tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87911253554312736272024-03-18T23:36:24.581-04:00Working GirlWorking Girl Twohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214647846250962302noreply@blogger.comBlogger630125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-33296295928476573822011-10-11T15:52:00.002-04:002011-10-11T15:56:48.790-04:00What are you still going here?We've moved! Update your reader <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/workinggirlblog/gIAm">here</a>.<br /><br />Here's what you've been missing:<br /><br /><a href="http://workinggirlblog.com/2011/09/the-time-i-got-laid-off/">The Time WG1 Got Laid Off<br /></a><br /><a href="http://workinggirlblog.com/2011/09/when-you-know-youve-hit-a-low-point/">When You Know You've Hit A Low Point</a><br /><br /><a href="http://workinggirlblog.com/2011/09/procrastination-station/">Procrastination Station</a><br /><br /><a href="http://workinggirlblog.com/2011/09/fall-working-wardrobe-wants/">Fall Wardrobe Wants </a><br /><br /><a href="http://workinggirlblog.com/2011/10/pump-up-the-jams-pump-it-up-vol-3/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+workinggirlblog%2FgIAm+%28Working+Girl+Blog%29&utm_content=FeedBurner">Pump Up the Jams, Pump It Up: Vol 3</a>Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-73636370728705575492011-09-11T20:12:00.002-04:002011-09-11T20:18:25.359-04:00What You've Been Missing...<div><a href="http://workinggirlblog.com/2011/09/how-to-make-your-work-trip-a-vacation/">How To Make Your Work Trip a Vacation </a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://workinggirlblog.com/2011/09/sometimes-i-just-want-to-be-a-housewife/">Sometimes I Just Want to be a Housewife</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://workinggirlblog.com/2011/09/that-time-i-thought-i-might-be-good-at-sales/">That Time I Thought I Might be Good at Sales</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://workinggirlblog.com/2011/08/how-to-not-work-from-home/">How Not to Work from Home</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Remember why you started reading Working Girl in the first place? We're back to basics on workinggirlblog.com</div><div><br /></div><div>Updated your reader <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/workinggirlblog/gIAm">here</a>!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-58263928488506187492011-08-17T10:15:00.003-04:002011-08-17T10:17:37.698-04:00Don't Forget - We've Moved!Hey Working Girls! Wondering where we've been?
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<br />Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-33041574946974357832011-07-26T22:06:00.003-04:002011-07-26T22:55:12.895-04:00Meeting NotesStories, news and other important tidbits Working Girls should know. Here are a few things to glean from this work week:<br /><br /><ul><li>Mean Girls in the office? I believe it. According to the American Management Association, 95% of women say that they have felt undermined at some point in their career by other women. [<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2018776/Why-female-boss-womans-worst-nightmare.html#ixzz1TGh7YTTX">Daily Mail</a>]</li></ul><ul><li>Say so long to the days of just a basic criminal background & credit checks when looking for a new job. Some companies are now requiring candidates to pass a social media background check. The year old start-up company Social Intelligence scrounges the Internet for everything the candidate has done on the Internet in the past seven years. Time to start de-tagging. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/technology/social-media-history-becomes-a-new-job-hurdle.html?_r=4&hp=&pagewanted=all">NY Times</a>]</li></ul><ul><li>This video is almost a year old, but worth a watch. COO of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, gives a speech at <a href="http://www.ted.com/">TED</a> about why there is a smaller percentage of women at the top of their professions. She then gives 3 great pieces of advice for women in the work force. [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18uDutylDa4">You Tube</a>]</li></ul><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/18uDutylDa4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Working Girl Twohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214647846250962302noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-2851186467167767202011-07-25T22:14:00.004-04:002011-07-25T23:23:59.673-04:00But I Am Le Tired<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">by Working Girl One </span><br /></span><br />Has this summer gone by faster than any summer ever before, or is it just me?<br /><br />I feel like I'm traveling every other weekend and the weekends I home are spent catching up on errands and life. All of this is making me one tired Working Girl.<br /><br />Last week, I overslept three times and was late to work twice. I've been passing out on the train and drinking grande iced coffees like it's my job. Somehow, I'm still exhausted.<br /><br />Every morning, I wake up with intentions of getting home from work, going to the gym, cooking dinner, paying bills, reading, blogging...the list goes on. And every night, when I get home, I usually throw my purse done, grab a spoonful of peanut butter and park on the couch until I realize I should probably make something reasonable for dinner.<br /><br />I see people I work with, my friends and bloggers I'm obsessed with work full time, keep an active social life and have time to dedicate to a hobby on the side and all I do I wonder how they do it. How do you all do it?<br /><br />I'm guessing you (and they) probably don't do it by staying up past midnight to watch the Real Housewives of New York reunion and Watch What Happens Live, like I am right now.Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-10573422652661005532011-07-21T19:52:00.002-04:002011-07-21T20:14:17.483-04:00Gettin' the ItchI feel like I start to get itchy around this time every year. Usually the itch is to change something small - maybe my hair, my wardrobe, the furniture in my apt. <div><br /></div><div>This year, I've started to get itchy about everything. Literally all of it. And I've been particularly itchy about my living situation. As in, do I want to continue living in Chicago. </div><div><br /></div><div>To people who know me well this probably isn't a surprise. I moved to Chicago almost 3 years ago from New York to be closer to my family. And while I now am closer to my family, I'm also far away from my college friends - and to me these are the kind of friends that know me inside and out. I was back in New Jersey earlier this summer for a friend's wedding and my friends and I had one of the best weekends - no drama, lots of laughing, drinking and reminiscing. </div><div><br /></div><div>After I got home all I wanted to do was be back out east. I immediately booked a trip to Boston in August to go visit everyone. And really started to consider if I wanted to move back east. </div><div><br /></div><div>When I moved out here originally, the plan had always been to move back east eventually. Chicago was meant to be a re-centering of sorts - I wanted to get back on track financially, back on track with my family and friends from high school, and back to a good place of mind. And I feel as though I'm at that place now. </div><div><br /></div><div>But does that warrant a move back to New England? I'm not sure.</div><div><br /></div><div>But what I do know is that I'm ready to move on from my company. I've been at my current job now for almost 3 years. I love my co-workers to death. They are literally my best friends in Chicago. I love my boss. But I really think it's time I got my career moving forward instead of sideways and unfortunately I'm stuck sideways at this company right now. </div><div><br /></div><div>So while I try and figure out if Boston is right for me, I've started the job search here in Chicago to help my job itches. Maybe all I need to help satisfy these urges is a new job and new challenges. Or maybe I'll find what I really need is a new city with old friends. </div>Working Girl Twohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214647846250962302noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-55888410136229980632011-07-20T20:54:00.004-04:002011-07-20T21:47:47.096-04:00Meeting NotesStories, news and other important tidbits Working Girls should know. Here are a few things to glean from this work week:<br /><ul><li>Men lost more jobs than women during the recession and now they gaining more jobs in the recovery. 768,000 jobs to be exact, according to a Pew Research Study. Researchers couldn't account for the difference but the Huffington Post has an idea why. [<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maria-lin/women-entrepreneurs_b_902195.html">Huffington Post</a>]</li></ul><ul><li>We've shared our love for Bethenny Frankle <a href="http://work-girl.blogspot.com/2009/07/working-girl-idol-skinny-girl-bethenny.html">before </a>-- and plan to do so again, soon. The girls at HelloGiggles are also fans, naming her She-Ro of the Week. [<a href="http://hellogiggles.com/bethenny-frankel">HelloGiggles</a>]</li></ul><ul><li>Woman fired for not dying her gray hair? Not cool, boss, not cool. [<a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/sixel/7643411.html">Houston Chronicle</a>]<br /></li></ul><ul><li>A few weeks ago on Meeting Notes, we shared <a href="http://work-girl.blogspot.com/2011/06/meeting-notes.html">33 Ways to Stay Creative</a>. Here is a fun -- and creative -- video of 29 very similar ways:</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_1E4aeCTg7s" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /></div>Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-13332733943230305992011-07-18T21:00:00.000-04:002011-07-18T21:04:26.830-04:00Working Girl Wears: Fashion Favorites<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >by Working Girl One</span><br /><br />If you're anything like me, at least twice a week you stand in front of your closet, throw your arms up in defeat and declare "I hate all of my clothes!"<br /><br />OK, fine, more like four times a week.<br /><br />I love shopping and I love buying new clothes, but I'm terrible -- and always have been -- at putting outfits together. I blame this on the fact that most of my time growing up was spent in my Catholic school uniform. I pretended like I hated every moment of wearing that thing, but I loved wearing it. Love, love, loved it.<br /><br />Unfortunately, my job does not come with a uniform. In fact, my company is known for it's fashion magazines. I thought I knew what it felt like to be self-conscious about your clothes, but it wasn't until I stepped into the elevators at my company and received the up-and-down from a group of girls, that I truly knew.<br /><br />So, what's a Working Girl to do? Turn to the internet, of course. I have a few favorite fashion bloggers that I love and turn to often for outfit inspiration:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jessica Quirk of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://whatiwore.tumblr.com/">What I Wore</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span><br />Jessica has been documenting her outfits for four years, and while her closet is probably 17 times the size of mine, her posts help me to find several uses for one piece and often inspire me to go digging in my closet for a piece I forgot I had.