Category: Next Career Steps
Ready to take the next step in your career? Our articles provide expert advice and guidance for women looking to advance in their professional journey. Find the inspiration and confidence you need to succeed.
4 Financial Moves To Help Mompreneurs Improve Work-Life Balance
Around one in three small business owners in the U.S. are moms, a recent study showed. As an e-commerce business owner, I can easily understand why. It's one of the best careers for busy moms. Flexibility is hands-down the best part of owning my own business—it’s what allows me to achieve a semblance of work-life…
5 Work-Life Strategies for Re-Entering the Workforce
Re-entering the workforce after a career break can feel like stepping onto a moving treadmill—set to sprint. But don’t worry, you’ve already mastered the art of negotiation (ever tried getting a toddler to wear shoes?) and crisis management (diaper blowouts in public, anyone?). If you can relate to the paragraph above in any way, you're…
Top 5 High-Paying Job Sectors for Moms
Balancing a career and motherhood can feel overwhelming, especially if you’re considering getting back into the workforce or transitioning to a new field. But I've got some good news for you. As a mom who has successfully transitioned into several new job sectors for moms over the last decade, I can say it's entirely possible.…
Organizational Restructuring: 4 Ways to Protect Your Career
You can feel it in the air - that unsettling buzz when organizational restructuring is looming. Those subtle signs are everywhere, from closed-door meetings to shifting priorities, leaving you and your colleagues feeling anxious and afraid about the possibility of losing your job. The pace of change has become relentless in North America, with the…
Careers That Involve Helping People (and Pay Well Too)
Money or meaning? This choice has haunted millions of professionals. You dream of making a real difference. But you can’t because you have a mortgage to pay. The good news is that there are many careers that involve helping people and that also don't require you to live inside your car to survive. Recent workforce data…
Career Change Advice (When You Are Facing a Personal Setback)
Just when you've gotten to a point where you can finally hit the cruise control button on your personal and professional life, bam, you get the rug pulled out from beneath you. Whether it's a health crisis or family emergency - suddenly, your carefully planned career feels like it's sliding backward down a steep hill. …
How to Navigate Office Politics as a New Mother – 4 Useful Tips
You've just returned from maternity leave. The office feels...different. People who used to chat with you now seem distant. That project you led? Someone else is running it. Welcome to navigating office politics as a new mother returning to work, otherwise known as the "motherhood penalty" – where working mothers earn significantly less than their…
How to Post a Resume on LinkedIn
In today’s digital world, LinkedIn isn’t just an online resume – it’s your virtual front door to endless career opportunities. But how do you ensure that, among the millions of profiles, recruiters stop on yours and think, ‘This is the one!’? Learning how to post a resume on LinkedIn can be a powerful tool, but…
