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• Your Married Name: To Change or Not to Change?

  On Newly Corporate , Jennifer Robinson has a great post for professional women on the vices and virtues of changing your name when you get married. I’m glad someone else is giving advice on this, because I’ve hemmed and hawed about the issue since my Read More... Posted Friday, October 03, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Current Affairs, Professionalism, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Is Luck a Reality That Should Be Acknowledged?

  On his blog, Seth Godin responded to a reader who believes luck and randomness is just as critical to success as hard work and effort. Seth says: “Without a doubt, luck is involved. I don't think anyone would tell you otherwise. The choice one needs to Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Emotional Intelligence, Ownership & Initiative, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Management Consulting and Finance: Still Desirable for College Grads?

  My friend and 30/20 Vision radio show co-host Lindsey Pollak and I had the opportunity to contribute to Marci Alboher’s New York Times career coach roundtable on management consulting and investment banking as careers for soon-to-be college grads. Here Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Current Affairs, Business, Personal Development, Work, School, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Would You Work With Your Spouse?

  I’ve encountered a lot of couples where one person has left his or her job to support the career of the other. Typically, one spouse is an accomplished entrepreneur, so the other pitches in to help grow the business – often in a subordinate role. I’m Read More... Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Entrepreneurship, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Daily Life, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• What Defines Success?

  Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about success at work, and how it means different things to different people. When I first graduated college, I thought success was setting and then achieving a goal to reach a certain level. But for someone who is naturally Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Interview with Gretchen Rubin, Happiness Guru

  Today, I’m talking with Gretchen Rubin , a self-proclaimed happiness guru. I’ve been a longtime fan of Gretchen’s blog, and I’m pleased to report that she’s now working on a memoir, The Happiness Project, based on the year she spent test-driving every Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Life Balance, Personal Development, Blogging, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Two Great New Books for New Grads and Not-So-New Grads

  Two new career-expert friends have terrific books out that are great companions to my latest effort, How’d You Score That Gig? Starting out, my fellow Ballantine author Pamela Skillings has written Escape from Corporate America , an extremely detailed Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Career Change, Handy Resources, Work, School, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• You Can't Always Get What You Want

  At the gym, I was thumbing through a new issue of Time Magazine . One of the articles was about college wait-listing. According to Time, the high school class of 2008, 3.4 million strong, is the largest in American history. As such, getting into a first Read More... Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, Professionalism, News and Politics, School, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• The Hard-Core Realities of Getting Promoted

  My friend Penelope Trunk has a clever little post to help you determine if you’re actually in line to get a promotion, or if it’s just wishful thinking. Some of it echoes advice I’ve given on this subject , but I think much bears repeating, so here are Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Compensation, Personal Marketing, Reviews & Promotions, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• 7 Qualities That Predict Leadership Success

  Last week, I participated on a T&D Magazine webcast with Bill Byham , the CEO of Development Dimensions International , a leading human resources consulting firm. It got me thinking about a great DDI white paper I saw recently written a white paper Read More... Posted Friday, May 02, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Creativity & Innovation, Management, People Skills, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• The One Time It’s Okay to Gossip

  What’s the one time it’s okay to gossip? When you’re looking for a job. Discussion of your job search should not be reserved for close friends/family or headhunters or official networking events. If you’re looking for work or thinking about looking for Read More... Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 4 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Job Hunting, Networking, People Skills, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Career Issues When You'll Live to 100

  Ben Casnocha brought back to life a very cool commencement speech given by David Mahoney at Rutgers University in 1996. Mahoney, then chairman of the Dana Foundation , a brain research organization, provided some compelling tips about why young people Read More... Posted Monday, April 14, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Career Change, Current Affairs, Life Balance, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Starting a Business? 4 Mistakes People Make

  Over at Employee Evolution , Natalie discusses common mistakes people make when starting a business. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration , over 50 percent of small businesses fail in their first year and 95 percent fail within the first Read More... Posted Monday, April 07, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Creativity & Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Project Management, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Book Review: A Million Bucks by 30

  I’m trying to catch up on my reading, and I was finally able to get to my fellow Ballantine Books author Alan Corey’s very smart book on how to make a million bucks by the age of 30. Specifically, as the cover proclaims, the book teachers twenty-somethings Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Handy Resources, Ownership & Initiative, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Starting Your Own Gig: Entrepreneurism "at Work"

  Leaving the business world to start one’s own gig is a hot topic these days. I read blog posts about it every day, and my friend Pam Slim just sold a new book about it. Over lunch a few weeks ago, I asked my good friend Keith Alperin if he’d be willing Read More... Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Cool Careers, Discovering Your Passion, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals