When it comes to careers, “follow your dreams” can be nightmare advice. Chances are, we have little idea what a career in that dream industry or field looks like—or whether we’d like doing it. Just like we can’t be what we can’t see , we can’t dream what we don’t know . READ MORE AT NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB
Successful networking goes beyond just connecting with lots of people: it’s about building a community to share ideas, help solve problems, and to create opportunities for one another.
We all have challenges, failures, and the need for encouragement, but often we are hesitant to reach out to others for help. It can be especially hard for women to engage others to help advance their career. READ MORE ON FORBES
Although we cannot deny the fact that in the past decade women have begun to establish businesses and become successful, some of the struggles that women entrepreneurs have to face remain. Regardless of the change in time which has led to over 252 million women entrepreneurs around the world, they are still struggling to overcome the challenges that they face regularly. READ MORE AT ENTREPRENEUR
The perception that we’re in the midst of a “she-cession” — in which women have lost jobs at a higher rate than men — has not been borne out. And this winter, more mothers have returned to paid work, bringing them closer to the employment levels of fathers, a new analysis of census data shows.
Last April, the number of mothers who were actively working and living with school-aged children plummeted 22 percent from the previous April, and...