What to Do When You Hate Your First Job
I received the following email last week from a recent college grad. I’m sure many of you can relate to this scenario or might even be in it now. Dear Ms. Career Girl, I...
Author: Nicole Emerick
Nix Networking, Start Socializing
This weekend I attended and presented at PodCamp Pittsburgh, an “UnConfrence” for all things social media. I presented on a topic that is near to my heart- socializing your way to success. Although I...
Email a Professor Today
I’m made the 5 hour trek back to my Alma mater, Miami University, Thursday after work to lead a few Entrepreneurial Marketing classes taught by my favorite college professor. This professor, Mark Lacker, has...
Credit Card Confessions
This week has given me that “back to school” feeling I always had in Septembers growing up. After an awesome Labor Day weekend, summer is officially over (well, socially at least). My online class...
Are You The “New” 20-Something? Why?
Consider the following statistics from The New York Times’ most recent buzz worthy article, “What is it About 20-Somethings?” One-third of people in their 20s move to a new residence every year. Forty percent...
When Should You Stop Dream Hunting and Start Job Hunting?
Last week my friend Sam asked my roommate Katie and I an interesting question: at what point do you give up pursuing your dream career and start pursuing a job instead? Sam graduated from...
What Did You Learn This Week?
As I wrote in an email to a friend this morning, “this week’s episode of ‘Nicole’s Life’ has been an interesting one. ” How about yours? Without getting too juicy (I really wish I could)...
A Remedy for “The Pleasing Disease”
Many women are in the business of pleasing others. Sometimes this is a wonderful thing. Other times, our “pleasing disease” is the reason we get ourselves into trouble. For example, have you ever mistakenly...
What I Learned from Bethenny and Ramit this Week
Happy Friday! It has been a great week in my world, thanks in part to two people: Bethenny Frankel and Ramit Sethi. No, I am not cool enough to be friends with either of these...
10 Ways Restaurants can use Social Media to become a “Hometown Hero”
Did you ever notice that the best local restaurants are the ones you never see advertised? That’s because successful local restaurants wouldn’t see a high ROI on print advertisements. They see a much higher ROI...