In-Person Networking
Ordering Wine in a Business Setting
Whether you’re seated at the head of the table or just along for the ride, at some point in your career, you’ll face the dreaded task of ordering wine for a large group of people. If you’re lucky, it will ... Read More »
The Making of a Good Conversation
If you’re headed out this weekend, you may have the chance to make some new connections. Whether it’s a potential new client, a new network contact, a new friend, or your next date, how you conduct that first conversation is ... Read More »
The Million Dollar Elevator Ride
It’s not often here at Career Girl that we recommend you read an article without at least giving you a snippet or quote from said article. This, however, is one of those times. And here’s why. In a recent article ... Read More »
Worth Equals Influence
Last week, Career Girl Contributor Marcy Farry brought us the article “Busyness Equals Worth?” In it, she talks about the tendency of our culture to equate busyness and general stress to value. Marcy encouraged us to equate more value in ... Read More »
Make an Impressive First Impression
While we are taught not to make quick judgments about the people we meet for the first time, we always want to make a good first impression. Whether it is a date, an interview, or a meeting with a potential ... Read More »
The Power of Female Relationships
We’ve been busy the past two weeks looking at our negative self-talk and getting ahead of shame. To supplement our internal dialogue shift, I thought I’d talk about how female friendships turbo kick our ability to positively change. While our ... Read More »
Call Me Maybe? Not With This Text Package!
A recent article in Politico outlined the results of a survey of DC lobbyists and hill staffers, and the results are fascinating. As it turns out, lobbyists are finding it harder than ever to connect with hill staffers, and hill ... Read More »
Finding and Joining a Board of Directors
The idea of women on Boards of Directors is a topic of high interest when we talk about the differences between men and women in the corporate sphere. In the corporate sector in the United States, only 16% of Board ... Read More »
Why Women Need Women-Only Networks
Earlier this week, we talked about how to effectively network with men. But today, here’s another question: is there a benefit to removing men from networking all-together at times? I say yes, and one powerful woman agrees with me wholeheartedly. ... Read More »
Maintaining Manners: Business Etiquette and You
I recently read Kelly Eggers’ recent article for FINS.com from the Wall Street Journal called “The Young Professional’s Guide to Workplace Etiquette.” The entire article is absolutely worth a read, but most importantly, what I found in the article was ... Read More »
