Three Reasons Why Gen Y Employees Should Focus on Personal Branding at Work

PicMonkey CollageMany Millennials (aka: Gen Y) are currently finding themselves in a very challenging situation at work. The good news for Millennials is that, due to major generational shifts, they are being moved into management and leadership roles faster and sooner than generations before them were. The challenging news is that 50% of Millennials surveyed believe their organizations could do

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Bonnie Dana Buchner

IMG_2383-editedAfter working in the fashion industry for over 10 years, Bonnie Dana Buchner decided to set out on her own to create an American-made collection of luxury handbags and accessories. She always loved accessories because of their ability to instantaneously transform an outfit. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York and being of Chinese and Austrian decent, Bonnie has incorporated her engineering roots into her self-titled line,

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Help Little Lanae and her Family

I haven’t been writing much lately, which also means I haven’t announced to the blogosphere that I’m pregnant. 21 weeks and it’s a boy! It’s fantastic, we’re thrilled! This new stage in my life, however, has given me new mama bear instincts and an appreciation and empathy for all the momma’s in my life.

Which is why I wanted to solicit some help from you all today. Another fellow milspouse, Nikki, shared an unfortunate trial that some friends are going through. Their 2-year-old daughter, Lanae, is battling brain cancer.

Lanae was perfectly healthy up until a couple of months ago.

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Career Confidential: Leeana Provan

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Position / Job title?: Owner of LoveLeeSoaps

1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I have been crafting ever since I can remember and I come from a family of creative entrepreneurs. Growing up I always knew I wanted to do something with art and follow in my parents footsteps to create a business of

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8 Tips for Positive Self-Talk to Spur Success

Each of us has about 50,000 thoughts each day. Most are judgments. Many are negative. All are stories. Most of them are fiction.

We find ourselves saying:Grace Killelea LO

“I’m never going to get that promotion.”

“Money is not my strong suit.”

“I’m so disorganized!”

If we hear these “lies” enough, they can end up becoming truths.

Self-talk is one of the easiest ways to sabotage your business career

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Victoria Livshitz

At the age of 18, I was a carefree freshman at the University in Vilnius, Lithuania, like millions of others – studying, partying and playing chess, my sport of choice. 2 years later, at the age of 20, I was married, with 3-months old baby and $500 bucks in a pocket, landing in the city of Cleveland, USA on a one-way ticket from Moscow, in search of more opportunities and better live.

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Career Confidential: Sharon Bui

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Sharon Bui & Kate Steadman founders of Frill

Full name?: Sharon Bui

Position/Job title?: Co-Owner of Frill and Head of Marketing

1. Did you have to take on internships to get there? How important in general, do you think, are internships?

Yes, my first internship, which I had as a freshman in college, with a local fashion brand established where I wanted to be in the fashion

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Three Things I Wish I Had Known in My 20’s: Lori Ann LaRocco

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You might recognize Lori Ann LaRocco. Why? Because she has been on the blog before!! A few weeks ago, we posted her piece titled, “4 Critical Traits All Successful Leaders Share”. Since that piece was so awesome, I was excited that she agreed to come back, and contribute to our weekly “3 Things”

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What’s Up with Glam?

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Yup, this is how excited we are about Glamtrepreneur! Photo credit: Zora Ellis.

Where do I begin?

I am just SO SO excited/nervous/terrified/overwhelmed/happy. It is a pretty incredible feeling when people like your idea, and are willing to work with you to make it happen.

Like I mentioned before, we are doing business plan writing pop ups this summer, and we officially have

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Career Confidential: Nicole Porter

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Full name?: Nicole Porter

Position / Job title?: Owner/Designer at Nicole Porter

1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I was really sure that I wanted to be Oprah. I don’t think that I understood that there was no application that you could fill out to get that job, but that didn’t stop me from

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