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Maegan Tintari of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lovemaegan.com/">...love Maegan</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span><br />Maegan's posts not only inspire me to have fun with my clothes and put together outfits for work and play, her DIY posts are fun and easy to follow. I recently followed her DIY to make a long skirt out of a too-short maxi dress.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Anh of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.9to5chic.com/">9to5Chic</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">: </span><br />What I would give to look this put together 24/7. Anh is a 9 to 5 girl (just like us!) and posts her work outfits along with her more causal weekend outfits. I may just have to copy this look sometime this week:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbjTfWGz7BcjqgZBVYYxJcw_XlWvI2s7wkkMKcq3DqG45n7h8QkJ2_uiz_VXTOnFfyCszhX3q38JtVjaYmws2Tr4tlLzyDUQUSMqnHyPWhkwmUUOY-tGzEvBohYNKiAkKOLdzLAzBf90/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-18+at+8.35.09+PM.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbjTfWGz7BcjqgZBVYYxJcw_XlWvI2s7wkkMKcq3DqG45n7h8QkJ2_uiz_VXTOnFfyCszhX3q38JtVjaYmws2Tr4tlLzyDUQUSMqnHyPWhkwmUUOY-tGzEvBohYNKiAkKOLdzLAzBf90/s320/Screen+shot+2011-07-18+at+8.35.09+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630855676647105650" border="0" /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://tallgirltales.tumblr.com/">Tall Girl Tales</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span><br />I wouldn't be a savvy Working Girl if I didn't try to catch a sale or two as I try to expand my wardrobe. For an almost daily list of online and in-store sales, I turn to Tall Girl Tales, who also shares her favorite fashion finds and daily outfits.<br /><br />Those are my go-tos ladies. Anyone else I need to add to my list? I need all the help I can get.Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-29344617768427594122011-07-13T17:31:00.002-04:002011-07-13T17:43:33.363-04:00Meeting Notes<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; ">Meeting Notes is our weekly feature where we dish on tidbits, news and other important things Working Girls should know. Here are a few things to glean from this work week:</span><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Service workers in Connecticut rejoice! CT just became the first state in the nation this month to mandate paid sick days for workers. Advocates say this is a big move and that other states are looking to take this into effect. Currently on cities San Francisco and Washington, D.C. guarantee paid sick days for workers. [<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/connecticut-becomes-first-state-mandate-paid-sick-time-190949179.html">Reuters</a>]</span></span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">The head of New Zealand's Employers' and Manufacturers' Association, Alasdair Thompson, has recently been fired after he caused public outrage by linking why women get paid less with "menstruation". Thompson was quoted to saying that women are paid less than men because they take more sick leave and "have children they have to take time off to go home" to care for. [<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14041959">BBC News</a>]</span></span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Congrats to the US Women's soccer team who won against France 3-1<b> today</b> to go to the finals of the World Cup. They will play either Sweden or Japan this upcoming Sunday so set your DVR's! [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/07/13/soccer.world.cup.semis/">CNN</a>]</span></span></li></ul></div>Working Girl Twohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214647846250962302noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-2266958911354280502011-07-12T21:48:00.006-04:002011-07-12T23:10:48.203-04:00Everybody Make Mistakes. Everybody Has Those Days.by Working Girl One<br /><br />(Name that song!)<br /><br />Over the course of my short career I have found that in publishing when someone makes a mistake, it is the end of the world. Really. You're either thinking that I'm being super dramatic or you know exactly what I'm talking about.<br /><br />With the way some people react to things, you'd think I was working in an operating room and was responsible for life and death.<br /><br />A friend of mine recently told me about a friend of hers, a nurse, who misplaced a human organ at work. A human organ (!!!). It was needed for testing or something, she wasn't exactly sure. One would think this is pretty big deal but all this person had to do was sign some papers and that was that. No yelling, no snarky emails, no CC-ing of your boss and your boss's boss and your boss's boss's boss.<br /><br />I turned to another friend who was listening to the story and also works in publishing.<br /><br />"Seriously?" I said. "Someone actually loses a human organ and it's no big deal and when I have a typo in an email to a client, people act like I've killed someone?!"<br /><br />Often, a huge deal is made of something that is not that huge. When mistakes are made or projects don't go as planned, it's absolutely necessary to review what happened and learn from it.<br /><br />But wouldn't it be great, if everyone would take a moment to take a step back, think about the situation and remember that most of us aren't saving lives? A lot of time could be saved and stress avoided.Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-23890747991350022722011-07-08T12:23:00.000-04:002011-07-09T13:07:56.668-04:00The Subject of Getting DrizzunkMy company puts on a lot of events. And with these events usually comes a open bar. And with that open bar comes a lot of overservedness (word I just made up so go with it please). <div><br /></div><div>Most work blogs I read talk about not drinking at company events. Or having the one drink and then switching to soda (or pop as we like to say out here in the Ole Midwest). But I will not say that because it would be hypocritical. </div><div><br /></div><div>I personally don't think there is anything wrong with drinking in front of your coworkers. At our company events, I will drink more than one glass of wine and sometimes I even get drunk. The key to drinking with your coworkers or in front of your boss is to know yourself. </div><div><br /></div><div>We all know this chat -the chat that your parents had with you before you left for college (or was that just mine?). The chat about knowing your limits and knowing your body and knowing your drunk. I know that after 4 glasses of wine I'm usually at my limit and that that 5th glass of wine will make me go overboard so if I'm with my bosses or people I want to impress then I'm not going to have the 5th glass. Or even the 4th probably. </div><div><br /></div><div>And honestly I've been at parties where I have had that 4th or 5th glass and then sent myself home. Case in point, the incentive trip in St. Thomas - we had a huge snafu in the form of a Carribbean storm take place on the island and had to cancel our sail over to St. John for cocktails and dinner and instead had a 3-hour cocktail hour at the bar and then my boss invited me and my guest (who just happened to be WG1) to dinner. The 2 of us could barely finish our meals we were so tipsy so after dinner we sent ourselves home instead of sticking around for a nightcap. </div><div><br /></div><div>So if you have a company picnic coming up with an open bar (like I do in a few weeks) then just stick to my advice and know yourself. Don't overdo it and if you think you're getting to the point of no return, send yourself home. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's all about knowing your drunk - thanks for the advice Mom & Dad! </div>Working Girl Twohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214647846250962302noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-79206330611878879052011-07-06T09:42:00.000-04:002011-07-06T09:42:00.570-04:00Meeting Notes<span style="font-style: italic;">Meeting Notes is our weekly feature where we dish on tidbits, news and other important things Working Girls should know. Here are a few things to glean from this work week:<br /></span><ul><li>Remember wanting to do everything your friends did when you were young? The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Huffington</span> Post analyzes how women do this as adults. Do you let your friends or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">coworker's</span> choices affect how you feel about the choices you make? [<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannon-kelley/career-women-friends_b_885995.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Huffington</span> Post</a>]</li></ul><ul><li><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Facebook's</span> COO, Sheryl <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Sandberg</span>, is stirring up a bit of controversy with her views on successful women vs. successful men. Jezebel sums it up for us here: [<a href="http://jezebel.com/5818154/facebooks-top-female-exec--girl-questions">Jezebel</a>]</li></ul><blockquote></blockquote><ul><li>Think only powerful men are cheaters? Think again. According to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Huffington</span> Post, a new study shows that powerful women cheat just a much as powerful men. [<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/17/powerful-women-cheat-as-much-as-men_n_879307.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Huffington</span> Post</a>]</li></ul><ul><li>This is a must read: It's not going to turn out the way you thought. [<a href="http://katemoller.com/its-not-going-to-turn-out-the-way-you-thought/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">katemoller</span>.com</a>]</li></ul>Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-79205766339795214842011-07-04T09:01:00.003-04:002011-07-04T09:01:01.171-04:00Happy 4th of July!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thedailygreen.com/media/cm/thedailygreen/images/confetti-red-white-blue-lg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 360px;" src="http://www.thedailygreen.com/media/cm/thedailygreen/images/confetti-red-white-blue-lg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Is it really The 4th of July already? We hope you all are enjoying the holiday weekend! We are certainly thankful for the extra day off and opportunity to catch up on some much needed sleep.<br /><br />[image <a href="http://www.thedailygreen.com/">via</a>]Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-2882488390034226652011-06-29T20:39:00.003-04:002011-06-29T20:55:19.277-04:00Meeting Notes<span style="font-style: italic;">Meeting Notes is our weekly feature where we dish on tidbits, news and other important things Working Girls should know. Here are a few things to glean from this work week:</span><br /><br /><ul><li>Don't deny it, you need your <a href="http://work-girl.blogspot.com/2008/02/hello-lover.html">daily Diet Coke</a> to get through the day too! But it's an innocent addiction, right? Maybe not. It may have zero calories but it could harm you according to recent studies. [<a href="http://jezebel.com/5816114/">Jezebel</a>]</li></ul><ul><li>How do you sign your emails? If you are like me, "Best" is probably your go-to sign-off. I've always liked it but some Working Girls (and Boys) think it's rude. [<a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/5-reasons-you-should-stop-signing-your-emails-best/">Thought Catalog</a>]<br /></li></ul><ul><li>Bad day at the office? Just be thankful you aren't the rectal thermometer tester at Johnson & Johnson. [<a href="http://lissak06.tumblr.com/post/7053217609/when-you-have-an-i-hate-my-job-day">via</a>]</li></ul><ul><li>Holy hangover. We sure can't drink we like we used. OK, we can drink like we used to but we sure can't recover like we used to. Thankfully the ladies at Jezebel have some tips for sleeping it off at the office. [<a href="http://jezebel.com/5815933/">Jezebel</a>]</li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; "></span>Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-27004158159370118762011-06-27T11:09:00.000-04:002011-06-27T11:09:00.759-04:00Leaving Early Guiltby Working Girl One<br /><br />And by early, I mean I reasonable hour like 6pm.