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Finding Your Voice: Advocating and Negotiating for Yourself as a Woman in the Workplace

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Therefore, we learn not to speak up unless we are certain we are right and/or safe. I spoke to a mentor about how I was feeling, and his words of wisdom have remained with me ever since. Creating an Advocacy Network. Networks aren’t created for just one person’s advancement. Effective Negotiation.

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The Gender Pay Gap: 3 Steps to Work Toward Workplace Parity

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For years, we’ve been told the reason the gender pay gap exists is that women don’t negotiate or advocate for themselves. Why do companies and managers insist on making compensation dependent on someone’s self-confidence level or negotiating skills when, in most cases, neither has anything to do with their job and job performance?

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Trust Me on This: Building a Business Clients Love

Tips From T. Marie

As someone who has provided services remotely for going on seventeen years, I’ve learned a bit about just how important building trust is when you’re running a small home business. Why Trust Is Non-Negotiable Imagine going on a first date and your companion spends the entire time on their phone.

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A Talented Woman Crafting Careers for Women

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So that was the first time I started learning licensing deals, license deals for movies. And I learned a lot about contracts. My boss, Virginia, she was my first woman mentor. I never really had a mentor before that, but she taught me everything about contracts. How did that evolve for you? That was my next job.

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6 Simple Steps To Help You Write The Best Cover Letters Using AI

Allwork

workers actively job searching within the past year have used ChatGPT — with those utilizing the tool more likely to say (85%) that they have negotiated higher salaries compared to those that didn’t use the tool (52%). Seek Feedback After using AI to create your cover letter, seek feedback from mentors, colleagues, or professional services.

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Ep 159: Nellie Jacob – Longtime Executive Assistant and Strengths Coach

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

She was the second mom to her siblings, the nurturer, mentor, the planner and the go to for her parents when it came to translating at appointments and dealing with things that arrived in the mail. Her childhood was the practice ground for what would shape her professional career. Go here to start gifting today ! THE LEADER ASSISTANT BOOK.

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Have You Reached A Career Plateau? How to Regain Control

Office Dynamics

If inexperience is holding you back, approach someone whose work you admire and ask him/her to mentor you. Offer to help coordinate a “lunch and learn” session, or an after-hours network of your peers. Mentor someone else, and you’ll find it’s also good for you. It’s Become Routine; I Could Do this in My Sleep.

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