A record number of millennials are living at home. Are they living the high life or avoiding the high cost of living? It’s much more the latter but it does make me wonder if this trend will extend the era of delayed adulthood. According to a Pew Research study, 21.6 million young […] Read more…
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How To Build Your Own Community of Support
As you may have noticed from the side bar here, I recently launched 40 Women to Watch Over 40 an initiative to celebrate the achievements of over 40 women and give visibility to new role models. I just wrote a post about my journey getting there on Medium. You can read it here – To […] Read more…
Can You Switch Jobs Too Much in Your 20s?
There is a fine line between exploring what you want to do and following the road to nowhere. It’s the difference between fulfilling yourself and filling your resume with empty jobs that didn’t teach you anything — about yourself or your skills. The risk is that you end up with no foothold to step up […] Read more…
20-Something Question: Finish School or Cut Bait?
I am 23 years old. Last May I left my college after 4 years completed but with no diploma. I was majoring in Social Work. Unfortunately I failed my senior internship in the fall semester. Therefore I was unable to continue on in the department and subsequently not graduate with […] Read more…
Brag The Good Brag
A while ago I answered a 20-something question about the difference between sharing and bragging. It got a lot of answers and comment. Thanks to social media, over-sharing can happen on both ends of the scale. The “too much information” type and the “aren’t I super fabulous type”. It makes it oh so […] Read more…
Can You Prepare For Having It All?
Today we have a big question and a few practical and common-sense answers from our amazing 40-something panel. There is so much debate on having it all but like many 20-somethings, our questioner today can’t imagine what it is like on the other way and wonders if there is any way to prepare ahead […] Read more…
Navigating A New Job…Bad Fit or Worth Growing Into?
I was recruited for a job and started three months ago. When I was offered the job, I was told that the company was restructuring and the person in my position and another person in the office were going to be let go. I accepted the job because I understood the reason for […] Read more…
Graduate Degrees in the Era of Rising Debt
One of the questions I get asked a lot is whether it’s worth the cost of tuition to get an advanced degree. A few posts on that topic: Is business school worth it? Do you regret getting an MBA? Get a job or a second degree? The benefits of life application Paying […] Read more…