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Book Bag: How to Communicate Well In A Virtual World

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Book Bag: How to Communicate Well In A Virtual World

In her new book, The Virtual Executive, Debra Benton writes about how you can effectively present yourself, manage and lead using all of today’s communications channels -- without seeming rote or detached. We asked her to talk about the book. 1) How has modern communication – cell phones, social media, email – changed the workplace? It has measurably increased the number ...


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Class of 2012: Still a Tough Job Market

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Class of 2012: Still a Tough Job Market

Graduating college students face a mixed job market at best this year, and most will leave school without an offer in hand, despite an uptick in hiring by on-campus recruiters, The Wall Street Journal reports. A survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers finds companies that recruit on campuses will hire 10.2% more grads than last ...


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Why We Need Women-Only Networks

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Why We Need Women-Only Networks

At Women For Hire, men are welcome, but let's face it: we're for and about women and their careers. In this piece, author Stacey Gordon defends women-only venues. "We need a place where we can nurture relationships in a way that feels comfortable, a venue where we make the rules, and a private space that empowers us."


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Are Macho Cultures Fairer To Women?

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Are Macho Cultures Fairer To Women?

American businesses have tried to negate gender differences to achieve workplace equality. But "this well-intentioned strategy has only served to eliminate women from the leadership pipelines, except for the few who adopt masculine leadership styles," says Avivah Wittenberg-Cox. Brazil embraces gender differences -- macho men, feminine women --and there women hold 27% of senior management posts compared to ...


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Women Rise in Corporate Ranks

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Women Rise in Corporate Ranks

More and more companies are grooming women for the top executive ranks, The Wall Street Journal reports. With a growing pool of highly qualified women and intensified investor pressure on boards to diversify corporate management teams, companies "are hiring more high-potential women who could be CEO," says Judith von Seldeneck, head of Diversified Search, a Philadelphia executive-recruitment firm.


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