Thank You, God, for Giving me Anxiety
I’ve been in a fight with my anxiety for a long time now. I first started noticing it in high school when I was busting ass to get into the top 25% of my...
Author: Nicole Emerick
Don’t be a Paycheck Player: How 5,000 Dollars cost me 5 Years of my Life
Guest post by, Srinivas Rao If you’ve ever seen the movie Jerry Maguire there’s a great scene where Cuba Gooding’s character and Jerry are talking about all the players who are getting what Cuba...
Monday Must-Reads: Career Intuition
How Corporate America Can Win Back Employee Trust A majority of Americans are unhappy in their jobs. Another big percentage are facing lay offs. What’s the one thing employees want more of? According to...
Is Job Search 2.0 Worth it?
Guest Post by, Jenny McCoy They say it’s easier to get a job when you have a job, but I’m not so sure. I launched my job search 2.0 last week with this site:...
Monday Must-Reads: Career Blogger All-Stars and Podcast Edition
I hope you had a great weekend! I got to meet some of my favorite career bloggers in person on Friday night who were in town for HR Revolution. Check out their blogs: Maren...
How Did Your Mother Influence Your Career?
I’m very lucky to have the Mother that I do. Born to Italian immigrants, my Mom did what most 1st generation Italian-American kids do: she joined the family Environmental Drilling business (honestly, she probably...
Is Penelope Trunk Feeding Gen Y “Career Crack”?
Sorry, Penelope. I’m back. My fellow career blogger friend Nick Corcodilos pointed out a blog post written by Penelope Trunk that I couldn’t help but question and discuss here on Ms. Career Girl. In...
Busting Myths About Networking
By, Anne Brown & Thom Singer, co-authors of Some Assembly Required: A Networking Guide for Graduates www.SomeAssemblyRequiredBooks.com Networking is not a simple game of connect-the-dots between whom you know and whom others know. Using...
Little Things are Big Things at Work
I made a mistake at work last week. I did not miscalculate my numbers. I did not break procedure. I was simply going way too fast. We’ve all been there before: it’s a super...
The New Career Girl: Gen Y Women Redefine Success
Two weeks ago I asked you what your 10 year vision looked like. Last week I asked you to consider some awkward scenarios that apply to women at work. And you already know that...