It’s Okay to Say No
If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a full schedule. Full of work, fitness classes, time with my husband, volunteer commitments, and time out with my friends. For many years I was a “yes”...
Author: Alissa M. Trumbull
Student Loans: What Are Your Rights As a Borrower?
I’ve got not one, but two master’s degrees. Yep, that’s right. Not only did I spend extra time in the classroom and completing field internships, I’ve got the pieces of paper to prove it....
What’s Your Purpose?
For years everyone has talked about passion. What gets you going? What stokes your fire? What moves you? But passion is only part of the picture. Passion is your drive. Pair passion with what...
What Drives Ms. Career Girl? LocalJobNetwork.com Interviews the MCG team
What really drives the team of Ms Career Girl? LocalJobNetwork.com invites us for a radio interview so we can tell our story. As a site dedicated to the careers and lives of young women,...
Tips to #ConnectIRL While Working from Home
Most of my week is spent working from home. While typing hellos and replies is a great deal of fun, and I like having my own space for designing and writing, I also find...
Envision. Create. Believe: Real Women Talk About Finding Your Work-Life Balance
We all want to find balance, that stable point between work and family, social and professional, private time and brand exposure. How do we, as women, go about doing this? There is so...
The F Word: Coming to Terms with “Feminism”
Feminism. It’s a loaded word. Depending who you ask it can have a positive or negative connotation, and people’s individual definitions start to stack up pretty fast. I’ve never liked the word feminism. I’m...
Goals – Part II of II: How Are You Reaching Your Dreams?
At the end of January, I wrote to you about making sure you set a plan to reach your goals. If you’ve already set your goals for 2015, please share them in the...
The Career Benefits of Volunteering
Back in high school as we prepared our college applications, we were often asked (sometimes trite) questions about times we’d helped others, served our communities, or been selfless in the face of adversity. We...
Sacred Space: How Your Work Environment Impacts Productivity
When I left my job this past Thanksgiving I started working from home. I spent a lot of time sitting on the sofa hunched over a laptop with Netflix running for background noise as...