Tag Archives: career
Career/Money: 8 Alpha Female Salary Negotiation Tips
June 12, 2013
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The rise of the Alpha female! Our nation’s women are bringing home more of the bacon! Recent Census data confirms what many of us at kitchen tables across the country know about working women and their growing, and in some cases full, contribution to their Read More...
Education: Is a College Degree a Path to Success or Debt Trap?
May 21, 2013
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Chicas, let me give you some sound advice: if you don’t have to, don’t go to college. As the default rate on student loans increases at an alarming rate, students are reconsidering their choice to attend a four-year institution. So should Read More...
Career: Rock Your Resume & Cover Letter
May 15, 2013
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Listen, chicas: everyone knows that getting a job isn’t easy these days. You’re graduating from college (or are newly unemployed) and there is no job in sight. You’ve got to update your resume and write a cover letter–¡yikes!–maybe for the Read More...
Next Gen Feminista Friday: Mother’s Day Lesson from Mami
May 10, 2013
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My mother sat on my bed and listened patiently as I described every. single. detail. I was fifteen, burrowed under my comforter, and surrounded by tissues when I heard a light tapping on the door. “Hey, you okay?” My ears perked up when I Read More...
Career: Julie Chávez Rodríguez to Latinas, “¡Sí Se Puede!”
March 28, 2013
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When you are an ambitious and/or successful Latina, you are a role model no matter what. That’s because despite our consolidation of power as an economic and political bloc, a gap remains, especially in terms of educational and career achievement. Simply Read More...
Petraeus Escándalo Boils Down to El Hombre Propone y la Mujer Dispone
November 15, 2012
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When I read on Twitter that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director David Petraeus resigned days after the re-election of Barack Obama, I assumed the decorated retired Army general had done so because he no longer wanted to serve under this President. Read More...
The Give Up
June 1, 2012
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Everything is an exchange. Everything. And virtually everything is politics. I’m not talking ’bout kissing babies and stumping at high school auditoriums once every four years. What kinds of light bulbs do you use? Do you send your children to Read More...
6 Minute Career Climb: Q & A with Crisis Queen, Author, & TV Show Inspiration Judy Smith
April 24, 2012
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Does anyone else hear the big clic when the Universe unlocks her abundance, when Diosito bathes you with goodness? That’s how I felt when I guest hosted NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin when Michel was away. One of the many terrific Read More...
