Blend, Don’t Balance Work and Life

April 3rd, 2015

It’s no secret that I’m a proponent of making work work. As you’ll see in my “Look Before You Leap” webinar, I advise women to think carefully about both short-term emotions and long-term needs before they leave the workforce. And I’m always looking for wisdom from other experts who can help women solve the work/don’t…

Search for a Fit, Not a Job

May 29th, 2013

If you’re a job seeking “circle” you’re not going to fit into an employer “square”.  It’s all about a snug fit—and as a job seeker, your mission is to convince employers that your skills and experience match all or most of their increasingly specific needs. This point was very well illustrated in a New York…

60 Second Elevator Advice from Anne-Marie Slaughter

April 18th, 2013

Late one night I was catching up on reading and I came upon an article in The Dartmouth about a lecture Anne-Marie Slaughter gave on campus on the topic of work-family balance. There are two women who have been responsible for many compelling discussions among other women in the past year or so. Sheryl Sandberg’s widespread…

Close the Wage Gap at the Starting Gate

April 18th, 2013

All reporting on the wage gap makes it sound like companies have one pay scale for women and another for men. Though many things in Corporate America aren’t “fair”, I’m sure this is not true—and I certainly did not see any evidence of this institutionalized, across-the-board discrimination during my many recruiting years. As I read…