Five Subtle Signs You’re Wasting Your Time Pursuing That Job

“I knew week two that I shouldn’t have taken this position.” Imagine accepting a new position, excited to begin your new chapter, and realizing ten days in that you made a mistake. Unfortunately, that’s the reality of way too many eager young professionals who realize a little too late that they made the wrong decision. When […]

7 Powerhouse Women Reveal The Most Difficult Moment Of Their Careers

As much as we’d love for our careers to be simple, straight-forward and blemish-free, it rarely works that way. As much as we’d love for our careers not to blend into our personal lives, our self-identity, and our worth, it so frequently does. Our careers, just like our lives, can be messy, and are often […]

Feeling Underqualified For Your Dream Job? Don’t Pass It Up Just Yet

Somehow you just so happened to stumble upon the perfect match for your next career move. But, before you toss the position out of the window, wait one second. Just like you have dream jobs and wish lists, companies have dream employees and a long list of wishes they hope new team members can fulfill. […]

Three Ways You’re Self-Sabotaging Your Next Career Move And How to Stop

You can have clarity. You can have a 5-year plan plastered to your mirror. You can know exactly what you want to do and when. You can have a Rolodex of contacts and know the best people in your industry. But, if you’re holding onto your fear of fill-in-the-blank, you’re probably self-sabotaging your career more […]

The Secrets to How 27-Year-Old Gianina Thompson Got Her Dream Job at ESPN

Gianina Thompson never had teenage girl aspirations to work at ESPN. In fact, while still fresh in college, she dreamt of becoming an Editor-in-Chief for magazines like Seventeen, Teen Vogue and Cosmopolitan. But, she did always seem to have a sort of OD amount of hustle and drive that I would say has equipped her for her current tasks […]

Interview After Interview But No Offer? Here’s Why And How To Fix It

“It’s not you, it’s me.” A classic line to slide in, while in the middle of a break-up, even if you don’t mean it. But when you’re job hunting and you find yourself landing multiple interviews, with multiple companies, with zero job offers to show for it, odds are there’s no one else to blame […]

How Amber Grimes Hustled To Become A Senior Manager At Spotify

It was just a few months ago that I stumbled upon Amber Grimes Instagram account. The blue icon, with the white check mark intrigued me. Who was this dark skinned, fashion forward, black woman, with more than 30,000 followers? And what did she do to warrant a verified account? That was my first thought, and […]

Three Excuses Holding You Back From Accomplishing Your Career Goals

You know the usual routine. You get super o-m-g inspired and you write your goals down. You number them in the order of importance, make them look pretty, review them with excitement, close your notebook and never look at them again. When will we stop doing this? The sense of accomplishment you’re waiting for will […]

Five Lessons You Must Know To Take Your Career To The Next Level

Have you ever walked into a room full of strangers and just felt immediately at home? That’s the feeling I had this past weekend when I walked into Summit21, a two-day conference created to help millennial women create the greatest vision for their careers and lives. More than 1,200 women from across the globe gathered […]