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Career Advice from Female Tech Company Founders

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Julie also shared advice from a number of female tech company founders to inspire, motivate, and challenge women who are considering careers in tech or starting their own tech companies. We are empowered by choices, to construct our lives and our careers based on our values, hopes, and dreams. Find great mentors.

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Can’t Find a Job? Create a Career Map.

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You’ve put a lot of effort into a résumé, an elevator pitch, company research and traditional networking, but you’re still coming up short in your job search or career progression. The same holds true for a job search or managing your career. A career map will help you no matter what level or stage you’re at in your work life.

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Women Offered Fewer Career Advancing “Hot Jobs” Than Men

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hot jobs”) that are necessary to get ahead at global companies. The research also found that completing formal training programs is far less likely to lead to career advancement than on-the-job experience. The Catalyst report , Good Intentions, Imperfect Execution? Just 10% said formal training programs are most impactful.

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Women Faced with a Career Change – What do I do next?

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No matter what your age, it’s challenging to switch to a completely new career. However, more and more women are “re-careering” every day & I must speak to several successful female career executives each day who are looking to do something different. What has made you successful in your professional career to date?

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How Small Businesses are Attracting Senior Talent from Big Companies

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She writes on The Business of Flex Blog: “A recent McKinsey study shows that large companies are bleeding female talent at an alarming rate. It seems women are reluctant to take their careers to the next level within a large organization for fear of losing life balance.” Does your company offer flexibility to its employees?

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Companies for Social Good

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I have noticed recently an increase in companies that have been started to meet the needs of a community and do Social Good. This is a good example of a for profit company meeting the needs of a community while partnering with a non profit and government agency. million to two Haitian providers of mobile banking services.

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How to Move From a For-Profit to Nonprofit Career Successfully

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NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: If you want to transition from a career in for-profit companies to non-profit organizations, then you need to prepare yourself mentally for the change you’ll see in your paycheck, environment, and more. Betsy Baker offers several tips to help you make the move successfully on Opportunity Knocks: Hours.

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