Women For Hire Magazine:10th Anniversary (Spring 2009)

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5/523You nd a sma box at the bottom of each page with a quote that appeared in a previous issue of thismagazine, which debuted in 2004. We take you back through the years with the wisdom of our subjects.

Lets

Celebrate!

CORNER CUBICLE

Ten Years!

When I set out to start Women For Hirefrom my apartment in 1999, with mythen-todders Jake and Emma nearby,I never imagined wed be where weare today.

My initia aim was to test the concept

of a career expo geared excusiveyto women in New York City some-thing that, incrediby, no one had everdone.

With no HR experience, I worked many16 hour days for months, researchingthen cod caing company after com-pany, expaining what I was up to.

Perseverance paid off: I convinced 50empoyers to give Women For Hire ashot at our rst event.

Then I had to market it to prospectiveattendees. I enisted friends, famiyand anyone ese I coud nd. It seemsamost quaint these days, handing outand posting iers on coege campus-es just to spread the word. I cajoed afew radio stations into promoting ourrst expo and put a sma cassied adin The New York Times.

Tak about butteries before the BigDay.

Then a funny thing happened: one byone, more than 1,000 women ined upthat morning, resumes in hand, for achance to tak to dozens of recruiters.On the way out, woman after womanstopped by our registration tabe tosay this was the best career expo theyever attended for one reason: it wasfor women, put on by women. Em-

poyers asked when and where thenext event woud take pace.

Their enthusiasm rubbed off on meand I knew I had a hit on my hands.

Now a decade ater, Women For Hirecareer expos are hed in dozens of cit-ies across the U.S., connecting morethan 1,500 empoyersfrom IBM tothe FBIwith thousands of smart andsavvy women ike you.

We are a eading career source forwomen, with our website, Women-ForHire.com, chock fu of informa-tion and videos on everything fromresume and job preparation, workingfrom home, starting a business andadvancing on the job.

I never imagined Id ove my work asmuch as I do today. In fact, every job

I hadfrom working in pubic reationsat ABC and NBC News and then incorporate communications at Viacom

fet so right at the time. I awaysgave it my a.

But it wasnt unti my career took theentrepreneuria turn that I found mycaing.

These days, I cant imagine not be-ing connected to working women or

to Women For Hireespeciay whenI get heartfet emais from women whote us how much we mean to them,how gratefu they are to have WomenFor Hire in their ives.

Im excited to get to work each and ev-ery day. In fact, unike many peope, Idont differentiate between work andife. Its a bended into one for me.

I have found my passionand itshere to stay. Thanks for heping usmake the ast 10 years possibe. Weook forward to serving you for thenext 10, too.

Cheers!

Tory Johnson

CEO, Women For Hire

EMAIl ME AT WOMENFORHIRE.COM

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Hep another person succeed. You be iked and remembered more for what you give than for what youvebeen given. Consider ways you can give back to the community. Its the greatest treasured secret of manysuccessfu peope. Robyn Spizman in 2004

WOMEN FOR HIRE CAREER EXPOS

Start your day with Tory Johnson on Good Morning America. As theWorkpace Contributor, she brings you advice on a aspects of todaysworkpace. Tune into ABCfrom 7 to 9AM.

Attend a 2009 Women For Hire Career Expo in a city near you.Dates and ocations are isted at WomenForHire.com.

Register now to have coffee with Tory before the start of each event. Toryshares the triumphs and chaenges of her career, as we as the highs andows of the women we work with throughout the country, in this inspiring 90minute session. Visit womenforhire.com for detais.

Expand your network by joining Twitter.com. Its fast, free and fun. Once you register, cick to foow us atTwitter.com/ToryJohnson. You can aso connect with more than 10,000 professionas on Women For HireslinkedIn group one of the best networking toos to get and give career advice.

WANT TO WORK FROM HOME?If you are interested in working from home, then the New York Timesbest-seer, Will Work from Home, shoud have a home on your bookshef. OrderTorys atest book and send your receipt to [email protected] to be-come a premium member ($38 vaue) on the Women For Hire onine careernetwork and be added to the ist for work from home updates from us.

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When preparing your resume or jobsearching, dont use funky pet names or inappropriate terms for your emaiaddress, such as [email protected] or [email protected]. Tory Johnson in 2004

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BUSINESS RACEWomen For Hire is a proud supporter of the Make Mine a Miion $ Business

Racea year-ong business growth marathon chaenging and supportingone miion women entrepreneurs to hit their business revenue goas for 2009whie creating miions of new jobs and economic stabiity for our famiies,communities and the country. Register at MakeMineaMiion.org.

How come some women succeed whie others strugge, even though theyboth have the same basic education, experience, passion and goas forsuccess? We a have the same amount of hours in a day, but some wom-en simpy accompish so much more.

Sandra Yancey, founder of eWomenNetwork, an organization that con-nects women entrepreneurs, wanted to know. She and her husband Kymproduced The Gow Project, a movie that features prominent women, cor-porate achievers and dynamic entrepreneurs (incuding Women For Hire

CEO Tory Johnson) sharing their strugges, pain and strategies for suc-cess. Visit TheGowProject.org.

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Women For Hire unveied an easy-to-use resume manager where anyone cancreate and store a resume. A submissions become part of a database thatsaccessed by recruiters at Fortune 500 companies, non-prots and sma andmedium-sized businesses ooking to make quaity hires. Register using yourvaid emai address to create an account. Compete a of the eds and HIRE.ME automaticay creates a perfecty-formatted resume. This can be exportedas a PDF to print or emai and its aways accessibe for your continuous up-dates. learn more about this effective too at WomenForHire.com.

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If you have an idea, stick with it and keep trying. I had famiy members who thought it woud be a waste of timeor too difcut to start a business, and that it woud be easier to just get a job. Venus McNabb in 2005

In his book, The Power of Less(Hy-perion, $16.95) author leo Babautaoffers a bueprint for streaminingyour ife by identifying the essentiaand eiminating the unnecessary.

