This week’s browseworthy links…
1. While browsing through posts from my Linked In groups I came across DivaToolbox.com. In addition to career related information the toolbox hosts articles on family, money, and business. Great find: Be Fierce at Work and Five Things Every Newly Self-Employed Woman Should Know.
2. Who’s To Blame for the Digital Ceiling, posted on Fast Company’s blog,makes a great point about the lack of women highlighted as or sought out as experts in technology. The article offers five tips for how women can better promote themselves. My favorite tip:
Be optimistic and toughen up. While it’s easy to get depressed if you feel overlooked, channel that anger to stand up for yourself and your fellow techie women, speak out, and take action.
3. Looking for answers from the perspective of a manager. Check out Ask a Manager. Blog categories to drill down into: salary, good management, and work habits. Recommended read: Helping a boss manage his time better…my time management rant. My favorite steal from her blog roll: Evil HR Lady.
4. You’ve have heard of guerilla strategies for marketing – how about guerilla strategies for landing a job HR. This post from Success in HR shares 4 quick and targeted interviews. Best bet: Strategy #2 Getr brutally clear on the job you are going after.
5. Are you planning your entrance into the entrepreneurial world? Or maybe you are halfway there – with one foot firmly in yoru full-time gig and another impatiently tapping in your part-time passion pursuit. Browse Entrepreneur.com’s Summer Reading List for books and podcasts. Ready and waiting on my Kindle: Reality Check by Guy Kawasaki. Looking forward to downloading: podcasts from the SBA.
As “The Career Makeover Coach”, Tai Goodwin is on a mission to help ambitious individuals reinvent their professional lives by centering on their passion and purpose. Holding as a core belief that we are all called to divine purpose and gifted with a unique passion, Tai uses a results driven, spiritually grounded approach to help clients create career paths to support the lifestyle they desire. Whether it’s helping people go from embittered to empowered professionals or making the transition from employee to entrepreneur, Tai is committed to helping clients tap into their own potential for brilliance. Tai has been empowering others through teaching and coaching for over 14 years. A gifted and insightful communicator, Tai holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Drexel University and a Master of Science in Education from Capella University. She has completed ASTD’s (American Society for Training and Development) Coaching Certificate program and is pursuing professional coaching certification through the International Coach Academy. Originally from Philadelphia, Tai currently lives in Delaware with her daughter. She is currently working on her first book: Reclaiming Your Brilliance: Seven Ways to Take Your Life from Bright to Brilliant.
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