If you read Women On Business frequently, then you know that I blog about branding for a fairly new website, Corporate Eye.  It’s a great group of people and the company is growing quickly.  Currently, Corporate Eye is looking for two more business bloggers to add to the team.  These bloggers will be asked to write about Corporate Careers and Investor Relations.

Blogging is a great way to expand your online presence and further establish yourself as an expert in your field as well as to network with other businesspeople around the world.  If you’re a Corporate Career or Investor Relations expert, then you can follow the link to get more information about the Corporate Eye Blogger Jobs. 

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PINK Magazine is hosting its fourth annual conference series for women in business.  Conferences will be held across the country with each featuring influential, female business leaders speaking over the course of a two-hour lunch.  Each session runs from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., and tickets cost $125.  You can follow the link to register for the PINK Conference Series.

Following is the schedule for the 2008 PINK Conference Series:

• September 24, 2008: InterContinental Chicago in Chicago Illinois
• October 1, 2008: Marriott Marquis, New York, New York
• October 3, 2008: Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas in Dallas, Texas
• October 10, 2008: Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.
• October 14, 2008: Four Season in Boston, Massachusetts
• October 30, 2008: Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza in Los Angeles, California
• November 12, 2008: Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia

Following is the list of speakers scheduled for the 2008 PINK Conference Series:

• Carol B. Tome, chief financial officer and executive vice president of corporate sales, Home Depot Inc.
• Carol L. Bernick, chairman of the board, Alberto-Culver
• Lisa Ellis, executive vice president, Sony Music Label Group
• Donna Sturgess, vice president of innovation, GlaxoSmithKline
• Karin Gilford, vice president and general manager of Yahoo!
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• Kelly Regal, executive vice president of human resources and corporate communications, Turner Broadcasting Inc.
• Joy Rothschild, senior vice president of associate services, Omni Hotels

Looks like a great line-up of speakers!  Have you attended one of the conferences in previous PINK Conference Series?  What did you think?

In a “Women in Business” Roundtable at the University of Illinois College of Business last month sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, three prominent businesswomen from the Chicago, Illinois area (Doris Christopher, Ann Cresce and Jean Reagan) addressed the gender gap in corporate board rooms and provided suggestions for how women can increase their chances for getting in those board room seats.

The women shared a number of suggestions to help other businesswomen advance their careers (and obtain board positions) such as

• Networking
• Gaining experience
• Joining groups that can help you such as Catalyst (www.Catalyst.org)
• Building your reputation as an expert and leader
• Learning the board process

You can follow the link to read the entire recap of the Women in Business Roundtable on the University of Illinois website. It’s very insightful and interesting to hear an insider’s perspective about life serving on a corporate board.

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I stumbled across an article on Yahoo! Education today called “Great Jobs that Profit Women: Five Flexible Careers with Man-Sized Paychecks.” The career suggestions were nothing earth-shattering - personal financial advisor, psychologist/therapist, entrepreneur, education administrator and human resources manager. In fact, I think those career choices reflect the sad state of the inequality of men and women in the workplace. At least administrative assistant, customer service representative and paralegal weren’t on the list. Those seem to be the standbys that people suggest for women trying to find flexibility and a decent pay rate. Someday that will change, but I’ll save that inequality discussion for another post.

Today, I’m going to focus on three statistics in this article cited from the National Committe on Pay Equity:

1. In 2006, women earned approximately 25% less than men in the same jobs with similar qualifications.
2. The statistic above has not changed significantly for the past decade.
3. It is estimated that this wage gap will not close until 2057.

Numbers don’t lie. The gender gap is alive and well with no signs of closing anytime soon. What do you think about these statistics?

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I received an email today announcing a free webcast sponsored by the American Marketing Association on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. (ET).  The webcast will feature Michael Lowenstein, a customer loyalty expert and vice president/senior consultant of Harris Interactive, who will explain the relationship between employee behavior, customer loyalty and profitability. 

The webcast will teach participants how to:

• Determine which employee attitudes and actions affect customer behavior
• Accurately measure customers’ perceptions
• Identify the roots of employee negativity
• Develop a customer-centric culture    

The first 100 webcast registrants will receive a 10% discount toward the 15th Annual Harris Interactive Loyalty Conference, April 27–29 at the Silverado Resort, Napa, California.

Dress for Success is a charitable organization that helps women find economic independence by providing them with professional clothing, support and career development assistance. There are a number of ways businesswomen can donate to Dress for Success to help other women have a better chance at achieving success.

For example, Dress for Success is always looking for interview-appropriate business suits and shoes. Follow the link to learn how you can donate business suits to Dress for Success as well as specific information about the types of garments they can accept.

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Nancy S. Juetten is a publicist who speaks and teaches business owners about generating their own publicity for free. She also writes the Main Street Media Savvy blog, and this week she published a post that sums up some of the information she shared during a recent speaking engagement at the Women in Business Forum at Meydenbauer Center called 15 Ways to Earn a Reputation as an Expert in Your Field.

Nancy provides some great tips for positioning yourself as an expert. What I like most about her list is that every suggestion on it is something you can implement immediately. From starting a blog or website to writing a killer bio, there is nothing on the list that you can’t start doing today to establish yourself as an expert. It’s all about building a platform and a brand identity. Take the steps in Nancy’s list and you’ll be on your way!

Remember, don’t wait for someone else to promote you, instead, promote yourself and others will follow.

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I came across an interesting series of psychology tests on the BBC’s website this weekend. There is even an online test to determine what type of career you should pursue based on your personality type.

Check it out when you have a few minutes. It’s fun, and it just might tell you something new about yourself (or validate your current career path).

If you’d like to learn to write compelling copy for your own advertising and marketing materials or if you’d like to transition into a career as a copywriter, then take a look at the new course I’m offering through the Absolute Write University: Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps.

The online course follows the steps I teach in my upcoming book of the same title, Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps, that will be published by Entrepreneur Press in September 2008. This course won’t teach you how to write a hard sales letter. Instead, it will teach you the fundamentals of copywriting in a linear way that you’ll be able to apply to any copywriting project again and again.

Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps (the course) will be offered on an ongoing basis, starting the first Monday of every month. The course will be open to just five students per session, so I can provide one-on-one feedback and discussion with participants.

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According to a recent article on ARAlifestyle.com, “eLearners.com in collaboration with online colleges, American Intercontinental University, DeVry University and Walden University, will grant at least $2 million in full-ride scholarships to working mothers across the country. This is part of the “Project Working Mom - Putting Eduction to Work” education awareness program.”

A Project Working Mom website has launched as part of this program. The site includes an online database with “$15 billion in financial aid opportunities” as well as articles, tips, information, assessment quizzes and an online community for people to ask questions, network and interact. Continue reading »