EXAMS!

December 14, 2010

Hey all, I’m in final exams right now. My brain is completely focused on stats, accounting, and finance… And because I’m a sucker for the holidays, here’s a little Elf Yourself dance. See you next week!

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Journalist Julie MacIntosh Takes on the King of Beers

December 9, 2010

This post is written at Forbes blogs – Work in Progress. We look at stories in the press about businessmen and male leaders who make questionable decisions, and we think to ourselves, “Well maybe it wouldn’t have gone down that way if a woman were involved.” We won’t always know if that’s the case, but […]

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Student Athletes Not Getting The Professional Preparation To Succeed

December 6, 2010

This post is written at Forbes Blogs – Work in Progress. As we head into the Bowl season for college football, I’m reminded of all the stories that break about inappropriate behavior between agents and these athletes. Some might believe that if the agents aren’t going to behave better, the students should be the responsible […]

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Ethical Challenges in Outsourcing Admissions Essays

December 1, 2010

BusinessWeek posted a story about companies who provide written MBA application essays to applicants at some of the top business schools. People can pay these companies, and then they can walk away with a pretty time-intensive part of their application taken care of. The business of outsourcing these essays seems to be booming, and these […]

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Be Fearless

November 23, 2010

“Be fearless.” That’s what our guest speaker Selena Rezvani wrote in her book that she signed for me. It seemed quite appropriate for me, especially since I’ve been trying to push myself into the uncomfortable, taking those risks that others may say are too tough to take. The Associate Director for Marketing & Recruitment here […]

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Off Broadway Ticket Giveaway: Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, & Marriage

November 15, 2010

One thing I started doing a few years ago was buying tickets to events as gifts. Now that there are so many service charges when you buy tickets, it almost too much of a bother. On the other hand, when someone gives you tickets, then you don’t even have to worry about those pesky charges, […]

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Take a Spin: Brazen Careerist’s Networking Roulette

November 9, 2010

In sorority recruitment, we used to have a system to meet as many potential new members as possible. We’d conduct rotations where we’d try to learn something about these women beyond “she’s nice.” When you have just a couple of  minutes, you really have to work hard to get those great factoids about a person […]

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Bridging Corporate and Startup Culture

November 8, 2010

This post is written over at Forbes Blogs – Work in Progress: It turns out a corporate culture can include chaos and a startup one can have organized systems in place to produce results. General Electric is sporting some startup culture of its own, and for some reason people forget Google is a global corporation, […]

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Women, Words and Wisdom

November 3, 2010

One thing I love about being here at Virginia Tech is that I have been connected to some amazing women. The other thing I love is that I get to connect women with each other. On November 17th, my MBA program is hosting an evening of “Women, Words and Wisdom.” Special guest Selena Rezvani will […]

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