U.S. Work/Life Balance vs. Rest of the World
When I first graduated from university in England, I started at an entry level position with a 10 person company. The pay was average (£10,500 back in 1990 if I remember correctly), and I had an...
View ArticleBetty Draper vs. Sheryl Sandberg: We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
In the TV show Mad Men, Betty Draper epitomized the ideal of American womanhood in the go-go era of the 1960s. She was Grace Kelly gorgeous and Bryn Mawr-educated with a drop dead handsome husband who...
View ArticleTips for Correct Capitalization on your Resume and Cover Letter
A cover letter and resume should draw attention to your skills and qualifications, not detract from them with randomly capitalized words. Imagine if You received a Cover Letter written like This....
View ArticleWhat Your Words Say: Five Communication Rules
I obsess over words and spend ridiculous amounts of time selecting the right words or phrase for what I am trying to say or write. As someone who often writes communications for others, I agonize over...
View ArticleLimit Grammar Funny Business to Saturday Nights
One of my favorite Saturday Night Live skits is Weekend Update where Seth Meyers interviews (or tries to, anyway) the Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation With at a Party. In these skits,...
View Article4 Lessons for Re-entering the Workforce
Hot topics right now include men and women re-entering the workforce. What does that mean? Let me tell you first hand. I was faced with two kids entering college in the not too far future with expenses...
View ArticleIs Your Team Keeping Pace with Technology?
In a recent team development workshop, a client asked about the habit of responsiveness and whether we had seen a trend of the responsiveness habit increasing due to the demands of today’s society and...
View ArticleSummer Reading for a Grammar Geek
As a lover of the English language, I have assembled a small library over the years of books about writing (yes, pretty geeky of me, I know). One of my favorite books is Anguished English: An Anthology...
View ArticleAn Ode to Many this 9/11 – We Haven’t Forgotten
In honor of the 12th anniversary of September 11th, Mom Corps Dallas remembers those who died during the terrorist attacks. We are thinking of their loved ones and friends as well as those injured and...
View ArticleHaving Your Cake & Eating it at Home
We are grateful to Awele Ighedosa, one of our fabulous candidates, for her guest post today! Having worked in HR as a Benefits Specialist for several years, a regular 9-5 job was all I knew and...
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