by Laurie Swanson | May 2, 2022 | Career Blog
I am on a mission to increase every woman’s salary. As Lily Ledbetter states in the below article “…what you earn determines your retirement.” Your future social security benefits are based on what you earn. The decisions you make today impact your future. Asking for...
by Laurie Swanson | Apr 25, 2022 | Career Blog
In a recent coaching session, I asked my client what she wanted to work on, and she responded, “I want to work on why I still have not straightened up my office shelves.” Okay. Not exactly related to job search or career but I went with it. And discovered that this...
by Laurie Swanson | Apr 18, 2022 | Career Blog
On March 15th we recognized Equal Pay Day for Women in the Year of 2022. According to the AAUW (aauw.org), of which I am a proud, longstanding member, this is what Equal Pay Day means: This symbolic day denotes how far into the year women must work to be paid what men...
by Laurie Swanson | Apr 10, 2022 | Career Blog
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that two coaching clients came to me recently in a quandary. Their problem? They did not trust themselves to make the “right” career decision. One of them is moving into the final stages of a negotiation for a company that...
by Laurie Swanson | Apr 4, 2022 | Career Blog
Back at the beginning of my career, I sold software for Computer Associates. I had an old-school manager who was nearing retirement when I joined his team. He was one of those sales guys who was full of stories and pearls of sales wisdom. He talked about how he became...
