Find Your Passion
A Look Back and a Look Forward For Classy Career Girl

A Look Back and a Look Forward For Classy Career Girl

Let me tell you a story about a girl. She started a blog and put her heart and soul into it. Then she started getting readers, questions, emails, pitches, advertising requests, business ideas and interview requests that she realized she was overwhelmed. She looked...

Countdown To Grad School Checklist

Countdown To Grad School Checklist

Recently I have been talking to a lot of people who are applying to grad school.  It’s easy to get overwhelmed with all of the things that go into the application process.  There are so many things that you need to do before the day comes that you are actually in grad...

How To Be Classy At Your Holiday Office Party

Holiday work parties are going on right now and they can sometimes be so stressful depending on your work environment and co-workers!  Did you know that 14% of people know someone who was fired for bad behavior at a holiday office party? How To Be Classy At Your...

CCG 20 Podcast: How To Transform Your Boring Resume

How To Transform Your Boring Resume SHOW TOPICS How To Create a Compelling Resume interview with Karleen Harp, The Resume Smith.  You can read the transcript and watch the video here. How to make your resume unique instead of boring and cookie cutter Cover Letter tips...

Black Friday and Thanksgiving: Classy Career Girl Style

Since today is Thanksgiving, I wanted to let you know how thankful I am that you all stop by my blog each week to read what I have to say.  My goal is to provide encouragement and positive advice to young professionals, students and job searchers with hectic and...

Podcast 19: Straight Talk Interview With Classy Career Girl

SHOW TOPICS: For this week’s podcast, I was interviewed by Linda Abraham, Founder of the Accepted Admissions Straight Talk at Accepted.com. Listen to the podcast to hear our great conversation about networking, student debt, classy career guys, and more. Introducing...

The Most Commonly Asked Work Dinner Etiquette Questions

The Most Commonly Asked Work Dinner Etiquette Questions

Today’s post is written by Diane Gottsman, a national etiquette expert, and owner of The Protocol School of Texas.  I am grateful to Anna Runyan for allowing me to talk about "Thanksgiving Unplugged", a campaign co-founded by Thomas P. Farley, a.k.a. Mister...

Networking Interview #25: How To Stay Energized and Positive At Work

Networking Interview #25: How To Stay Energized and Positive At Work

Today my networking challenge I’m speaking with Teresa Bell. Teresa is the author of EXCELerate Your Energy: 10 Microsoft Excel Tips To Supercharge Your Life. I’m really excited to speak with her this morning and get energized. Thanks so much for sharing your tips...

Rejection 101: How To Handle Being Rejected from a Job

Rejection 101: How To Handle Being Rejected from a Job

Today's post is written by Holly, an aspiring writer at Spikethewatercooler.com, who recently graduated from Dickinson College. Last week I was rejected from the Dream Job – the one that would be personally fulfilling and launch me onto a path to achieve all of my...