<br /><br />I hate working late. Hate it. Some people don't mind it, some even like it. I totally get it, at the end of the day, when everyone else has packed up and gone home, you can finally have some peace and quiet to get your work done.<br /><br />I am not one of those people. I never was. I prefer getting in early or working through lunch. And with an hour or so long commute these days, I am <span style="font-style: italic;">so</span> not one of those people.<br /><br />Over the last few weeks, I've gotten pretty good at getting my work done at a reasonable hour. Could I stay later and get even more work done? Sure, there is always work to be done. But it's summer and I just want to get to the train and get home.<br /><br />So, I leave. And I feel guilty about it. I am usually one of the first people to leave and while I know others are only 15 or 20 minutes behind me, I hate being the first. I hate the idea of my boss calling my name from her office and realizing I'm not there. Would she really care if I wasn't? Probably not. She's one of those people who doesn't mind staying late and she knows I have a commute.<br /><br />I was raised Catholic so I blame it on my Catholic Guilt. But it's something I have to get over. If I complete all my work, I deserve to leave at a reasonable hour, no?Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-12097385082898626662011-06-22T17:56:00.002-04:002011-06-22T18:04:30.932-04:00Meeting Notes<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; ">Meeting Notes is a weekly feature. Here we will dish on tidbits, news, and important things we think Working Girls should know. So scroll down to hear what we think you should glean from this work week.</span><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">A new study in the <i>Journal of Management Studies</i> suggests that politically savvy professionals who use "sucking up" as a career aid may also be able to avoid psychological distress. Aka if you are cunning and crafty, you will less likely be picked on. So basically I have to be a Mean Girl to climb the corporate ladder? Sounds 'bout right. [<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609112426.htm">Science Daily</a>]</span></span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Need another reason to work from home? Research shows that couples in which one partner commutes more than 45 minutes to get to work are 40% more likely to divorce than couples who don't have to travel for their jobs. The study also suggests that commuting affects your overall well-being leading to obesity, stress and loneliness. Blech. [<a href="http://www.self.com/health/blogs/healthyself/2011/06/why-your-commute-could-kill-yo.html">Self</a>]</span></span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Daily Candy is running their annual "Start Small, Go Big" Contest that aims to help small businesses get off the ground. A winner from each category (fashion, beauty, food & drink, and home) will win a trip to NYC, a Daily Candy write-up and a day at the Daily Candy Academy where they will learn from the likes of Isaac Mizrahi & Rebecca Minkoff. Entries need to be submitted by August 5th. So get cracking! [<a href="http://www.dailycandy.com/startsmallgobig/index.html">Daily Candy</a>]</span></span></li></ul></div>Working Girl Twohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214647846250962302noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-71504214198288139262011-06-13T18:07:00.000-04:002011-06-13T22:25:36.641-04:00Eat Your Way to a New Job<div>by PR Working Girl<br /><br />I'm a fan of chatting with someone and asking questions to learn more about a subject, versus looking it up on Google. So when in the job market, one of the first things I like to do is go through my network and reach out to someone who works at a company I admire or in a similar industry as mine, or in a role that I could see myself doing someday. </div><div><br /></div><div>While you could send that person an email with several job-related questions, or you could try scheduling a phone call, I would suggest asking that person to join you for lunch (granted you live in close enough proximity).