The Mommy Bias, a.k.a the motherhood penalty is a term used to summarize the systematic disadvantages that moms face at work: unequal pay, different benefits, lack of promotions, and all these because mothers are perceived as less reliable and less committed to work extra long hours because we need have to takeContinue Reading
Last Tuesday, May 12th, I had the honor of sharing the “screen” with three amazing speakers about Career Transition for Mums, a webinar hosted by General Assembly. It was a fantastic 90-minute webinar talking about how we all started with a job different from the one we currently have, asContinue Reading
About 3.9 million moms in the United States identify as bloggers and can earn around $500 – $50,000 in a month. The “Mommy blog” is expected to grow to a $10 billion industry by 2020 (according to Mediakix). The Mommy Blog is about branding. Today, the Mommy Blog is all aboutContinue Reading
Needless to say, this post was not scheduled. The concept of harassment never crossed my mind when you are in the job search process, right? Wrong, I was wrong. I’ll make it a short comment, I promise. Networking is crucial for the job search; you share articles, write content, andContinue Reading
Of course, after Thanksgiving dinner, I needed time to gather my thoughts, so I opened my computer and checked all the messages and conversations I neglected for about five days. To my surprise, there was some feedback. I forgot a post from LinkedIn I wrote after my failed interview, myContinue Reading
Here I am with my midnight thoughts editing my resume for the fifth time this week. I need to include some keywords to pass the Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and get a better chance to land more interviews because, as I told you before, after 11 years of being aContinue Reading
