As well as Cisco, Deloitte, General Mills, IBM and Proctor & Gamble? These companies made it to Working Mother’s top five list of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women. So, what is it that these companies offer, that many others don’t, to make them so likeable for women of different ethnicities? Targeted agendas for recruiting & retaining Multicultural Women, such as:...
Is it a Good Job If I’m Not Doing Good?
At 40:20 Vision we love to dig into what’s next. 40-something women have earned their confidence and can provide a sneak peek into the other side of decisions as we answer the questions that young professionals want to know. Q. I love my job, but I don’t feel like I’m making a contribution in the world. How can I find...
Dare, Dream, Do!
Join NEXT for Women for a virtual fireside chat with Whitney Johnson, author of the newly released book Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream on May 14th 6 PST / 9 EST. This is a practical and inspirational guide to figure out what your goal is and how to make it happen! Discover what can happen in...
A Seattle Punk Rocker Tells Us How to Make Safety Pins Office Appropriate
Joan Jett may love rock and roll, but thirty years after the hit single’s debut, her female compatriots are still eerily absent within the punk genre. When people think punk, they think of The Ramones and The Sex Pistols – or Green Day, if their iPods don’t predate 1995. But they don’t often think of anyone without a Y chromosome....
The Employed Girl’s Guide to The Job Search
My interviewer didn’t call when he was supposed to. I am a journalism major at the University of North Carolina with magazine aspirations. Experience is my only potential safeguard against postgraduate poverty, and so for every season there is an internship. In my quest to fill summer, I lined up a phone interview with an Important New York editor at...
Signing In Is Not Enough: How To Really Link On LinkedIn
Social media has completely changed the way employers view potential job candidates. Where employers used to just be able to find you on Facebook or MySpace, there are now entire social media venues dedicated to helping you find a job. LinkedIn is the pioneer in this category of networking websites. It can be your best friend if used correctly and...
Don’t Let Your Plan Get In The Way Of Your Passion: How Ambika Changed Her Career Course and Never Looked Back
Ambika Nigam could have been a number cruncher. After she graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in economics, she accepted a prestigious financial analyst position at Oppenheimer Funds, where she made the kinds of complicated mathematical models that would make Einstein blush. But, as she sat at her computer manipulating money, Ambika increasingly found herself lusting after...