NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: No matter what age you are, it's challenging to switch to a completely new career. However, more people are "recareering" every day. Amanda Augustine of TheLadders offers seven tips to jump start your encore career: Identify your key selling points. Think about the key strengths and skills that made you successful in your professional career, and … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Do you have emotional intelligence? Some people are born with it, but others have to work to develop it. Either way, emotional intelligence can affect your career. John Keyser of Common Sense Leadership defines emotional intelligence on The Glass Hammer blog as thatsomethingwithin us that helps us sense how we feel, enables us to sympathize with … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: The 2012 Board of Directors Survey, which was conducted by WomenCorporate Directors (WCD), Heidrick & Struggles, Professor Boris Groysberg of the Harvard Business School, and researcher Deborah Bell, was released today. The study surveyed over 1,000 directors from around the world to identify strategic priorities and views on their own boards' … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Richard Branson is quick to point out in a recent article for Entrepreneur.com that his company, Virgin, isn't perfect in terms of putting women in executive positions and including women in its boardrooms. However, his company is moving in the right direction. That's because Branson understands why we need more women in the boardroom. Research shows … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: If you want to transition from a career in for-profit companies to non-profit organizations, then you need to prepare yourself mentally for the change you'll see in your paycheck, environment, and more. Betsy Baker offers several tips to help you make the move successfully on Opportunity Knocks: Hours 9-5 is not the norm in the non-profit world. "Many … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Only 25% of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce are women. That's according to research from the White House Council on Women and Girls. Lisa Hook, CEO of Neustar, Inc., explains on Mashable: "Women own somewhere around 50% of all small businesses, but when it comes to creating high-tech startups, they’re still … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: According to a recent survey of 300 women entrepreneurs, 23% of women entrepreneurs left their secure, well-paying corporate jobs and struck out on their own to escape what they believed to be a toxic culture in the corporate world. Furthermore, 68% of those women entrepreneurs who left corporate jobs claim they would not return to corporate life even … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Journalism is part of the larger media business, so it's not surprising that women still lag significantly behind men in that industry just as they do in other industries. Susan Antilla whose journalistic credits span a 30-year career and include Bloomberg View, TheStreet.com, and more, shares some insights into this inequality on CNN.com: "Men make … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Forbes has released its annual list of the 400 richest Americans, and this year, 45 women are on the list (that's just 11% of the entire list). Jenna Goudreau of Forbes explains that most of these women hold the majority of their wealth in companies they built or inherited. At the top of the list of richest women (but ranked 6th in the overall list of … [Read more...]

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Are you destroying your career by hanging onto fears that limit your chances for success? Alexis Wolfer writes for Levo League and warns women in business that three common fears could stop you from reaching your career goals: 1. Fear of failure. Alexis warns, "Failure is a necessary step on the path to success. It allows you to push past your comfort … [Read more...]