Babauta did more with ess in his ownife: he quit his job to work from home,eiminated debt, began running andwaking up at 4 a.m., became a veg-etarian and ost 40 pounds.

Complete three big tasks first

thing everyday. Choose threehigh-impact tasks and do them rstthingat east one before checkinge-mai. Do smaer tasks ater.

Focus on one task at a time. Whiewere used to muti-tasking, singe-tasking is actuay much more effec-tive, and ess stressfu. Focus on onething at a time.

Set times for email, paperwork,

smaller tasks. If you do e-mai andother busywork throughout the day,important tasks dont get done. Doimportant tasks rst and scheduetime ater for smaer tasks ike emaiand paperwork.

De-clutter. Cear off your desk of apaperwork, knick-knacks and othercutter. Ony have two or three es-sentia toos on top of the desk. Cearaway other distractions, such asemai notications and instant mes-saging that keep you from focusing.

After 13 years in corporate and ex-ecutive recruiting, Jennifer Remingreaized that many peope want to dosomething other than what theyre do-ing. She decided to interview peopewho changed careers to nd out howthey did it.

The resut is Carve Your Own Road(Career Press, $14.95) which sheco-wrote with her husband, Joe, whoowns an Atanta design rm.

The best way to gure out your nextmove is to be cear about where youwant to go. If youre uncear aboutthat, you wi have a scattered ap-proach to ife, they write.

They suggest you ask these questions:

What are my unique skis and abii-ties that I woud ike to use in my work?

Do I crave having an impact? Ifso, what does that mean to me?

What do I enjoy doing morethan anything ese in my work?

What gets me excited and motivated?

What activities do I enjoy doing dur-ing the day?

What types of things am I tod I dowe?

What kind of work woud I do for free?

What am I passionate about?

Do I aready have these quaities inmy work? What am I reay missing?

In The Power of Small: Why LittleThings Make All the Difference(Broadway, $17.95) co-authors lin-da Kapan Thaer and Robin Kovaget into how it reay is the ittethings that make a the difference,both in our ives and our careers.

Were rm beievers that everyonehas the power to achieve their goasand reach their dreams, simpy bysweating the sma stuff, says Rob-in. In fact, weve found its often the

baby steps that put us on the pathto deivering a true competitive ad-vantage.

Their tips to success:

Become a mini-tasker: Insteadof making a ist of big, difcut-to-achieve goas, create a ist of mini-tasks that you can accompish on aday-to-day basis.

Embrace stranger danger: Makesma tak with tota strangers. Yoube surprised what opportunitiesmay come your way.

Add a minute: When youve com-peted a taska memo, a quarterybudget or anything that youre justgad to be done withstop and teyoursef you sti have one minuteeft. Spend just those 60-secondsre-reading a troubesome para-graph or adding up the numbersagain.

DO MORE WITH LESS CARVING YOUR NEW FUTURE THE DIFFERENCE:

IN THE LITTLE THINGS

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Have a younger boss? Join the cub. Keep emotion out; shes the boss because she earned it. Knock any chipoff your shouder; no one ikes a bitter od ady. Keep your sense of humor; you can name the Beates, but sheknows everyone in NSync. Stephanie Biasi in 2005

In The Survivors Club: The Secretsand Science that Could Save YourLife (Grand Centra Pubishing,$25.99) Ben Sherwood asks: Whatdoes it take to survive and thrive inthe face of everyday adversity? Whobounces back and who doesnt?

Sherwood (a former network newsproducer who wrote the best-seerThe Man Who Ate the 747) traveedaround the word to tak to peopewho survived a kinds of near-fata-ities, ranging from a mountain ion

attack to a Hoocaust concentrationcamp. He interviewed a wide rangeof experts to understand the psycho-ogy genetics and a bunch of othervariabes that determine whether weive or die.

After interviewing survivors andexperts around the word, I discov-ered the same strengths requiredto overcome a mountain ion attackor escape a pane crash are just as

important when youre deaing withunempoyment or a credit crisis, Bensays. No matter the adversity, thewords most effective survivors oftenshare a mindset and outook: theyrereaistic about their chaenges; theyadapt their attitudes and actions toreect changing reaities; and theytake decisive action.

If you want to discover your Survi-vor IQ and personaity type, you cantake a free, fast quiz when you visitTheSurvivorCub.org.

Taking ess and giving more are thenew watchwords in these troubedtimes in America.

In their new book, Do Your GivingWhile You Are Living (Morgan James,$14.95) authors Edie Fraser andRobyn Spizman show readers how theact of giving can not ony change theword but aso change their own ives.

This itte book has a bigand timeymessage.

It inspires readers to embrace giving,to understand that the highest purposein ife is simpe: doing for others.

Featuring contributions from some ofthe most inuentia and phianthropicpeope and organizations, this bookshows readers how the act of givingcan change the word and aso changetheir own ives in ways they neverthought possibe.

Do Your Giving While You Are Livingof-fers food for thought in bite-sized bits.Each entry incudes a quote, a briefrst-person story of how one of thebooks contributors, from eading-edgethinkers to hometown heroes, made adifference, and an action step readerscan put to use in their ives.

The vignettes teach readers the pow-er of giving and demonstrate specicways how that power can be put intoaction, no matter what age or stationin ife.

SECRETS TO SURVIVING DO YOUR OWN GIVING ADDING FUN TO YOUR WORK

Ever get the feeing that youre workingmore than you used to?

You are.

According to the Bureau of labor Sta-tistics, Americans averaged 42.5 hoursof work a week in 2007 comparedto about 37.5 hours in 2003. Wereworking onger, taking ess vacationtime and are stressed out at work.

But in Enjoy! 101 Little Ways to AddFUN to Your Work Everyday, (Ama-

com Books, $15) author Gini GrahamScott describes how to enjoy whateveryoure doing.

