Category: Career
#goalsConfidential: Ayana Haaruun, Black Girls Jump, Hawaii
#goalsConfidential highlights the inspiring lives and advice of multicultural women living and working internationally. Describe the work that you do? Black Girls Jump provides needed, fun and free programs to encourage physical fitness amongst children and adults. Research...
#goalsConfidential: Karie Harris, Kforce, Orlando
#goalsConfidential highlights the inspiring lives and advice of multicultural women living and working internationally. Karie Harris is someone you need to know. She is the Market Manager and Talent Director at Kforce, an award-winning professional staffing firm focusing in...
#goalsConfidential: Michelle Lim, AMC Networks, Singapore
#goalsConfidential highlights the inspiring lives and advice of multicultural women living and working internationally. Meet Michelle Lim (and Biscuit Buxton). I "met" Michelle on LinkedIn where I was fascinated by her location - Singapore. It is one of the...
#goalsConfidential: Judia Black, Sommelier, NYC
#goalsConfidential highlights the inspiring lives and advice of multicultural women living and working internationally. Judia Black is the CEO, of enJoie, A Lifestyle, Media and Events Company. Judia, a certified Sommelier, calls herself a "cork dork" and brings people together...
The Top 5 Questions I Got As A Black Woman Living in Abu Dhabi
Though it’s been a few years of living back in the States, the questions never stop. For a while, I wrote an advice column for a UAE magazine helping new arrivals adjust to the culture, new jobs and their new...
“Don’t Care” To Get That Job You Deserve
You need a job, and want one yesterday. You have been sending out resumes for 3 months or more, maybe a few interviews. How can you maximize your interview performance? Yes, I used performance as if you were on a...
How To Deal With “Them” At Work
Whether you work in an office or in a store or out on a field or other, you will at some point in your life come across person or a group of people who are difficult to deal with. Do...
When There Is No “I” In Networking
I’d like to know who jumps at the chance to go into a room full of strangers and go around making small talk. If you just thought to yourself, “Hey, I like doing that,” you are in the minority. Most...
Top Tips for Branding Yourself on Social Media
Branding is all about perception, as we pointed out in our previous post on ‘The Simple Way to Brand Yourself’, and there are plenty of things an alpha female like you can do to stand out. You can get published, contribute...
When You Know It’s Time To Work Abroad
Working abroad is probably one of the best things I have done for my career. It made me part of a larger cause bigger than my own – bigger than my commute, my boss, my project, my desk. The thought...