asking the stars of the Most Powerful Women lis...

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Is Your Engagement Ring Hurting Your Career?

Katherine Bindley | Posted 10.18.2011

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Katherine Bindley

Stressing about what to wear to a big job interview? Instead of debating skirt or pants, suit or not, some hiring managers say it's the ring you should think about ditching -- your diamond engagement ring, that is.

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Networking To Find A Job Works Great -- If You're A Man

AOL Jobs | Posted 10.16.2011

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Who said the Old Boys Club is no longer? Those suffering through the worst of the recession have grown accustomed to filling out hundreds of job appli...

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Three Ways Women Can Better Manage Their Careers

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 08.30.2011

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Marcia Reynolds

Many women think they should be noticed for their good work. No matter how hard you work, you still need to actively create positive visibility with your boss and the management team above.

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What We Learned From Wienergate

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 08.23.2011

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Barbara & Shannon Kelley

In the wake of all the buzz about Weiner's weiner, a certain controversial idea has bubbled up. And it's this: men and women are different. And we'r...

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Undecided: Do Women Now Have Too Many Options?

Barbara Kelley and Shannon Kelley | Posted 08.22.2011

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Commitment phobia. Analysis paralysis. Grass-is-greener syndrome. You name it, women today are plagued by it. Unlike our mothers, these women were bor...

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The Top Five Issues Affecting Working Families Today

Mary Curlew | Posted 11.17.2011

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Mary Curlew

My job includes searching through my Google Reader and peer reviewed journal alerts for content to add to the website of the Sloan Work and Family Res...

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Women: Stop People From Criticizing You Behind Your Back

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011

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Marcia Reynolds

Cattiness decreases as confidence strengthens. Women have become more confident in their abilities to accomplish great things. They do not need to criticize and sabotage others to succeed.

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Work And Babies: Women Still Have To Pick Their Poison (But Men Are Evolving!)

Mika Brzezinski | Posted 11.17.2011

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Mika Brzezinski

It seems like a woman has to pick her poison. Suffer now, or take "a few years off" and pay later. Women need to know that "taking a few years off" can often lead to a permanent condition of dependence and loss of identity.

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