Ginis six tips for workpace happi-ness: Appreciate what you have. Doing socan put you in a positive frame of mindabout work. Exercise choice. It give you a senseof autonomy, free-wi and power. Adopt persona power: Be in charge

of yoursef and what you are doing, notnecessariy your power over others. Tap into your strengths: Aways bestto capitaize on strength, not weak-ness. Use positive words: When you takand act positivey, others perceive youthat way. You fee better, too. Create a fu ife: Just as investmentcounseors warn against putting ayour eggs in one basket, the same ap-pies to work. A singe-minded focuson anything makes you du not ony toothers but yoursef.

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I just read your magazine and Im hooked. Its a fresh take on rea women with rea advice. No fashion modeswho make me fee fat. No biionaires who make me fee poor. Its just a smart, fun read highy reatabe to womeneverywhere. Mackenzie Grecco in 2005

Women For Hire CEO Tory Johnson thought aboutthat and created a career vision dish for her ofce. Ittook severa hours to nd a of the right words andput them a together, but the exercise aowed her toreect on what she most wanted professionay thisyear.

Its not going to make her work any easier or sovethe chaenges any faster. But having it right on her

desk is a daiy reminder of the attitude and vauesthat matter most to her.

Check out some of the words and thoughts she usedon her creation aone. From an end to feeing guity

when she has to eave her famiy to occasionay trav-e for work (since she knows shes a great mom) to apromise to keep the joys (not the hardships) of worktop of mind.

Create your own career vision boardand send usa copy to post on WomenForHire.com to serve as apubic reminder to you and an inspiration to everyoneese.

Wi this craft project get you hired? No. Wi havingyour goas posted right in front of your eyes each andevery day get you one step coser to achieving yourgoas? Absoutey!

Heres how to do it:

HOW WOULD YOU DESIGN YOUR CAREER?

1) Write down 3 career goas, aong with the adjectives thatdescribe the attitudes and attributes you vaue.

2) Seect an object to decorate. It shoud be something youcan ook at daiy. Tory used a arge gass dish. For essthan a doar you can buy a wood door hanger or box ata crafts store. You can use poster board. The arger theobject, the more time you invest in creating the perfectnished product.

3) Buy Modge Podge craft gue or use watered-down E-mers gue. (Optiona: Mix in a sma amount of gitter for afairy dust effect.) Grab a paintbrush too.

4) Cut out words, photos, sentences, quotes, designs andmore from magazines, newspapers or other documentsthat speak to the points you isted in #1 above. You can

aso print simiar stuff from the Internet. Theres no wrongword or wrong source for coecting materias.

5) Start guing it together. Be patient as you in a banks.

6) Put the nished object in a very prominent pace whereyou see it daiy. Ideay it go in a pace where you see itfor a arge chunk of your day such as on your desk, next toyour bed, on your kitchen counteryou get the idea.

7) Invest just two minutes a daycome on, even the busi-est among us can spare two minuteshoding your projectand reecting on one or two of its messages.

Send us a digita photo of your career vision board. Emaiit to [email protected] aong with your name andwe post it on our site for everyone to enjoy.


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Participating in womens sports improves heath, gives you sef-condence and buids stronger reationships.What Ive earned through womens soccer has heped me in my career. Other women are ercey competitive butextremey supportive. lara Ha in 2005

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TOP TIPS TO GET YOURRESUME NOTICEDGone are the days of simpy maiing your resume, receiving a ca, shaking hands at the interview and agreeing on a startdate for that new job. The Internet has taken over the recruiting andscape and everyone is required to submit a resumeonine. Whie that brings greater efciency to the process for empoyers, it can be awfuy maddening for job seekers. Butit doesnt have to be that way if you know how to navigate the system.

Consider these 11 tips before pressing submit:

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a) list 50 peope you know and ask each one if they know someone who works (or has worked) for that empoyer.

b) Attend job fairs to meet face-to-face with empoyers and other professionas.

c) Create a free proe and become active on linkedIn.com and Facebook.com.

d) Create a free Twitter.com account and foow friends and post requests for hep.

e) Join an association in your ed and network with ike-minded peers.f) Connect with your high schoo and coege aumni groups. Od pas coud be new connectors.

g) Tak to your unikey network. For exampe, ook at the cass ist of the parents of your kids friends.

I joined Toastmasters and I never forget the rst speech: I fet ike my heart was odged in my throat, but I did it.By stepping up, I reaized my fears and doubts had no substance. I wound up discovering a taent I never knew Ihad. Dawn Mortimer in 2005

FIND AN INTERNAL REFERRAL

Search job boards and the websites

of employers that appeal to you. Print

out the job postings that youre inter-

ested in pursuing before you apply.

Use a highlighter to mark the keywords

and industry language used to describe

the requirements and responsibilities.

Compare those words and phrases to

the language that appears in your cur-

rent resume.

Figure out how and where to add the

most relevant keywords to your re-

sume, assuming you have the specic

knowledge, skills and experience. Ap-

plicant tracking systems will search forkeyword matchesthe more matches,

the better, which often determines if a

recruiter opts to view your resume.

Once youre condent that your resume

reects a strong match, submit it.

If the system requests a cover letter,

write a short one that expresses why

youre a strong match and why youd

like to join the organization.

Never submit a generic, one-size-ts-

all resume or cover letter. Customize for

each job.

Get to work to nd an internal referral

to make a personal introduction. (See

box below for ideas.)

Follow up with a call or email to the

recruiter responsible for lling the

position. Never say, Did you get my

resume? Instead be ready to reiterate

your qualications and interest in the

role. Rehearse rst.

Dont know the name of the right per-

son? Cold-call the company and ask

an operator to put you through. Googlethe term recruiter or HR director

along with the employers name. The

results may reveal the name youre try-

ing to nd.

Stay top of mind. Every recruiter is

different, which makes this a challenge.

Some say youre welcome to follow up

weekly. Others say every other week

is enough. And then there are some

wholl tell you to never call. Find the

right balance so youre politely persis-

tent without crossing over to a pest.


