I’ve got a little extra spring in my step today. I’m sort of feeling like a kid again. After all that was when Title IX came into being. It gave girls and women the right to play any sport they wanted. They could no longer be told “no, only boys can play.” And think of how that has changed the world as I know it.
When I was little I never even thought of playing hockey, a sport I happen to love and probably would have been pretty good at. Why? Girls didn’t play hockey. I had never seen one, all the adults around me never encouraged or even suggested it. I simply didn’t know it was a possibility. Think of ho
Will a Tattoo or Piercing Keep Me From Getting a Job?
It wasn’t terribly long ago that the perception of the tattooed were that they’re all sailors or bikers. Today, however, that stereotype has fallen and it seems, so has the workplace tattoo taboo.
The average age of the workforce in 2008 was 40.7, according to The New Workforce: Age and Ethic Changes. This means the majority of new workers being hired
today are approximately 26-29 years old. With the skilled labor force declining as baby boomers retire, most employers have learned they’ll need to welcome the growing number of tattooed and pierced candidates.
Inked individuals represent a significant part of that population. Accord
This short symposium contribution explains why the framers structured the judiciary in a way that departed dramatically from their overall economic theory of government — a theory summed up most succinctly in Madison’s dictum that “ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” In his defense of an independent judiciary, Hamilton supplemented his well-known emphasis on the structural weakness of the courts with a less famous appeal to the peculiar personal virtues that his audience could reasonably expect the new federal judges to possess.
Those virtues are still celebrated, especially during confirmation hearings, but they are practiced much less than they are praised. This is
I went to an amazing event Wednesday night. Yes, it was filled with luminaries (Marlo Thomas, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, and Gabourey Sidibe) but that was not what made it amazing. What made it amazing was that I was with people who have my back when I need it and that all around me there were extremely interesting people all highly successful in their own rights…although I’m sure some, like me, weren’t feeling it that night.
I’m in the middle of the project. It is not going as I had mapped out. On many levels it is wildly successful. On one level it is (to me) a failure.
As I sat trying to get away from that reality something really resonated. Perhaps it’s because of this project. Perhaps i
Independence Day brought some fireworks to the Fox News’ twitter account early Monday morning. An, as-of-yet, unknown hacker, “sent out several malicious and false tweets claiming that President Obama had been assassinated,” according to the most recent Foxnews.com article.
The article also states that that the secret service will follow up especially diligently because of the nature of the tweets So, how does this tidbit of news apply to you and your job search? Take it as a small reminder that you are your web presence, particularly when you are job hunting. Here are some quick tips so that you, unlike Fox News, will not be misrepresented online.
Be aware of your web trail — meaning, know what it says about you. Google y
