Melissa is a 27-year old professional with a brand new job at a progressive organization. Instead of resigning herself to the land of the unemployed when she was unexpectedly laid off, she got busy on her job search and the intensive focus paid off.
Here are the secrets to Melissa’s success for landing this fantastic new job:
1. How long
During week one of my LYJ (Love Your Job) Search Class I like to read an excerpt from Victoria Moran’s book Creating a Charmed Life called “Play Your Free Square” which reads in part as follows:
“In the game of Bingo, every player starts with a bonus: the free
square in the middle. Because everybody gets one,
Corinne McKay is a French to English translator who loves her job. She
launched her translation business in 2002 after an eight-year career as a high school teacher and earned her translator certification from the American Translators Association in 2003. Corinne translates legal, corporate communications and international development documents and non-fiction books. In 2006, she published
LYJ is kicking off a new series of posts with individuals who recently secured new jobs to learn how they did it and what made the difference.
Joanna is a 25-year old nonprofit professional with a brand new job at a foundation where she is doing exactly what she had hoped to be doing – writing,
Thavma Phillips is an actor living in New York City who loves her job. She studied with Terry Schreiber, who is known to be one of the best living acting instructors. Her work has been seen on stage, in independent films, television series, commercials and industrials. Her resume is available online.
1. What do you love
The following is a guest post by Stephanie Haladner, who has recently launched Women in Law, a global networking and consulting organisation based in London designed to help lawyers bring balance into their lives and enthusiasm into their careers.
Painting a Vision
by Stephanie Haladner
Friend and fellow woman in law Jen Bird recently directed me to her blog ‘Painting a
I’m pleased to offer my next 5-week class for women jobseekers in NYC this spring. I’m always inspired by the participants and look forward to working with a new group of talented women.
The exact dates are:
Monday, April 5
Monday, April 12
Monday, April 19
Monday, April 26
Monday, May 3
Please see http://lyjnow.wordpress.com/lyj-search for more details or feel free to
Suzanna Tharian is an architect working in New York City who loves her job. She has worked at the mid-sized firm PM Architecture for over 10 years, focusing on residential projects from apartments to corporate interiors. She grew up in India where she completed her Bachelors in Architecture. She received her Masters in Architecture in
The bloggers at LYJ are big fans of Manisha Thakor and her first book, On My Own Two Feet. Manisha is a personal finance expert on women and money, and when she asked us to review her new book, Get Financially Naked: How to Talk Money with your Honey, for Amazon we jumped at the
Along the lines of my last post, I’m in the middle of a 30-day challenge of “Treasuring the Future Now”, an exercise proposed by Martha Beck in her book Steering by Starlight. I’m finding it to be quite relaxing and peaceful to sit in a space of meditative visualization. She talks about getting in touch
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