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The gutsiest move I ever made was taking my brand new coege degree and moving to Chicago to accept a jobas a management trainee with a renta car company I had never heard of. Marie Artim in 2005

Ah,the dreaded sa-ary question. Theywant a number, but

youre worried that by reveaingit, you knock yoursef out of therunning before youre even con-sidered.

In an idea scenario, theyd teyou the range, instead of askingyours. Of course, the processrarey works this way. It is a ittemessier, a itte more random, soyou need to be prepared.

If you are asked to name your sa-ary requirement in an onine appi-cation, do so. If you dont incude

the information, some empoyerswi reject your resume becauseyou didnt foow directions. Youmay aso be asked for your saaryhistory. Theres ony one correctresponse: The honest numbers.

If an interviewer brings up sa-ary via phone or in person beforeyoure prepared to discuss it, try

to sidestep the question. You maysay something ike, Actuay, Idike to know more about the posi-tion before I can give you an in-formed answer. Then ask a ques-tion about the responsibiities.

When youre pressed directy for adesired range, do your homeworkbefore responding. Your answershoud reect the research youve

done on the going rate, not yourpersona needs. If onine saary

surveys show a median of $60,000for your desired position, youresafe to ist a range of $55,000 to$65,000, based on the needs ofthe roe and the experience youbring to it. Use your judgment innaming that number.

EXPLAINING YOUR PREVIOUS

SALARY

Its a safe bet that you be askedyour saary history. If you were un-derpaid in your previous position,you may not want to revea thisinformation. Empoyers may basetheir offer on what you were previ-ousy making, or on the ip side,

assume they cant afford you. Youwant the empoyer to base its offeron your current vaue as it reatesto the position youre seeking,not your previous saary. Theresnothing wrong with having a can-did conversation to say just that.

YOU NAMED A FIGURE TOO

EARLY

You messed up and named a de-sired gure too eary. After someresearch, you found out that youdeserve more, and they wereprobaby expecting to pay more.How do you go back and askfor more when you have areadyshowed your hand?

Expain that you didnt reaize the

fu responsibiities of the job. Nowthat you have more information on

the eve of the position and whatit entais, that sum is no ongerreevant. Then state the saaryyou think you deserve. Expainthat you have done more marketresearch on comparabe saariesin simiar positions, and youve

readjusted the saary gureaccordingy.

AN OFFER HAS BEEN MADE.

NOW WHAT?

Once you have been offered theposition, money tak wi intensify,so get ready to negotiate. Ask what the typica range is forothers in the company with that

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ESTABLISH TWO THINGS INYOUR MIND

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Being a victim gets you nowhere. Make everyday count. We are a here on earth for some reason. CindiBroaddus in 2005

FEEDBACK

With a the stress of job searching, its

easy to think that you need a formamentor or advisor to go to for answersto every one of your career questions.

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It doesnt have to be that way.

Socia networkingand the instant connectivity itprovidesputs the power of mentoring in everyones

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Cant make up your mind between the skirt suit orpants and a sweater set for this afternoons got-to-ace-it interview? Post your diemma on your Face-book page and aow friends to chime in with advice.

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cussion boards of linkedIn.

Industry bogs and message boards offer instantfeedback. They aso tap into the oh-so-human desireto share opinions and hep others. By using them asa resource, you expand the number of peope whocan hep you achieve your career goas and you geta wide range of diverse opinions and perspectives tohep you in your job search.

Are you terried of making that cod ca? Not onywi cyberfriends encourage you and cheer you on,

but one among them may be abe to hep with an

introduction.

Aong the same ines, you can be the one endingsupport and advice to peers who post their personaand professiona quandaries in such pubic paces.Its a good way to make friends, to give back and tomake the whoe job search process a ot more paat-abe. Try it a few times and you see how good itfees to offer hep to others who need it.

Onine socia networking may not sove a your careersearch probems and it cant take the pace of havingone or two condantes for your career panning. Butits a smart compement, especiay for deaing withthe sma detais that can make a big difference inyour daiy success.

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TUESDAY THE 15TH

How I Changed My Life

I am a wife and mother of two small children.

I wanted to bring in some extra money for all the extras in life that we could never afford. I

wanted to be prepared for the future, you never know what life will bring.

I wanted a career I could count on (and one that didnt require selling things from my home!)

It took me seven months to complete the course, but I finished (and I enjoyed it). I did it all

online and I loved the fact that I could work on the course as much or as little as I wanted.

Determination and desire were critical. The old adage, You can do anything you set your

mind to, is so true!

It took me only three weeks to find a job after graduating. Talk about exciting! The forums

are truly invaluable when on the job hunt. You can find such a wealth of information there.

You can do searches for potential employers and find out which ones are good for you.

What a supportive network to have!

The best part about being a medical transcriptionist is that I can put my family first. My job

allows me to work whenever I want, and for as much time or as little time as I want. The

flexibility cannot be beat. I often play all day with my children and work in my pajamas at

night. This is the kind of career that I wish I knew about years ago! Thank you, Career Step!

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With a the responsibiities each of us jugges, why take on more work? For me vounteering keeps me motivatedand makes me fee great about my career. I encourage co-workers to do the sameno matter how high theirpates are aready pied. Amanda Donikowski in 2006

FINDING THE

RIGHT FIT

During the interview process, most peope areso focused on answering questions and say-

ing just the right thing so an empoyer wi wantthem. Whie thats wise, it shoudnt be at the expenseof ceding a of the contro and decision-making to theother side. A proper match is a two-way streetbothparties must decide that its a good t.

You dont have to interrogate your interviewer, butyou shoud pose thoughtfu questions to create ameaningfu diaogue.

For exampe:

* What are some of the immediate challenges fac-ing the department in the next 90 days? (This etsyou in on what youre in for shoud you choose to ac-cept the position.)

* I understand the primary duties with this posi-tion. What are some of the secondary responsi-bilities? How often are they required? (Secondarywork can often account for the buk of your time if

an empoyer doesnt staff effectivey. Know whatsexpected before saying yes.)

