9 Lives for Women Blog

It has often been said that necessity is the mother of invention.  Especially when two smart mothers identify a need. One day Kirsten Lambert and Joan Ripple of Hingham, Massachusetts were walking their dogs and talking about their college freshmen.  That morning’s topic?  Sheets that never seemed to leave the bed and enter the washing…

I’ve spoken to women in their 40s who say they are too old to work.  I’ve spoken to out of work women in their 50s who say no one would hire them in a different industry.  And I’ve spoken to Joan Kaskell, a woman who has never stopped finding intellectually stimulating work…well past the traditional…

When I was a senior in college beginning my first professional job search, I visited an older friend in New York City.  Compared to my dorm room living and campus attire, her life in a nicely furnished apartment (with lots of chic clothes and shoes in the closet) looked pretty glamorous.  To top it off,…

Are you a wallflower in the social media world? If you’re looking to advance your career in any industry, you have to jump in and join the online conversation.  It’s especially important for small business owners and professional services firms to use social media to their best advantage. That sounds strange to the many professionals…

Whenever Labor Day passes, I always feel we’re in the second “new year”. We never really lose that fresh start, “back to school” feeling in September—and most job seekers look to the fall months with renewed vigor. Right now you have at least three solid months for a strategic job search—before the business world slows down…

When Christina Paul and her husband, Matt, were students at the University of Connecticut Law School, they were moot court partners—and once their relationship took a serious turn they talked about some day starting a practice together. Three high powered, big law firm jobs, one apartment, two houses, four children and thirteen years later they…