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Flexible Work Arrangements

More news about “on-ramping”

May 18, 2007

Yesterday, the New York Times published an article by famed “opt-out” author Lisa Belkin on ways women are re-entering the workforce after baby.  There really was nothing new or earth-shattering in the article that we didn’t already know.  Again, Lehman Bros. was mentioned as one company that’s really making an effort to re-hire women who’ve been out [...]

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Day tripper

May 2, 2007

I’m heading to New Jersey again tomorrow to see a client. While it’s a bummer to have to travel for work, going to the East Coast for me is easy. I can schedule my trip so I’m there and back in one day. I’m not saying it’s fun to get up at 4:30 a.m. (it reminds me of the [...]

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My humble opinion on how easy it is for a mom to reenter the workforce.

April 30, 2007

An article in the “Career Couch” column of yesterday’s New York Times gave some interesting advice to women looking to get back to their careers after taking time off to raise their children. The article, which read like the author, Eilene Zimmerman, took pitches from just about every career counselor out there to prove her point, offers some tips to [...]

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Busted

April 17, 2007

I was busted today on both the work front and the home front.  Needless to say, both ”busts” ended up being comical. Remember, no whining for me! In the honor of getting busted and confessing, I’m dedicating this post to the new site True Mom Confessions, which must be the most blogged-about new site this week.  (My take of TMC: Maybe I [...]

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The “Weeds” working mom conundrum

April 9, 2007

I spent the better part of my weekend catching up on some long lost pop culture.  I saw the new Will Farrell movie, “Blades of Glory” (I never said I have sophisticated taste) and I watched half of the first season of the Showtime show, “Weeds“ on DVD (thank you, Emily.)  Overall, I found the show [...]

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So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night

February 8, 2007

I’m going to be quite the traveler the next few days.  This weekend DH is nice enough to watch junior while I go to a spa for my friend’s bachelorette celebration (clear skin, here I come).  And then on Monday, I’m traveling all the way to Los Angeles to attend my first event as a *blogger* not [...]

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Oprah Asks, “Can Women Have it All?”

January 23, 2007

Thank goodness for my DVR.  For without it, I would not have been able to watch today’s episode of the Oprah show on the topic, “Can Women Have It All?” (see representative sample of “women” to the right). The episode discussed the issues between being a working mother or an SAHM.  However, because I have a short attention [...]

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Flexible Work Arrangements Arranged For You

January 23, 2007

Thanks to my friend Lori for tipping me off to what looks like a great new company, On-Ramps. On-Ramps, by its description, helps companies create a more flexible work environment for their employees and matches candidates up with flexible work arrangements. It sounds so simple, it actually might work! Let me know what you think if you try [...]

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Guess I should have waited to have kids…

January 22, 2007

Unfortunately, for me, a new article about being a single American is saying I should have waited to have kids if I wanted to make more money at work. This is all in the context of recent news stating that 51% of women now live without a spouse. Why is number so high, you ask? Well, according to the article, which quotes professor [...]

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Me: The “career self-agent”

January 17, 2007

I learned something new about myself today.  Apparently I’m a “career self-agent.”  Let me give you some background.  Recently, a study was released from The Simmons School of Management in which the SOM partnered with HP and surveyed 400 professional women about their careers.  The study’s most interesting findings were that: “…more than 90% of women had used flexible [...]

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