* Why is this position vacant? (Youre hoping tohear that the previous empoyee was promotedthat means that someone has been successfu inthe position and the company ikes to promote fromwithin. Perhaps its a newy created position becauseof growth. On the ip, theres high turnover and thecompany strugges to nd the right t. You may bejust what the doctor ordered, but you dont want to

discover on Day One that youre the fth person in 10months to occupy that seat.)

* What are the qualications of previous employ-

ees whove excelled at this position? (Be curious

and earn from the success of others whove comebefore you.)

* How would you and your direct reports charac-

terize your management style? (Your prospectiveboss may be a micromanager or he or she may be to-tay hands off. Probe a bit to understand what youdbe deaing with.)

* If you could change one thing about the cultureof the department, what would it be? (This is an-

other way of asking, Whats wrong with this pace?without appearing to be rude.)

Add your own questions to this mix based on your re-search and conversations. You ikey nd that mostempoyers are appreciative of the time and interestyoure investing in the process. When they hire theright peope, they avoid the high cost and headacheassociated with turnover.

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Dont wait for others at work to act ethicay. You might wait quite awhie. Take a stand even when others dont.You be respected in the ong run. Caroyn Turknett in 2007.

IS A CAREER IN

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONTHE RIGHT CAREER FOR YOU?

Teresa Springers bis weremounting. She had to nd

work.

But with ve kids and a husbandoften caed away by the AirNationa Guard, she needed ajob that woud aow her to makemoney from her Ohio home.

Teresa discovered Career Step, a17-year-od company which trainsmedica transcribers and coders.

Teresa ogged into Career Stepon Sept. 10, 2007. She gradu-ated just ve months aterfarmore quicky than most studentsbut I read and absorb informationquicky.

She now makes between $24and $32 an hour transcribing orediting, and averages about vehours a day. You are gettingpaid so many cents per ine, soyou contro how much you make.

Money was a huge motivator,especiay when youve got a bithat is 30 to 60-days ate and youhave a these kids.

WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT

Transcription is a key step inthe behind-the-scenes word ofmodern medicine. It begins whena physician dictates detais aboutwhy a patient has come in for anexam.

Whether patients have a codor they get an arm amputated,a that is recorded by the doc-tor, says Cameron loin, VP ofbusiness services at Utah-basedCareer Step.

A transcriptionist takes a physi-cians notes and enters them intoa patients permanent medicarecord. A coder pus specic uni-versa codes, used for insuranceand biing.

Transcriptionists are in demandbecause the average age in theindustry is high: 55. A ot of retir-ing wi be going on over the nextthree to ve years, Cameronsays. Career Step has proventhat you can get the training andmove right into the industry.

In 1999, Career Step began offer-ing its curricuum entirey onine.Upwards of 14,000 students areearning coding and transcriptionthere at any given moment.

IS IT RIGHT FOR YOU?

The faster and more accurateyyou type, the better.

If youre coming in with 10 or 15-words per minute, youre goingto strugge, Cameron says. Wecan hep with your typing speed,but 35-40 words per minute is theminimum. The faster you type

Career Step Chief Operating Ofcer Ceeste Harjehausen.

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Being part of a Fortune 18 company with over $90 billion in revenue doesnt happen just because you havegood business sense, it takes drive and passion. And people like you. At McKesson, diversity is not just a

concept but an invaluable corporate resource.Individuals from all races, walks of life, lifestyles and backgrounds generate the creativity and vitality thatmake McKesson a great place to work. Here, everyone contributes. Everyone makes a difference.

At McKesson, you will be empowered to build a great future for yourself while you help extend our 175-yeartradition of reducing costs and improving quality across the healthcare spectrum. Regardless of where youstart your career with McKesson, youll have the chance to make a real difference in the future of healthcare.To learn more about opportunities with McKesson, visit our website at mckesson.com/careers. EOE.

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If youre going to isten to other peopes take on your career or what you can do or what you shoud be trying,then youre going to imit yoursef. Soedad OBrien in 2007

(Coninued from page 28)

above that is ony going to en-hance your opportunity.

Fuency in Engish and a soidgrasp of grammar and stye arekey. Career Step teaches thosesubjects, but more as refreshers.

Most important: sef-discipine andthe abiity to create a home-workenvironmenttaking into consid-eration chidren, spouses, petsand housework.

You have to create the right workenvironment, says Cameron. Ifthis is something that you cantdo, you might want to think twice.

Most transcriptionists work onineat homemeaning they canmove without changing empoy-ers. A they need are the skisand a computer with an internetconnection.

A LOOK AT THE TRAINING

Chief Operating Ofcer Ceeste

Harjehausen earned medicatranscription after the birth ofher second son and turned herhome into a medica transcriptionservice, ExecuMed. That grew to120 transcriptionists and serveddoctors across the U.S. She sodthe company in 2000 and joinedCareer Step.

Since medica terminoogy isa major part of the curricuum,she says, students earn howmedica words are buit and whatthey mean. They earn anatomythrough diagrams.

Underneath a diagram is a ques-tion asking, Whats the purposeof this vave of the heart? Ceeste says. Another one might

be labe this diagram. They areseeing information, interacting

with it and receiving feedback.Peope say, I fee ike the instruc-tor is sitting there interacting withme.

TRAINING TIME AND COST

The average student nishesCareer Steps training program in

600 hoursabout 14 months fora typica student. That incudesfu and part-timers, peope whowork and others who aso attendcoege.

We are most interested not inhow ong our students work onthe program, but that they masterthe materia as they move throughthe curricuum, Ceeste says.Utimatey, if they have achievedour minimum guideines, they aregoing to be abe to work in theindustry and be successfu themoment they wak out the door.

Career Steps Patinum Programfor transcriptionists is $1,995,which incudes a fu range of per-sona pacement services, or the

God Program for $1,750, whichoffers a the pacement informa-tion but ess persona service.The coding curricuum is $1,875.

Financia aid, payment programsand miitary discounts are avai-abe. Students have access tothe curricuum for one year. Iftheir study takes onger, they can

purchase extensions at a reducedprice unti they master the mate-ria.

