http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:11:16 -0700 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:50:48 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m7d26-Having-It-All--Giving-Up-Peak-Earning-Potential-To-Have-A-Baby?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner  If you've been reading this blog for some time then you know that I am truly on a  quest to "have it all".  I want the man, the house, kids, degree and picket fence all by 30, and I got started at 26.But is this possible?&nb... Marriage and Money Career and Education Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:50:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m7d26-Having-It-All--Giving-Up-Peak-Earning-Potential-To-Have-A-Baby?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m7d16-5-Surefire-Smart-Financial-Moves-To-Make-Amidst-A-Recession?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner   People all over are scrambling to make ends meet in one way or another across income brackets.  Virtually everyone is feeling the pinch of the recession and they are surely thinking about next steps.  There are no more HELOCs or cred... Personal Finance Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:01:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m7d16-5-Surefire-Smart-Financial-Moves-To-Make-Amidst-A-Recession?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d21-Beat-The-Rat-Race-Work-from-Home-as-a-Virtual-Call-Center-Agent?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner This post is first in a series discussing the many ways in which you can work from home while spending more time with children and family while pursuing other interests. Please submit your stories if you are currently working from home or h... Career and Education Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:25:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d21-Beat-The-Rat-Race-Work-from-Home-as-a-Virtual-Call-Center-Agent?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d21-8-Recession-Proof-Job-Industries-for-New-Graduates?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner photo credit: wiccked Chances are, if you’re graduating in 2008 from college or graduate school, you’re concerned about job prospects given the current state of the economy. I’d be scared too, with Citibank cutting 4900 jo... Career and Education Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:21:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d21-8-Recession-Proof-Job-Industries-for-New-Graduates?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d21-SAHMs-Read-This-Economoms-Back-to-the-Job-Market?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner Hard times and shrinking paychecks are forcing some stay at home moms to return to the job market.  Meet the Economommies. They are women who chose to leave the workforce in order to focus more on child rearing but with recent market d... Career and Education Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:17:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d21-SAHMs-Read-This-Economoms-Back-to-the-Job-Market?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d21-Stay-At-Home-Moms-Read-This-Economoms-Back-to-the-Job-Market?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner Hard times and shrinking paychecks are forcing some stay at home moms to return to the job market.  Meet the Economommies. They are women who chose to leave the workforce in order to focus more on child rearing but with recent market d... Career and Education Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:16:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d21-Stay-At-Home-Moms-Read-This-Economoms-Back-to-the-Job-Market?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d21-Recharge-Your-Resume-And-Get-Back-In-The-Game-7-Tips?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner If you’ve been out of work for some time or recently fired/laid off then this post is for you. As the time goes by and job fairs are posted it seems as though they can’t get here fast enough. You focus so much energy on shooting... Career and Education Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:13:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m6d21-Recharge-Your-Resume-And-Get-Back-In-The-Game-7-Tips?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d16-Cheap-Alternatives-for-the-Must-Haves-in-your-Life-Pt-1-of-3?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner photo credit: pfala Admit it. Being frugal isn’t something that you look forward to, after all it means that you’ll be giving up or cutting back on some or all of your favorite activities. What if you found a way to cut back without giv... Personal Finance Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:18:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d16-Cheap-Alternatives-for-the-Must-Haves-in-your-Life-Pt-1-of-3?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d8-Suzes-Advice-Revisited-Increase-Emergency-Funds-Pay-Debt-Minimums?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner Trent, from The Simple Dollar discussed Suze Orman's new advice to the masses: Regardless of your overall credit card debt, if you have very little saved in an emergency savings fund, I want you to make a shift in your financial strategy. My new adv... Personal Finance Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:03:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d8-Suzes-Advice-Revisited-Increase-Emergency-Funds-Pay-Debt-Minimums?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d1-How-To-Make-A-Layoff-Payoff-6-Surefire-Tips?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner Readers Digest has a really fabulous article about getting on your feet after a layoff.  Sometimes we see it coming and there are others for whom it comes out of the blue sky with no warning.  But in this economy, everyone should have a cle... Career and Education Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:10:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m4d1-How-To-Make-A-Layoff-Payoff-6-Surefire-Tips?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d25-The-High-Life-On-Less-What-Can-You-Afford-To-Live-Without?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner What can you afford to live without? We were faced with this question while visiting some friends in Manhattan this weekend. This was our first time visiting their apartment and we were pleasantly surprised to say the least. So much so it made us go ... Real Estate Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:00:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d25-The-High-Life-On-Less-What-Can-You-Afford-To-Live-Without?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d9-How-To-Make-A-Layoff-Payoff-6-Surefire-Tips?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner Readers Digest has a really fabulous article about getting on your feet after a layoff.  Sometimes we see it coming and there are others for whom it comes out of the blue sky with no warning.  But in this economy, everyone should have a cl... Career and Education Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:08:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d9-How-To-Make-A-Layoff-Payoff-6-Surefire-Tips?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d3-Reader-Question-Laid-Off-Before-Returning-From-Maternity-Leave?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner Hi Keida, I’m wondering if you can lend me your thoughts on my situation.  My boyfriend and I are expecting our second child in March 2009 and I will be going on maternity leave toward the end of February. Of course amidst all the gloomy ... Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:28:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d3-Reader-Question-Laid-Off-Before-Returning-From-Maternity-Leave?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d2-Getting-Married-What-Happens-to-Life-Insurance-Policies?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner photo credit: Jayray24 When you get married, a lot of things from both your life and your partner’s life get thrown together, including finances, households, families and a host other things that you cannot really predict. But one thing you c... Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:39:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m3d2-Getting-Married-What-Happens-to-Life-Insurance-Policies?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m2d25-Too-Educated-For-Entry-Level-Why-Having-A-Masters-Degree-May-Be-To-Your-Detriment?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner The Washington Post published the article Too Educated For Entry Level, and I was actually excited to see that they’d taken on this issue, especially here in the DC Metro area. With more women going to college and then going on to obtain maste... Career and Education Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:10:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m2d25-Too-Educated-For-Entry-Level-Why-Having-A-Masters-Degree-May-Be-To-Your-Detriment?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m2d25-Stay-At-Home-Wives-The-New-Status-Symbol?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner   Add this to the list of decisions that women are now criticized for with regards to their life decisions. If it isn’t the Mommy Wars between the stay at home and working moms, it was the women who chose to get an education and work ... Marriage and Money Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:23:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4547-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner~y2009m2d25-Stay-At-Home-Wives-The-New-Status-Symbol?cid=exrss-DC-Womens-Career-and-Finance-Examiner