"career" Articles & Blogs:
In Science, Women Look for Better Career Chemistry
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Roxanne Bales vividly remembers the months she spent at a graduate program in organic chemistry in New England.
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Career Ladder for Japan's 'New' Women Still Tilted
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TOKYO (WOMENSENEWS)--Tanako Nakayama, a 61-year-old librarian, says that when she was young, woman rarely went to college.
If they graduated, they became teachers or telephone operators. Single women in their 30s were called "loser dogs."
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This week: New York Liberty tickets giveaway contest; sports industry career fair
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Check it out – there’s a giveaway for tickets to the 7/30 New York Liberty game vs the Washington Mystics over at WomenTalkSports.com.
If you work in the industry and you live in New York, it may benefit you to attend the Liberty’s career fair bein...[Read on] |
Does Testosterone Play a Role in Career Choice?
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ABC News reports on a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University which supposedly determined that women with higher testosterone levels "take more risks and are more likely to choose a finance career." Testosterone l...[Read on] |
Interview with Adrienne Lofton, Senior Marketing Director at Under Armour
| Adrienne Lofton is the Senior Marketing Director at Under Armour. She played volleyball at Howard University and then worked her way up from being an intern at Gap, to positions at GM and Target, to where she is now. I interviewed her as she took a break ...[Read on] |
Mika Brzezinski Reads From Knowing Your Value
| In her new book, Knowing Your Value: Women, Money, and Getting What You’re Worth (Weinstein Books), journalist Mika Brzezinski—Joe Scarborough’s co-host on MSNBC’s Morning Joe—traces her unconventional career path, addressing...[Read on] |
NCAA career development program for women
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University of Minnesota women's softball coach Julie Standering / Photo credit: Gophersports.com
The NCAA is holding a career development program that’s targeting women, announced today. It’s going to be held on December 17 in conjunction with the ...[Read on] |
Sen. Mikulski Reflects on Barrier-Breaking Senate Career
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As Barbara Mikulski prepares to become the longest serving female senator in US history, she reflects on the barriers she broke throughout her 24-year Senate career:
Mikulski has been a trailblazer...
This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Pol...[Read on] |
Amelie Mauresmo retires from professional tennis at 30
| Amelie Mauresmo retires from professional tennis at 30
Amelie Mauresmo, who started her tennis career in 1993, announced her retirement from professional tennis in a press conference in France.
“I came here to announce the end of my career. I made thi...[Read on] |
Danica Patrick: Hot or Not?
| by Ethan Austin.
Ethan Austin is a blogger for Play City, a website that encourages young people to use sports as a catalyst for positive social change
Danica Patrick is moving to NASCAR! Woohoo!!!! She'll be the first woman ever...[Read on] |
Brittany Murphy- RIP
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Brittany in Clueless (she's on the left)
The death of Brittany Murphy at 32 is another one of those moments where you can see the toll that Hollywood takes on people.
I mean what 32 year old person has a heart attack?
People are saying drugs, but wha...[Read on] |
Soccer mom Joy Fawcett takes center stage
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Soccer hall of famer Joy Fawcett
The ultimate soccer mom reached the pinnacle of her sport Sunday.
“In my life, I’ve had two dreams: To play soccer at the highest level and to be a mother,” former United States Women’s National Team standout d...[Read on] |
Birth Order & Career Choice: Are They Connected?
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This article is from bizMe online magazine by Suzanne Barstow. Check bizMe for your monthly dose of career advice.
I’m a new parent. I tell you this not just as a warning-those in the throws of babydom deserve special dispensation, so please excuse a...[Read on] |
President Obama becomes first sitting president to attend WNBA game
| U.S. President Barack Obama, his daughter Sasha, and Shelia Johnson, owner
of the Washington Mystics, attend a Women’s National Basketball Association
(WNBA) game between the Washington Mystics and the Tulsa Shock in
Washington on August 1, 2010...[Read on] |
NATPE Diversity Fellowship Applications Due April 28
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For all of you interested in getting into TV:
The National Association of Television Programming Executives Diversity Fellowship is a mid-career program that provides a small group of emerging television and video content creators of color with the next ...[Read on] |
If she wanted to, she would've put a ring on it
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A mailer went out to Tampa, Florida residents stating that mayoral candidate, Rose Ferlita, is unfit for office. Why? Well, for starters, she’s single.The mailer makes claims on her personal reasons for remaining unmarried, stating that it’...[Read on] |
Go see "Bridesmaids" this weekend. It's your womanly duty
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The first time I saw a screening of the new Judd Apatow/Kristin Wiig vehicle Bridesmaids, I felt like I was watching an experimental film. I'm not talking Maya Deren or Chantal Ackerman, of course. But the fact is, Bridesmaids is an experiment, intended t...[Read on] |
Smart Women Take Heart: Your Love Life Is Fine
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(WOMENSENEWS)--What should smart ambitious women with some measure of career fulfillment do to prove they're not miserable and sexless? Hold a mass demonstration with smiley-face banners?
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Commentary continues as Semenya resumes racing
| I have seen several articles/editorials since Caster Semenya has resumed racing. But this one is by far the best. (I won't even link to the really problematic one from a male sportswriter from Kenya who seemed to have some sympathy for Semenya's situa...[Read on] |
Women to Watch in the Olympics (While You Still Can): The US Hockey Team
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The ladies of the US’s women’s hockey team are a stunning group of women—who will be going for the gold this Thursday against Canada--peppered with Ivy League grads, awesome moms, and career women (including two women who have opened the...[Read on] |
Childbirth a barrier? Not when five of six top NYC Marathon winners are moms
| By Laura Pappano
It has become a provocative theme: Marathons and motherhood. Five of the top six women to cross the finish line in the 2009 ING New York City Marathon are moms.
1. Winner Derartu Tulu, 37, of Ethiopia – an two time Olympic gold ...[Read on] |
The punishment for having kids
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According to an LA Times piece, Can Julia Roberts Come Back on Her Own Terms? the person who benefited most from Julia Roberts taking several years off to have and raise her kids is Sandra Bullock who got some of the key roles that Roberts passed on. M...[Read on] |
Kristin Scott Thomas lets loose
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While being interviewed by the Guardian for her film Nowhere Boy about the teenage years of John Lennon, Kristin Scott Thomas talked about her life and her career and had some very interesting things to say.
The moment that Kristin Scott Thomas knew she ...[Read on] |
New Liz Phair Album Funstyle Features Liz Phair Rapping
| Liz Phair released a new album, everyone. It is called Funstyle, which, fine! Arguably, some of it is fun—at least, Phair sounds like she is enjoying herself. However, if the object is fun for someone besides Phair, we must refer you to earlier works su...[Read on] |
Democrats Furious Over Tax Cuts
| • House Democrats are not so happy with President Obama after he made a tax-cut deal with Republicans. [The Hill] • Admiral Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lashed out at China today after the country failed to intervene diploma...[Read on] |
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