Twitter Number Signs
Anyone who has had a conversation about Twitter may have seen or heard illustrations like this: #revolution #mondays #tablets What does that # mean? Well the #, or pound sign, symbol in the Twitter...
View ArticleCelebrating My Month Hiatus Away From Social Media
Today marks my one month hiatus away from social media. Well, technically speaking it’s more a one month hiatus away from personal use of Facebook and Twitter. I still continued my love affair with...
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Your Career Questions… Answered!
You asked us career questions using this form: http://bit.ly/Taq9sG Thank you and keep’em coming! Here is feedback on one of your questions… Question 1: I work as a sales rep with a Marketing Degree...
View ArticleMeet Jehan Miller!
When I put out the word that I was looking for a few good women to be our new Ms. Career Girl columnists, I was surprised to receive an outpouring of amazing responses. Young professional women from...
View ArticleWe’re Only Human: Tips to Avoid Making Mistakes at Work
Happy Monday, y’all! Exploding kitchen. Burning hand. Piping-hot wax covering my arm. I don’t think a normal person would describe their romantic Valentine’s dinner date with the aforementioned...
View ArticleFour Steps to Defending Your Career
Working in digital public affairs, people don’t always understand what I do day to day. Honestly, it’s pretty hard to explain to someone who’s never worked in a “behind the scenes” type of job. But...
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Career Confession: I HATE Unprofessional Emails
Non-capitalized subject lines, an improper greeting, the use of “LOL” or any other form of Internet/text message slang, emoticons, lack of punctuation, attachments with no content in the email body....
View ArticleAsk MCG: I’m a Single Mom Who Dreams of Doing Good
Dear Nicole, I’m 29 a single mother of two and I have a career but I’m not happy. In my heart I want to wake up, take care of my home, then visit different shelters. I would take food, cook, read to...
View ArticleDoes a “DIY Career” Appeal to You?
While doing research for my client MobileGear.com – a company that was created to support the rise of today’s “mobile” worker – I came across some really interesting websites that inspired today’s...
View ArticleStarting a Blog? Consider Your Brand First.
Some of the most popular posts of all time on MsCareerGirl.com are about starting a “side hustle.” For those who haven’t heard me use this term before, a side hustle is a hobby or passion project that...
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Get Your Creative Juices Flowing Today with a Creative Project
Are you starting your morning off dreading going to work? If so, challenge yourself to identify what it is that is causing the dread. If you don’t know what you dislike, how are you going to fix it? If...
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Get a Modern Day Career Path Dream Catcher
Not sure what your calling is? You are not alone. The twenty-something years of many of our favorite and most respected entrepreneurs did not start in a glamorous corner office at that investment bank...
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Why New Businesses Should Invest in Branded Promotional Items
Starting a side hustle or a business? Here’s a tip: Despite the world is going digital, there’s absolutely nothing that turns people’s heads other than the word – FREEBIES! Don’t lie. I know you’ve...
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Things to Know Before You Set Up Your Own Jewelry Business
Making jewelry has been your hobby for a very long time. You use a range of natural media and semi-precious stones to create your jewelry, but you usually make it only for personal use, and as gifts...
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What My 5th Grade Dance Class Taught Me About Starting a Business
I’ve loved dancing my entire life. For the better part of a decade I spent three school nights a week practicing my little heart out at my hometown’s local dance academy. Dancing felt good, it was a...
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How to Be an Effective Manager When Your Employees Are Your Family Members
A family business is a sweet idea but can turn relationships sour with wrong management. Many of the most successful small businesses started with a couple of siblings or parents who pass on the...
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Work from Home? Read these 5 tips on how to do it better.
Some professionals view having a job that allows them to work from home as the ultimate gig, but those of us who do it on a daily basis know that it can be harder, and different, than it looks. If...
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Three Overlooked Tips on Hiring the Right People for Your Business
If you are starting off a business that involves hiring a team, one of the biggest challenges is finding the right people to work with. A friend of mine has just started a small start up, and I am very...
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Study finds a Third of US College Students would Rather Have Started a Business
Yes, you’ve spent years studying hard while working your way through college, scrimping and scraping by in the hopes of graduating with a degree that’ll propel you big-time onto the proverbial career...
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Starting Your Own Company? Consider a Payroll Service
If you are starting your own business, and hiring employees or contractors, you may be tempted to do the payroll yourself. There are plenty of software packages, and other tools, to help you do the job...
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