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Dream jobs

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Job search in a tough market: what to do when top consultancies and investment banks aren’t an option…

A couple of weeks back, reader Svetlana posted an extremely important question on my post what is a female-friendly career, and I want to address it at length today, because it is so relevant, especially in this tough economic environment. She asked: “Not everyone who is smart and ambitious is hired by McKinsey, BCG or [...]

Invaluable advice from Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook

If you haven’t yet watched Sheryl Sandberg’s commencement speech at Barnard College, please take the time to do it. There are so many gems in this speech that it is worth listening to it several times. I agree with so many of her comments and share so many experiences that it sounds like she could [...]

Top MBA employers – where female MBAs want to work

I was just reading about all the great new tech start-ups and more really impressive women entrepreneurs (heard of Min Xuan yet? wow, I am so impressed, but I will leave that to another day!!) and it made me wonder what MBAs dream of doing these days. When I was doing my MBA at the [...]

Nobody gives you your dream job. You just make it.

Let me start with two quotes: ― Roseanne Barr This seems to be a variation of Malcolm X’s saying: The “if you’re a man” part is slightly unsuitable on this website, but otherwise Malcolm X’s quote is just as good for what I will talk about today. I want to talk about finding your dream [...]