HIRING RECORD ANDSALARIES

Out of 1,500 graduates whoresponded to a 2008 Career Stepempoyment survey, 85 percentsaid they had jobs, says Juie

Weaver, a Career Step pacementofcer.

Most companies pay six to eightcents per ine on a 65-characterine; some wi incude spaces,some wont. According to theBureau of labor Statistics, payranges anywhere from $22,000 ayear to $45,000, which transatesinto $10 to $25 an hour.

The earning curve is aboutthree to six months, Juie says.You coud start out making $3an hour your rst week, which isreay frustrating after youve gonethrough a this extensive schoo-ing. Reaisticay, it takes about sixmonths before you start making$10 to $12 an hour.

Its not an easy job, but its re-warding, says Teresa, 36.

Engish is a second anguage formany doctors whose reports shetranscribes. Youre at a decitbecause they dont speak Engishand they tak so fast. Their sen-tence structure is the reverse ofwhat Engish isso you have toght through understanding that.

But Teresa has persevered andsays she enjoys her newfoundwork.

I get to be productive and addto the famiy income, which isimportant for me, she says. Itgives me something to do whenmy husband is on his depoy-

ment. And I get to be here foremergencies. I get to take care ofmy kids.

Learn more about the medicaltranscription industry fromthe Association for Healthcare

Documentation Integrity atAHDIOnline.org.


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If I had an extra hour, Id ike to spend more time personay mentoring other women so that more and morewomen can assume eadership roes. Andrea Jung in 2007

Anumber of free and ow-cost resources areavaiabe nationwide that provide the opportu-nity to earn a new ski or improve existing ones

through onine and cassroom earning.

Some suggestions:

OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Tech-noogy has a program caed OpenCourseWare whichcontains materias from a of MITs academic depart-ments at both the undergraduate and graduate eves.

Vountariy provided by MIT facuty, it aows site usersto downoad and modify the materias for noncommer-cia use. The site contains notes from more than 1,500ectures, 9,000 assignments, and 900 exams. Its afree; no credit, no degree, no access to facuty, but youcant beat it for sef-paced study from some of the mostbriiant minds in economics, engineering, aerospace,and so much more. Its something to tak about oninterviewsearning new skis from MIT whie ookingfor a new job. There is aso a consortium of Open-CourseWare opportunities from other top ight coeges

and universities wordwide, incuding Johns Hopkins,Notre Dame and more. (ocwconsortium.org)

Career One Stop: Run by the United States De-partment of labor, Career One Stop focuses on jobsearching (assistance with appying for unempoyment,resume writing, and access to phones, faxes andcomputers) as we as access to free on-site and onineskis deveopment workshops and training programs.One Stop counseors may aso refer candidates to apipeine of privatey-funded training programs for white

coar workers based on their specic skis and exper-tise. (careeronestop.org)

Career Voyages: A partnership between the Depart-ments of labor and Education, Career Voyages pro-vides information on high growth, in-demand occupa-tions aong with the skis and education neededto attain those jobs. (careervoyages.gov)

Jewish Vocational Service: Founded during the GreatDepression to assist immigrants with job training andpacement, JVS now operates 22 agencies throughoutthe country serving neary a haf a miion peope witha wide range of career-reated services. The organiza-

tion works with 40,000 empoyers of a sizes, wheretheir agencies get to know the business needs in theirarea and can customize training programs to meet thedemands in a variety of industries. (iajvs.org)

Goodwill: Goodwi says that every 53 seconds ofevery business day it paces someone in a good job.There are 161 Goodwi community-based ocations inthe U.S. that offer job training programs in a variety ofindustries incuding heath care, hospitaity, banking,IT, computer programming and more. Goodwi aso

creates bue and white coar jobs by contracting withbusinesses and government to provide a wide rangeof commercia services. (goodwi.org)

Temporary Agencies: When you register with tempo-rary or permanent pacement agencies, many of themoffer access to a comprehensive ibrary of free tutoriasdesigned to hep improve the ski eve of their candi-dates. If youre working now with a temp agency, head-hunter or outpacement rm, ask if they offer accessto onine training programs. Ask the agency youre

working with for access to its programs. (keyservices.com and roberthaf.com)

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CREATING A CRAFTY

BUSINESS

Just about everyone has at some point thought about turning their hobby into a business. Meet Jen Baot, right, of leonia, N.J., whodid just that with two cose friends. In Juy 2008 they opened The Craft lounge, a sma, friendy gift boutique that ses ony handcrafteditems more than 70 percent by oca residents who by day work as everything from dentists and awyers to dancers and hair styists.

Five years ago KathyPecht invited me to hermonthy knitting groupat her house. Her sister,Susie levy, and ten or so womenwoud gather once a month for a

ight dinner, some wine and otsof knitting.

Everyone reay ooked forwardto these Friday night gatherings.It was a great way to unwind, tobe inspired by others and to havefun. As time went on, the gather-ings started to grow and peopebegan to bring a sorts of craftprojects such as beading, cross-

stitching and crocheting.

One night, after everyone ese

had eft, Susie, Kathy and Istarted taking about how wewished we coud create a busi-ness where peope coud cometogether and craft. It turned outthat a three of us had had thisexact same idea for some time.It took severa years to bring

our vision to fruition. We startedout by having craft saes twice

a year in my home and as wordspread and more crafters signedon, we expanded to a craft fair

at our oca ibrary. I taught craftcasses at a rec center, offeringdifferent crafts to see which ones

appeaed to various age groups.Kathy taught knitting.

After hosting severa very suc-cessfu craft fairs and casses,we knew it was time to nd aphysica space to house ourdream. When a oca photo shop

went out of business, we knewthat woud be the perfect spacefor The Craft lounge. The spacehadnt been updated in over tenyears and needed a ot of work.The owner agreed to give us thespace for the short term if wedpay to renovate.

We ripped out the od carpet, tore

down peg board was, and

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Its not that men want women to fai. Most men want women to be successfu. They just need some coaching, sothey know how to mentor their femae empoyees. Biie Wiiamson in 2007

BEFORE WE KNEWIT, THE PlACE WASTRANSFORMED.


