Thoughts from CGN’s Founder
Celebrating Labor Day
From the Department of Labor’s website, Labor Day is: Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national ... Read More »
It Takes a Village
At the 20 Something Blogger Summit on Saturday, Scott Belsky, Founder & CEO of Behance asked everyone in the room what seemed like a very simple question: Which company has been voted the world’s “Best Supply Chain” four years running? ... Read More »
Marilyn’s Bottom
Forty nine years after her death, the incomparable Marilyn Monroe is still making waves and generating headlines with her scandalous bloomer flashing moment from “The Seven Year Itch.” Just two weeks ago, a massive sculpture of Ms. Monroe’s iconic moment ... Read More »
The Name Change Decision
Getting married presents numerous decisions – where to have the wedding, who to invite, which dress to wear, etc. etc. etc. Few are career related. One, however, keeps many engaged career girls awake at night. Should I take my husband’s ... Read More »
Married Career Girl!
For those of you who were shocked to hear that I got married, don’t worry, you weren’t the only ones! And as promised, here’s the complete wedding recap: On Saturday, June 11th, we pulled off the most special day of ... Read More »
The Ladder No More
Last week, I attended an event with Pamela Mitchell, the CEO and founder of The Reinvention Institute and the author of the new book The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention. The session was spectacular, and had numerous inspiring piece of ... Read More »
Be True to Your School?
A few months ago, I found myself in a room with a group of people most of whom had attended the same college as they talked about their college experience. I found myself disturbed (and I use that word quite ... Read More »
The Case Against Graduate School
One of my favorite career bloggers, Penelope Trunk from Brazen Careerist was recently a commentator on NPR on the subject of graduate school educations and namely, are they worth it? (Check out the full NPR recording from Penelope’s blog here.) ... Read More »
Reliability
I have a dear friend who has many good qualities. He is funny and well dressed, intelligent and thoughtful. But whenever I tell people about him, I boast the same trait of his first and foremost. I say, “He always ... Read More »
Too Young for the Job?
On Saturday night, America watched (literally – biggest Miss America ratings in years) as Teresa Scanlan, Miss Nebraska, was crowned the 2011 Miss America. And as the crown was placed on her head, host Brooke Burke informed us Teresa was ... Read More »
