The Importance of Finding a Support System By Nikara Johns Emily George joined Balmain as president of the Americas in January after an almost 20-year career at Marc Jacobs International where she most recently served as the SVP of Americas, retail and wholesale. Here, she discusses challenges in her new role, career advice for women just starting out, and the…
Annual SHEroes Event Empowers Women in the Workforce By Fanni Frankl The Stony Brook University Career Center hosted the annual “Not All SHEroes Wear Capes” event virtually on Friday, March 25, to connect current Stony Brook University students to women in the workplace to learn about challenges and issues facing women, as well as internship and job opportunities. More than…
Vineland’s First Female Career Firefighter Off To Bright Start By Eric Conklin When Kaylynn Low chose wearing fire gear over holding hair salon scissors, little did she know she would make history in the city. Low is Vineland’s first female career firefighter. “I think (firefighting) is thrilling,” the 26-year-old Vineland woman said outside City Hall on her first day on…
Amesbury Woman’s Career Refocus Brings Positive Change for Customers By Jim Sullivan A local small-business owner is very happy with her recent career change from the classroom to the downtown retail district. Jen Silver had become well known in the city as the director of marketing at Sparhawk School. But she took a chance on herself and opened Caravan by…
How Leaders Can Nurture Patience By Janice Perkins, GC4W Thought Leadership Contributor In a world where we can get food delivered in a click, a new car can be delivered to our driveway without ever leaving the house and working from home is the new normal – how do we deal with waiting? How do we handle things that haven’t…
5 Expert Financial Tips for Black Women By Bridgette Bartlett Royall As Black women, we work hard for our money. But does our money always work hard for us? Follow these 5 tips to be financially free. We checked in with personal finance expert Patrice Washington for her professional yet practical advice on helping Black women not only get more…
Business Startup Tip for Women: Stay Focused By Amy Lindgren Today’s business startup column covers a topic of importance to every entrepreneur, but especially so for women: Staying focused, and not giving away time to non-startup activities. Ready? We’ll start with a quiz: Which is more important when starting a business, funding, or the owner’s time? You already know the…
How former Intel exec Diane Bryant went from homeless teen to CEO of a multimillion-dollar start-up By Morgan Smith Like many 18-year-olds, Diane Bryant had no clue how she wanted to spend her life. It wasn’t until one of her classmates complimented Bryant on her number-crunching skills that she even considered a career in engineering. “I was sitting in Calculus…
Brain Fog? Why You’re Struggling and How to Beat It By Vicky McKeever If you’ve struggled to think clearly during the coronavirus pandemic, you could be experiencing “brain fog” – and one neuroscientist has explained how to beat it. “Brain fog is a collection of symptoms which give rise to loss of mental clarity or foggy thinking,” Sabina Brennan wrote…
By Janice Perkins, GC4W Thought Leadership Contributor The things I know first-hand as a professional coach and as a coach of my daughter’s teenage volleyball team, is that there are many parallels. In fact, I learn more from coaching the girls! I’m a bit late on the Ted Lasso train but have fallen in love with the show and characters…