What You’d Earn for Unpaid Jobs
February 8th, 2013
It’s not news that stay-at-home Moms have a relentless, all-consuming 24/7 job. I laughed out loud when I once saw a cartoon with an exasperated mother asking her children: “Do you really have to eat dinner every single day?” Stay-at-home Moms are often dedicated volunteers as well—another job that consumes many of the evaporating hours…
Who Needs Work?
February 8th, 2013
Economists categorize people as wealthy, middle class or poor, but according to my late grandfather that leaves out the layer he was fond of calling “50 Dollar Millionaires”. According to my grandfather, many people who give the appearance of affluence actually are highly leveraged with little wealth or savings. It was his favorite snarky topic…
Secrets to Fuel & Fund Reinvention
February 8th, 2013
It’s true that some people have a hard time getting off a certain career track. If you’ve been in marketing for 20 years and you want to reinvent yourself toward public health, it can be hard to get employers to connect the dots. But it can be done. Transferring your skills to an entirely new…
When Work You Love is Play
February 8th, 2013
There are plenty of articles in the media forecasting that many Americans will never have the money to retire. In that scenario work is a ball and chain, a means to an end, just a way to pay the bills. Other people have played the retirement savings game well, can afford to retire, and never…
Unemployed, Not 2nd-Class Citizen
January 26th, 2013
Yet another reason to have a “Vitamin C” deficiency—employers want to hire people who are currently employed. (In 9 Lives for Women parlance that’s “C” for Confidence.) I was reminded of this form of discrimination when I read Diane Irwin’s Resumes of NJ blog post, “Do Recruiters Discriminate Against the Unemployed?”. Apparently they do, but it’s about as frustrating as saying men only want to marry women…
Travel the Women’s Career Labyrinth
January 26th, 2013
Here you will find compelling excerpts from a wonderful article by Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, Vice President and Managing Director of Apollo Research Institute, an organization focused on education, work and careers in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Tracey’s article gives great credence to the non-linear career path, which I’m happy to see is trending upward. In my coaching and recruiting years I’ve always advised women to…