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As operators of a whoesae seafood business, KathyDavenports parents were their own bosses, as wereher grandfather and great-grandfather.

Our famiy has a rich tradition of being sef-empoyed.Because they worked from home, Mom and Dad wereaways avaiabe to me growing up, and that wassomething I wanted to be abe to do when I had myown chidren, says Kathy, a New York life agent whoworks from home in Metairie, la.

She began her career in rea estate and met an agentfor New York life when she moved into a new neigh-borhood.

He had exibe hours and he seemed to have a niceifestye. I thought, Thats a pretty coo job.

She ooked into what New York life offered and fet itwas a great growth opportunity. Here was a chanceto further my education and reay make an impact inothers ives.

This year, Kathy is serving as president of New Yorklifes Agents Advisory Counci, a group of New Yorklife agents that presents agent viewpoints and issuesto the companys executive management.

She views the best part of her work as being avaiabeto her cients, coeagues and famiy whie making adifference.

I see mysef amost as a caregiver to my cients, shesays. I take a very hoistic approach in my practice.

My cients and their famiies have trust in me.

Those skis and trust were desperatey needed whenHurricane Katrina tore through the Guf area in 2005.

"I was proud that ony two of my cients needed to goto their portfoios for major money, Kathy says. Thatmeans I positioned my cients correcty so that theyhad access to emergency cash."

Raising two girs, ages 12 and 18, Kathys home is

both her ofce and the epicenter of her famiys ife.

Because I work from my home, I am avaiabe to mygirs at a moments notice, she says. Her husbandhas joined her at New York life, so its reay becomea famiy affair.

New York life is a top pick among women in the insur-ance services business; more than 32% of new hiresin 2007 were women.

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Charity lowder wi never forget her rst reaction to theword of pest contro when she joined Orkin, Inc. as a

pest contro inspector in 1996.

Yuck, she says. You mean I have to craw under ahouse? Its dirty and there are bugs under there.

But she said it didnt take her ong to get over the yuckfactor, especiay after earning about different kinds ofpests and how they affect famiies, homes and peopesheath.

I was back doing what I ove, which is heping peope,

says Charity, who had spent previous years workingin the medica community. The more Orkin taught me,the more I wanted to earn.

She recas being abe to hep a young mother who hada disabed chid get rid of a roach infestation probem.She was so appreciative that I had taken care ofsomething that was more than she coud cope with.

That was amost 13 years ago a time when she hadtwo sma chidren and her husband, Dan, was going

through cancer treatment. Working a third shift was toodraining and so she searched the newspaper for a jobthat woud pay her bis and t her famiys schedue.

Orkin proved to me that a woman can makewhatever career path she wants as ongas she is wiing to consider doing thingsthat are historicay jobs for men, she says.They have given me the sef condence toknow that if you beieve in yoursef you canbecome the unstoppabe woman you desireto become.

Today, Charity is a ca center manager forOrkins Atantic Division in Charotte, N.C.,managing customers interaction with thecompany.

She and her coeagues ca themseves theOrkin famiy and they take it seriousy,she says.

Severa years ago when her grandfather died anemotiona time for her and her famiy Charity recas

driving to his funera severa hours from her home. Sit-ting in church, severa famiy members whispered thatthey did not know some peope there.

When I turned around I saw two of my region man-agers who had driven hours to be with me during myoss, she says.

Hard work pays off at Orkin, she says, with a Presi-dents Cub incentive trip open to the entire company.She and Dan have attended for the past two years.

Tough economic times, she says, provide opportuni-ties for a businesses to make sure they are providingthe best service possibe and improve efciency andproductivity.

Orkin is ooking for good peope and knows that terricpeope with exceptiona skis are ooking for work,says Charity. The best companies nd opportunities inany economic environment. Im proud that Orkin is oneof them.

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Regina strives to balance work and her personal life. She also knows that there are two kinds of

success professional and personal. At the IRS, shes finally found an employer that agrees.

A career at the IRS is about more than just numbers. Here, were

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Eana DArciprete, a managing genera agent for Coo-

nia life, says she ooks for Three Cs when recruitingsaes reps and managers: character, commitment andcoachabiity.

I can ook at a woman and see not just who she is butwho she can become.

Women do we at Coonia because theyre wiing todo things that men wont, ike handwritten notes andcontinua foow-up. I aso think that women tend tocome across as more beievabe and open.

Eana, who ives in Montgomery, Aa., joined Coonialife as an independent saes rep in 1990, and becamethe rst femae district manager in her territory in 2001.

She is responsibe for buiding saes teams to mar-ket the companys products, programs and servicesthroughout Aabama.

Women who make the best agents are raising famiies,athetic and competitive. Aready busy, says Eana,

who runs 30 mies a week.

She joined Coonia life amost 20 years ago, at age

33, when she was a singe mom with two daugh-ters, ages 10 and 3, with no chid support. I wantedto make enough money to support them, but I asowanted to be part of their ives, she says. This careerprovided me the unique opportunity to have a checksigned and made out to meand I was in contro ofthe doar amount.

She got her rst job by responding to a newspaper ad.The manager asked her a few questions, tod her he

thought shed do ne and asked her to join Coonia.

We dont do things that way any more, but I succeed-ed because Coonia lifes home ofce embraced me.They were my team.

Whie she had the fu support of her home ofce, shedidnt have any at the oca eve. As a resut, Eanasays, she is determined to put peope in eadershippositions ocay who support new reps. I didnt havethat when I started.

Eana says that her compassion for others has beenthe greatest factor in her success.

I reay care about the person who has our poicy, theperson Im asking to work with me, the person whoowns a business.

I ove having that opportunity to keep peope from os-ing their jobs, she says. For the same reason, I iketo recruit former pharmaceutica saes reps because I

have the opportunity to hep them never get a pink sipagain.

