Are Unemployed Moms Miserable?

I’ve long believed that all women should earn and control their own money.

My good friend Samantha Ettus says those who don’t are actually deeply dissatisfied and she argues in her new book, The Pie Life, that opting out should not be an option.

Take a minute to read my piece on Sam’s theory in today’s New York Post: http://nyp.st/2cFwryp
Tell me what you think below.

Get Sam’s book today. It’s filled with actionable advice and inspiring ideas to live a wholly satisfying life.

How to Make Your Resume Shine

If you’re in the midst of doing or redoing your resume, it can be maddening trying to come up with skills to showcase. Few people think about their accomplishments and abilities in the same terms as a hiring manager, so anticipating what they look for is the first step. Here are 11 ways to make your resume sing.

The Fish Handshake Says All

Ever think about the way you greet someone? Do you look them straight in the eye? How about that handshake? Firm or fish? In this piece, Alyse Kalish says a dead fish handshake can be the kiss of death. “No one’s going to judge you only on how you shake hands…but it does affect how people initially perceive you,” she writes. “And in some cases, those few seconds of interaction, even before you get a chance to speak, could cost you a job offer.”

For Women, Working Sick Isn’t Political

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Hillary Clinton says that when she learned she had pneumonia she didn’t consider leaving the campaign trail because she didn’t consider it a big deal.  “It’s just the kind of thing, if it happens to you, and you’re a busy, active person, you keep moving forward,’” she told CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
Setting aside politics (if that’s possible in this day and age) the way Clinton handled her illness by soldiering on, and her justification or it, probably rings true for many working women in this country. They know – working moms, especially – that in order to survive at work their physical and mental needs must take a back seat.

Wendy Sherman, one of Clinton’s for State Department aides, writes in Time: “Ask any working mom who works full time at home and full time in the office, and you will find an indomitable human being…that woman goes to work every day-even when she is sick-because that’s what women do.”

Is there a double standard between men and women when it comes to taking time off from work?

Is The Wage Gap Actually Discrimination?

We’ve long believed that women earn less than men because women fail to negotiate.

Not so fast, new research says. Perhaps outright discrimination is at play, after all.

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Getting What You Want From Work

The New York Times columnist and author Kerry Hannon knows a thing or two about finding happiness on the job. In fact, earlier this year, she wrote a book on it: Love Your Job: The New Rules for Career Happiness. 

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