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Women CEOs accept larger pay-cuts

Natalee Roan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:35:52 -0700

Total realized pay among CEOs declined by 18.5 percent for women and 6.1 percent for men in 2008.

Are the kick-ass women of the bible at risk?

Natalee Roan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:20:24 -0700

For all you working women - especially moms - who feel guilty about late hours and day care, just read about The Wife of Noble Character and you’ll feel better (I’ve post

Women hold up half the sky

Natalee Roan — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:15:41 -0700

I love this post by 84-year old Bill Gates Sr., in his book review of Half the Sky: Tu

Why Wall Street needs more women

Natalee Roan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:56:54 -0700

From CBS News, yet more evidence that women are bett

Flushing virgin forests down the toilet

Natalee Roan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:23:28 -0700

I had no idea that our choice of toilet paper could mean so much - But the reality is that the soft, triple-ply premium wipe is actually wiping out virgin forests too. "...the NRDC e

Great Recession harder on men?

Natalee Roan — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:51:50 -0700

In this article, Time declares that this recession is going much easier on women, mainly because it has hit male-domin

The new sexual harassment

Natalee Roan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:40:27 -0700

Where do you see the line between harmless flirtatousness and sexual harassment? This article from

Does your resume pass the 3-second test?

Natalee Roan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:10:53 -0700

Your resume has all of 3 seconds to make an impression. That’s just about enough time to read that very first sentence on your resume, usually referred to as the objective statement or summary statement. Yet these statements are often so poorly written as to cause an otherwise good resume to land in the “no” pile. There are 3 common mistakes I often see with the objective or summary statement:

Do you enjoy writing about politics?

Vjournal — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:32:57 -0700

If you enjoy writing about politics, consider contributing an article to us!

Have a question? We'll find an answer!

Natalee Roan — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:59:24 -0700

Have a question about leadership, career, money, or your health? Submit it to askvj@vjournal.com and we'll track down an expert.

Companies with more women execs fare better

Natalee Roan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:48:11 -0700

From the Washington Post: "There's a sound business reason why Norway now mandates that corporate boards be 40 percent female.

Girl jocks make the best CEOs

Wendy P. Bohling — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:00:00 -0700

I’ve found that women who play team sports have better skills to

Women make better investors

Natalee Roan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:02:12 -0700

LouAnn DiCosmo of the Motley Fool has written this provocative article which indicates that over

Why it could take years to recover

Natalee Roan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:23:15 -0700

This article from the Motley Fool does a great job of explaining why we're not out of the wood

Words of Wisdom from Maya Angelou

Natalee Roan — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:29:01 -0700

I recently received a well-circulated email with these wonderful words from Maya Angelou's appearance on Oprah, who asked her about growing older.

Twitter made easy

Vjournal — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:19:35 -0700

Want to understand what twitter is all about? Check out these great twitter video tutorials by Mike Klinger.

How to see your competitors' resumes

Natalee Roan — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:47:11 -0700

What if you could see the resumes of candidates that are competing for similar jobs, just like employers do? Let's face it - many job seekers have never seen a resume for their job description other than their own, so they have no idea what their competition looks like. A competitive resume review is just what the doctor ordered. Every company researches what their competitors are up to - why shouldn't you? Here's how:

New research: Do investors prefer female CFOs?

Natalee Roan — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:33:40 -0700

New research reported on CFO.com "purports to show that the stock market reacts more favorably to both acquisition announcements and secondary equity offerings made by companies whose finance function is run by women." The article goes on to state that "the stock-price reaction to acquisitions was approximately 2 percent better when women were running the finance department," and that "women seemed to have an edge when it came to making secondary equity offerings. There, too, the market reaction was about 2 percent better for companies where a woman was in charge of finance."

Don’t let your email address speak for you

Natalee Roan — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:46:34 -0700

Something as innocuous as your email address could indeed impact how potential employers see you.

Using “cutesy” addresses based on a hobby, pet’s name or favorite sport or food may be fun with friends and Facebook or twitter but can come off as unprofessional to a recruiter or hiring manager. This goes for the domain name itself (the part after the @). Some recruiters see the use of an unprofessional email address as an indication of immaturity, an inability to separate one’s personal and professional lives, or as a result of sheer laziness or a lack of attention to detail, as in the case of a woman who changed her name when she married and is going by her married name on her resume - but was using an email address with her maiden name.

Besides unprofessional email addresses, there are other "don'ts" to consider:

What NOT to do in an interview

Natalee Roan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:39:46 -0700

These interview videos are funny and explain why good people should not fear the higher unemployment rate - the cream will indeed rise!

When a "Free Trial" isn't free

Natalee Roan — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:36:04 -0700

Many so-called "free trials" for wrinkle creams, weight-loss products, and makeup samples are scams. Just about all of them ask for a credit card number for shipping and handling charges. You'll usually get the product alright - so it isn't outright fraud - but the creams, pills, and samples are worthless: what they really want is your credit card number based on the legitimacy of the trial so they can charge you for future products, the terms for which are usually hidden in some fine print that's almost impossible to find.

Fraud Alert - protect your security code from this new scam

Natalee Roan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:55:22 -0700

This scam was sent in by a Vjournal subscriber - It's pretty slick because they provide YOU with all the information, except the one piece they want. Note that the caller already has your credit card number, but is looking for you to give them the 3-digit security code on the back that is not part of the number. DO NOT GIVE ANYONE THIS CODE UNLESS YOU YOURSELF ARE MAKING A PURCHASE.

By understanding how the VISA & Master Card Telephone Credit Card Scam works, you'll be better prepared to protect yourself. Here's what we've been told:

Is your LinkedIn Profile up to the job?

Natalee Roan — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:09:37 -0700

As I cruise through LinkedIn, it's clear that many people don't recognize what LinkedIn has essentially become - your de facto electronic resume. Whether you're looking for a job or not, at 36 million members and growing LinkedIn is now one of the first places other professionals go to find out more about you. Yet of the profiles I've viewed in the past 24 hours, a large percentage of them clearly don't put the profiler's best foot forward, while others are downright embarrassing - complete with typos and poor sentence structure.

In addition, I've had the opportunity to talk to a number of recruiters in the past few months, and most have told me that they are using LinkedIn to find candidates for the few open positions they may have available. They tell me it's a lot cheaper than Monster.com and the like, and they can find people who aren't looking for jobs rather than simply those that are. Right now, in a "buyer's market" for talent, they're also going by referrals more than ever. The first thing they do when they get a referral? Look you up in LinkedIn. Here are some tips to keep in mind:

How small investors get screwed

Natalee Roan — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:44:40 -0700

As I write this on February 24, 2009, the DOW is sitting at a 12-year low of 7,200 and predictions from the brainiacs on CNBC are that it will go into a free-fall to 6,000 before it's all said and done. But I'm not selling, I'm buying - slowly, a little bit at time. Because if I've learned anything, it's that none of these talking heads knows for sure what's going to happen. So I use a different barometer to make investment decisions. My barometer leads me to believe gold must be nearing a bubble, and stocks must be nearing their lows. What makes me think so?

Guide to hiring women from 1943 - Hilarious!

Natalee Roan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:54:58 -0700

A subscriber just sent me this hilarious link to actual excerpt from Transportation Magazine written for male supervisors in 1943 on how to handle women in the workplace: