Want to know what disruption looks like? Meet the 40 Women to Watch Over 40 for 2013. The past few month’s I have been working on an initiative called 40 Women to Watch Over 40 with Whitney Johnson, speaker, disruptor and author of Dare Dream […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Career & Finance’ category
20-Something Q: Career Fatigue vs. Career Prospects
I’m an attorney and have recently started my second job out of law school. I’m good at what I do — prosecuting domestic violence cases — but four months into my new job, I have realized that I dislike it, have some serious “compassion fatigue” and keep hoping that there is something […] Read more…
How to Navigate the End of One Job and the Start of Grad School
Dear 40-somethings: I just found out I’ve gotten into a master’s program starting in fall 2013. I currently work full time. My job is pretty good and I’ve been working here a year. However, I’m starting to lose steam with it, and I don’t feel there are many growth opportunities. I really […] Read more…
Guest Post: Lessons Learned
Today we have a guest post from Payal Shukla who shares her 20-something perspective on starting the next chapter of her life as she jumps into the real world. After countless resume edits, dozens of cover letter drafts and endless hours of job applications and interviews, I recently was offered and accepted a full-time position […] Read more…
Do You Want To Be Fully Charged or In Charge?
Don’t get too crazy when you discover credit cards. You may hear this all the time, but you’d be surprised how many 40-somethings are still saddled by credit from their highly charged 20s. One women in LA laments that the closetful of designer shoes and handbags she collected in her twenties doesn’t come in handy […] Read more…
Mentor Monday: 7×7 Alum Shares Advice on Selling A Business
A few weeks ago Bernstein Global Wealth Management sponsored a 7×7 Mentoring Salon on entrepreneurship. With host Jeyran Ghara, a financial advisor at Bernstein, and lead mentors Stephanie Torosian, Senior Investment Planning Analyst and Joanne Wilson, Gotham Gal blogger and WEF co-founder and angel investor, we had plenty of hindsight and foresight to help female entrepreneurs […] Read more…
Getting Paid What You Are Worth…Are Undervaluing Yourself?
From the stats showing women don’t negotiate as well as men to the reality that we still don’t get equal pay, the fact is women have to get better at asking for money….their own money At one of my 7×7 Mentoring Salons we put the question on the table: Q. How do […] Read more…
Throwback Thursday: On Faking It Till You Make It
A forty-something I spoke to had an interesting take on acting confident on the outside when you may not feel it on the inside. When you consider that everyone is “faking it”, you can be more open and less judgmental. One of my professors in graduate school always told me that […] Read more…