Heping companies save on insurance costs is goodfor empoyers and for Coonias business, but it asoheps saves jobs, homes and famiies, she says. Inthis economy its more critica than ever that we te ourstory.

She estimates that she saves some empoyers an av-erage of $30,000 a year. Thats someones job. Thats

huge to me.

Visit ColonialLife.com/career-opportunities

I heard Tory tak about etting go. Why stay where you arent appreciated? I decided at that moment, the rstchange I had to make was with me. Time to move on. That od job was not coming back. Jennifer Vaentine in2008


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By Bonnie Ferguson

My resume was a done dea, but I knew I needed to naimy interview.

I had not reay interviewed in years and I hadtwo weeks to get ready. Since I am oder than

many peope I work with, I needed to makesure I did not come across as od.

After seeing Tory Johnson on ABCs GoodMorning America, I went to WomenForHire.com.

I coudnt beieve how much information therewas. By the time I went into my interview I hadthe power jewery, the understated makeupand the questions to ask. I was ready withresponses to possibe questions, even ready

to negotiate my saary. I fet condent.

It fet ike a rst date that went reay we. Ihoped the peope I taked with fet the sameand woud ca back for a second date soon.Within the week human resources caed me with an offer.less than a month after my interview, I started my newposition.

I am now working fu-time as a research assistant on theNationa Chidrens Study, an ongoing 21-pus year ook atchidren from preconception to age 21.

I thought WomenForHire.comwas so good that I sent the ink

to my husband and my girfriendwho is thinking about goingback to work. Though I wasnot ooking at a high-poweredor high-paying position, I wasabe to use the information to myadvantage and ended up withan exciting job, on a study thatmeans something to me.

Im working with information Ind interesting and on a ong-

term study that gives me, hope-fuy, some job security.

Maybe this woud have workedout this way without Women for

Hire, but I think it reay made a difference in my whoeapproach to the interview.

By Marleen Graham

I attended Women For Hires Work from Home Expo in Atanta after mycontract with IBM expired. Some women came with friends. Others cameaone as I did. One woman had just been aid off from her human resourcesposition and found it very difcut to get another job at her age.

The eary morning seminars with Tory Johnson and author Robyn Spizmanwere great. Tory was very candid about her own career strugges, how shecame to create Women For Hire, how so many work from home opportuni-ties are a scam. I never forget Robyn saying that a of us were sitting on abookand we a started ooking under our seats to see if we had one. Shethen expained that each one of us has a story to te and gave us tips on how

to write ours.

I waked away with interest in working from home. I read a piece on WomenForHire.com about starting a business fromhome and then I researched companies that are inexpensive to startup, dont require oans and t my skis and person-aity.

I decided the concierge business was for me because I ike peope and coud bring my 15-pus years in customerservice experience to it. A I needed to start was a phone, computer, fax and a car. After I gured out what I wanted todo, I utiized business resource information on WomenForHire.com and had one consuting session with SCORE. I thenstarted Redy2Assist, llC which is an onsite/virtua concierge business for corporations or individuas. Redy2Assist witake time to grow, but its my backup Pan B to make suppementa income.

Women For Hire Network is a great resource. I dont think I woud have even contempated opening my own businesswithout it. I have encouraged many women to join.

SPOTLIGHT ON SUCCESS

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By Kerri Freedman

The ast time I was out of work, it was an eectionyear2004. I had eft my job in nonprot cuturaexchange and was ooking for a change. I had beenout of work for six months when I came across anadvertisement for a Women For Hire job fair in mid-town Manhattan.

I ike to say that I paid the extra fee to Women ForHire so that I coud hear the specia guests speakat the eary morning breakfast, but a bigger reasonwas so I coud be rst in ine when those doorsopened and get a jump on everyone ese!

I had been to job fairs before but none ike thisthere were women everywhere. I waked past many

booths advertising jobs for brokerage houses andife insurance companiesthey make a jobs seeminteresting (I must say, I ingered at the U.S. BorderPatro booth more than I thought I woud have.)

I stopped by the Ernst & Young booth, hoping toand an interview in their corporate socia responsi-biity group, but they had no positions avaiabe. Therecruiter spoke with me for awhie and nay turnedto me and said, You know, I have this job I thinkyoud be great for.

The position was a coordinator roe embedded in acient serving group that sounded both interestingand chaenging, not to mention unique. A few weeksand many interviews ater, I got the ca: I was nowan empoyee of Ernst & Young. And in fact, the cacame on Eection Day.

Fast forward to 2008, another eection year and fouryears since I was hired at Ernst & Young. In that

time, Ive been promoted twice and now serve asthe Area Director of Resource Management.

No job cant be a work and no pay, so Ive gotteninvoved in our Take Our Daughters and Sons toWork Day initiative, our environmenta sustainabiitygroup, and our womens network. Ive made somevery good friends across the country aong the way.

last year, Americans voted for the change theywanted to see in America. But sometimes, to getthe change you want to see in your own ife, youcan ony rey on a good resume, a great job fair, andsomeones vote of condence in you.

As I think about our tough economy and the faout ithas on a of us, I continue to be thankfu for WomenFor Hire and that job fair ve years ago. Not ony didit give me a job, but it gave me a meaningfu way toconnect with otherseven if I didnt get that corpo-rate socia responsibiity roe.

SPOTLIGHT ON SUCCESS

Despite decades of progress, a woman sti ony makes 77 cents for every doar a man makes. A recent studyestimates it take 47 years for women to cose the wage gap. Our government needs to take steps to give womenequa footing. Michee Obama in 2008.


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To the top?Helping women achieve their full potential makes all the difference

to our business at Ernst & Young. Our commitment to inclusiveness,

flexibility and career development has put us in the top ten among

Working Mother magazines 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers

for three years running. Were proud to be the only one of the Big Four

to receive top honors from both Working Mother and FORTUNE magazine

for 11 years in a row. When everyone has the opportunity to succeed,

we all reach new heights.

Whats next?

Documents

Women For Hire Magazine:10th Anniversary (Spring 2009)