9 Lives for Women Blog

Just about all professionals are concerned with work-life balance. Not so many spend as much time thinking about their work-life view. Deb Martin (a freelance writer and editor originally from Westchester County, New York) and her partner Jim Richards (a photographer and technology consultant who spent years knocking around the Rocky Mountains), think first about…

We all have a favorite sweater. One that makes us look like a million or just plain feels good.   It’s worn, but you reach for it year after year.  The other day I looked closer at my go-to cardigan and saw a single bright thread running all the way through the weave. Instead of lamenting…

If the last time you wrote a resume was when the elder Bush was in office, I know it can be hard to find the words to describe your long time out of the workforce. Whether they’re on hiatus for one year or 10, returning professional women have an especially hard time  making volunteer work sound…

In answer to the frequent question, “Does my volunteer work count on a resume,” I always tell women yes, yes, yes!  Now Linkedin has made it even easier to showcase this experience. First of all, you’re on Linkedin, right?  Even if you’re not being paid for your work now, some day soon that may change.  Linkedin…

One of my daughter’s teachers once told me that students would no longer be doing their big science projects at home.  With a hint of sarcasm in her voice she said, “in the past parents built some very impressive machines.” We’ve all heard the term “helicopter parents”, and I would be lying if I said…

A few social butterflies in my circles know everyone there is to know, but many more women have a nice circle of friends and acquaintances and that’s that. The non-social butterfly camp of job seekers often tells me that they’ve run out of networking contacts.  They do the obvious—contact their inner circle of friends, family…