</div><div><br /></div><div>It's a bit of a bold move compared to an email or phone call, but I think it also shows more confidence and assertiveness. </div><div><br /></div><div>There's just something about lunches that puts people at ease. It's a great setting for conversation. It's casual. And who doesn't enjoy eating? </div><div><br /></div><div>The problem with just sending an email is that it can go unanswered, and then what? Do you follow-up with another email? And what if that one goes unanswered, too? Awkward. Dead end. </div><div><br /></div><div>In addition, a phone call is too easily rescheduled or forgotten, or you can get put on hold, or you might get a hurried, "Can I call you back? I'm in the middle of something," and then you feel guilty for bothering them. </div><div><br /></div><div>But lunch, well, everyone has to take time out to eat lunch. And, as you busy ladies know, working people always welcome the opportunity to get out of the office for lunch! </div><div><br /></div><div>When a date is set, come prepared with questions and a notepad and pen. Turn your cell phone off. All the way off. Plan ahead to pick up the tab at the end of the lunch, insist on it, which will imply that you are both professional and appreciative. Ask for their business card. Send a thank you note. </div><div><br /></div><div>Also, remember this is purely an informational session, <i>not </i>a time to be presumptuous and ask, "Do you know of any job openings?" or "If you hear of anything, can you please keep me in mind?" To me, these questions are incredibly annoying. The last thing you want to do is put off your "guest" by assuming that they like you enough to commit to recommending you for a job at their company right then and there. </div><div><br /></div><div>There have been a number of great networking and job hunting tips on Working Girl, hopefully this adds another to your strategy. Good luck!</div>PR Working Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00507699478825575651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-90410442130153850032011-06-08T11:47:00.000-04:002011-06-09T14:04:28.933-04:00Meeting Notes<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; ">We are bringing back Meeting Notes as a weekly feature. Here we will dish on tidbits, news, and important things we thinking Working Girls should know. So scroll down to hear what we think you should glean from this work week.</span><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Crazy that it took this long, but here's a big congratulations to Jill Abramson who was named executive editor of <i>The New York Times</i> last week! This was long overdue as she is the paper's first woman to reign over the media empire in its 160-year tenure. Talk about girl power. [<a href="http://www.marieclaire.com/world-reports/opinion/jill-abramson-ny-times-editor">Marie Claire</a>]</span></span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">The <i>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology </i>published a new study that suggests jobs have become gender-segregated by how they are advertised. The survey found that women and men reacted differently to the same job when it was written differently. Male workers responded to words like "competitive" and "dominant" while women veered more towards words like "compassionate" and "nurturing". [<a href="http://jezebel.com/5803238/the-effects-of-gendered-language-in-job-ads">Jezebel</a>]</span></span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">For all you self-employed Working Girls - here is an interesting article on how to find the right employees at the right time. It's all about timing! [<a href="http://www.designsponge.com/2011/05/biz-ladies-how-to-find-the-right-employees.html#more-90062">Design Sponge</a>]</span></span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">And now for a little inspiration - 33 ways to stay creative below! [<a href="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2011/06/05/33-ways-to-stay-creative/">Today & Tomorrow</a>]</span></span></li></ul></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwC8tz0DdENJPiN4EfoTdVjOXpNrOXguu5QlF_CauICwrTk30ON_t5lhflMoYxFZzV3JOSzQ5mGEAyMMsCAWMjppyB80c-2WOQHw0G0-yn3vntm2t07CYQXqi_ltjU8KUSt4BzaJrnlg/s1600/33_ways_to_stay_creative.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwC8tz0DdENJPiN4EfoTdVjOXpNrOXguu5QlF_CauICwrTk30ON_t5lhflMoYxFZzV3JOSzQ5mGEAyMMsCAWMjppyB80c-2WOQHw0G0-yn3vntm2t07CYQXqi_ltjU8KUSt4BzaJrnlg/s320/33_ways_to_stay_creative.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616282292301593074" /></a>Working Girl Twohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214647846250962302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-2921195332710297842011-06-06T21:58:00.004-04:002011-06-06T22:49:16.514-04:00Foodie GirlsI consider myself a wannabe-foodie. Cooking and eating are two of my favorite things to do. I wish my job could be to watch Food Network all day and I could spend hours in a Whole Foods or at a Farmer's Market. I subscribe to several cooking magazines and own way too many cookbooks.<br /><br />So I was very excited to see <a href="http://live.gourmet.com/2011/05/app-exclusive-50-women-game-changers/">Gourmet Live's list of 5o Women Game Changers</a> on one of my favorite food blogs, <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/roundup-magazines/figures-in-food-gourmet-lives-50-women-gamechangers-147774?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+apartmenttherapy%2Fthekitchn+%28The+Kitchn%29">The Kitchn</a>. This is where the wannabe part comes in. The only names I knew, apart from Julia Child, were the women with cooking shows on Food Network and Ree Drummond, a.k.a. The Pioneer Women, who I love (love, love, love!) and will soon have her own show on Food Network. <br /><br />I've watched enough cooking competition reality shows (which <span style="font-style: italic;">obviously</span> makes me an expert) to know that the culinary industry has been a predominately male for a long time. It's exciting to see a strong list of women in the culinary world. They aren't the top women, they are the game changers, which is important to point out.<br /><br />Julia Child brought French cooking to the American home and Ree Drummond became one of the faces of well-executed food blogging. Did you know that food-critic Gael Greene (you've probably seen her on Top Chef) founded CityMeals on Wheels? They aren't just part of the industry -- they're changing it.Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-70283532114938036562011-06-02T19:45:00.000-04:002011-06-02T19:45:00.167-04:00Heated...Over Mac & CheeseLast week, my co-workers and I stalked <a href="http://www.thesouthernmac.com/">The Southern's mac & cheese food truck</a> because we had heard the their mac & cheese was all sorts of fantastic. <div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeHTAxS-o9I-w4deIG89qlaqIdg8f8s9DkqsjbvtzNQi-EGb20tlrphyoSOcoZvDTQrog-_e0W1Fkcn-vhCZjMDOOt5g9vqn5Ug5AtnQemHiU1J1k8bzz520fVv7dygDk07_gkllkTfo/s1600/hot+dog+mac.jpg.crdownload" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeHTAxS-o9I-w4deIG89qlaqIdg8f8s9DkqsjbvtzNQi-EGb20tlrphyoSOcoZvDTQrog-_e0W1Fkcn-vhCZjMDOOt5g9vqn5Ug5AtnQemHiU1J1k8bzz520fVv7dygDk07_gkllkTfo/s320/hot+dog+mac.jpg.crdownload" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613720060959708706" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">{via <a href="http://www.passportdelicious.com/2011/05/southern-bucktown.html">Passport Delicious</a>}</div><div style="text-align: center;">this is the mac & cheese with hot dogs (which is also awesome!)</div><br /></div><div>And let me tell you...that mac & cheese was all sorts of amazing. I got 2 types - the asparagus, ramps & gouda and then a buffalo chicken & blue cheese. Both were great, but I decided to save half of the buffalo chicken and almost all of the asparagus for dinner and then lunch for the next week (truth be told, I was also a little hungover and my eyes were more ambitious than my stomach - whoops!). </div><div><br /></div><div>Fast forward a few hours, and I decide I have too many errands to do after work so I'm not going to take the mac & cheese home after all. But I see a sign on the fridge - it's fridge cleaning day! So you must label your foods with your name and the word SAVE in large letters. Easy enough. Done and done. </div><div><br /></div><div>I come back on Tuesday and my mac & cheese - all $18 worth of it - is goneeeeeeeeee. No where to be found. I even looked in the front kitchen just in case. Nope. Gone. </div><div><br /></div><div>And that's when I got heated about mac & cheese. And the money I spent on the mac & cheese. And how processes at work just don't work!!!! My name and the words "SAVE" were on that bag in very large letters!!! Cue freak out.</div><div><br /></div><div>To which my one co-worker told me to take a chill pill (so '90's) and just buy McDonald's. Since it's Thursday and I'm still talking about it, I think you can tell I'm not over it.</div>Working Girl Twohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214647846250962302noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-66067328597342339232011-06-01T21:23:00.003-04:002011-06-01T21:35:35.741-04:00Wicked SmahtAmy Poehler is a smart, funny lady and she gave a fantastic speech at Harvard Class Day a couple of weeks ago.<div><br /></div><div>The video, posted on Harvard Magazine's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/HarvardMagazine">YouTube page</a>, has been making the rounds on the internet but if you haven't watched it yet, I recommend you do. </div><div><br /></div><div>In addition to her usual humor, she gives the Harvard Class of 2011 some useful, simple advice that definitely comes in handy, even after a handful of years in the working world. </div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/T7N_L_pu74k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-79555224687627075182011-05-28T23:20:00.003-04:002011-05-28T23:48:39.743-04:00Confessions of a Travel Junkie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpv6Mskn7VHe02FJbPfYFMoMVsS49_vW5kYhaQiXBm6HiULtk4OHXxV6z_ieb-SITZz4EtFmDdOR5mekCjqbup65DDewKI1GB8iguLITi88waSXIyQIMB8W4SbO4QebKv0tD-CL_AQW4/s1600/rio-celeste-costa-rica.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpv6Mskn7VHe02FJbPfYFMoMVsS49_vW5kYhaQiXBm6HiULtk4OHXxV6z_ieb-SITZz4EtFmDdOR5mekCjqbup65DDewKI1GB8iguLITi88waSXIyQIMB8W4SbO4QebKv0tD-CL_AQW4/s320/rio-celeste-costa-rica.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611979809350899042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Site of my next vacation - Costa Rica</div><div style="text-align: center;">{<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/23/vacation.in.america/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1">DCR News</a>}</div><div><br />I want to confess to you all that I am a travel junkie...which is unfortunately an oxymoron in the US since we Americans get basically zero vacation time in comparison to other countries around the world - in my case, a measly 10 days (and 2 personal days woo!). <div><br /></div><div>Let's look at the basic facts. In addition to a few national holidays, the average American gets two to three weeks off per year. But (and there is always a but), a recent poll from Reuters/Ipsos poll found that only 57% of workers use all of their vacation days, compared with a 89% of workers in France. [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/23/vacation.in.america/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1">CNN</a>]</div><div><br /></div><div>This concept BOGGLES my mind. Here are my facts. I get 12 vacation days and a handful of long weekends off from work. I'm going to use all those days to get to as many places as I possibly can. In 2011 alone, I have traveled already to New Zealand and just purchased a ticket to Costa Rica. Why? Because I have vacation time and I plan to use it. </div><div><br /></div><div>To me, it's all about time budgeting. I'm lucky enough to live near my family so I don't need to take time off to fly anywhere for Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc. But my family and I do sometimes go away for the holidays. In which case, we usually don't take time off to do so. Holiday weekends are perfect for traveling around the US, Canada or Mexico. Just this past Thanksgiving, my family and I went to Toronto for 4 days just to explore the city and do something different than sit at home and carve a turkey. Last Memorial Day weekend, my Dad and I took my sister to Nashville for her birthday. </div><div><br /></div><div>We save the big vacations for taking time off work. My trip to New Zealand cost me 5 days of work, my trip to Costa Rica will be 4, and then I will take an odd day off here and there for weddings. </div><div><br /></div><div>And at the end of the year, I will have zero (maybe even some negative) hours left to take off. But it will be worth it because I will have seen new parts of the world and taken days away from my desk. Because honestly it's not just about seeing the world and experiencing new things. It's about taking time away from the people, the office drama, the work piling up on your desk. It's about getting away for a while and not thinking about it. And everyone needs time to do that. </div><div><br /></div><div>It is your right as an employee to take your time off. And even if it's just to sit at home and watch TV, I seriously get <i>heated</i> when I hear people say they have time rolling over to the next year because that means that they spent almost the entire year chained to their desk. And that's just not healthy. </div><div><br /></div><div>WG1 actually sent me this article from <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/23/vacation.in.america/index.html?hpt=P1&iref=NS1">CNN</a> on why America is the "no-vacation nation". And it quoted John de Graaf, the national coordinator for Take Back Your Time, a group that researches the effects of overwork and he is quoted as saying, "There is simply no evidence that working people to death gives you a competitive advantage." Apparently the US came in 4th in the World Economic Forum's 2010-2011 rankings of the most competitive economies. 4th! We were outranked by Sweden - a country that offers workers 5 weeks of paid vacation! </div><div><br /></div><div>This to me is proof enough that we need to take back control of our vacation by simply taking vacations where we don't need to answer the phone or check our email or be in touch with people at the office. </div><div><br /></div><div>Either that, or move to Sweden. </div></div>Working Girl Twohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214647846250962302noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-30616847333690503832011-05-24T22:52:00.000-04:002011-05-24T23:13:42.053-04:00Cruel Summerby Working Girl One<br /><br />Remember summer vacations?<br /><br />I don't think I've had a proper summer vacation since the summer between my junior and senior years of high school. But even when I was working my Working Girl tush off to earn money for college, I at least had a full week off to spend at the Jersey Shore with my family.<br /><br />(And no, where we go is NOT AT ALL like <span style="font-style: italic;">Jersey Shore</span> you see on MTV.)<br /><br />This summer, no such vacation will be happening for this girl. At my new company, I have two weeks vacation that earn over the course of the year. And I haven't earned much of it yet. At my last company, I had earned three weeks. I tried to negotiate for another week but being unemployed and all didn't really give me the upper hand. To top that off, at my new job we have two busy seasons and one happens to be during the summer.<br /><br />So instead of enjoying a full week off, I'll spend the two weekends that cover my family's trip with them and the boyfriend and I have a wedding to attend and a short weekend trip planned. A few mini-vacations in better than nothing, right?Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791125355431273627.post-51835680670257851872011-05-18T07:54:00.003-04:002011-05-18T08:00:23.514-04:00Working Girl Travel Tip: Express LaneNow, I don't know how true this is or if the airlines have caught on but I spotted the below travel tip on <a href="http://www.tumblr.com">Tumblr</a> yesterday and had to share. It's worth trying, right?<br /><br />From <a href="http://simplyjess.tumblr.com/post/5576683808/how-to-cheat-the-boarding-by-zone-system-a">Simply Jess</a> on <a href="http://www.tumblr.com">Tumblr</a>:<br /><div class="caption"><p><strong></strong></p></div><blockquote><div class="caption"><p><strong>How To Cheat The ‘Boarding By Zone’ System<br /></strong></p> <p>A friend of mine recently taught me this genius trick and it’s worked every single time I’ve flown. Ya’ll have to try it.</p> <p>Let’s suppose you have a carry-on size bag that you don’t want to check. Baggage fees are ridiculous, waiting 30 minutes at baggage claim is annoying, and you risk the possibility of the airline losing your bag. Problem is, if you carry the bag on and you’re in boarding zone 4, all the overhead bin space will undoubtedly be full by the time you actually get on the plane, and you’ll be forced to check your bag. Not cool. Here’s where the trick comes in.</p> <p>When you check-in online, be sure to have the boarding pass <strong>sent to your mobile device </strong><span dir="ltr" id=":1yq">via text or email.</span> It will look like the picture above. Then, when they start to call boarding zones, just board with the rest of the zone 1 people (even if you’re boarding pass says zone 4 below the QR code). Put your phone under the scanner and walk on confidently. The QR code cell phone images are not integrated with the airline zoning systems. The gate agent will NOT stop you and tell you to board with your own zone and you will NOT have to check your bag. It’s fool-proof.</p> <p>Let’s just hope the airlines don’t start to catch on.</p></div></blockquote>Working Girl Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09911525955568132272noreply@blogger.com16