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Mika Brzezinski and her sister-in-law Ginny Brzezinski have teamed up to show you that career reinvention is possible at any age. They share successful relaunchers' secrets to overcoming obstacles both internal and external, and their step-by-step processes and candid advice.
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Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Geared toward women who are considering getting into tech, or those already in a tech job who want to take their career to the next level, this book combines practical career advice and inspiring personal stories from successful female tech professionals Brianna Wu (founder, Giant Spacekat), Angie Chang (founder, Women 2.0), Keren Elazari (TED speaker and cybersecurity expert), Katie Cunningham (Python educator and developer), Miah Johnson (senior...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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A guide for ambitious women who want to succeed without losing themselves deconstructs the double standards that label and hold back women, sharing anecdotes and strategies for sidestepping regressive stereotypes, cultivating confidence, and balancing personal and professional values.
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Walter Foster Jr
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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ABC What Can She Be? presents a colorful world of possibilities, from astronaut to zoologist and everything in between, for all little girls with big dreams. Not even the sky is the limit with this fun approach to learning the alphabet! ABC What Can She Be? encourages young girls by presenting a colorful variety of choices for their future careers. ABC What Can She Be? explores 26 different career paths, including engineer, writer, neurosurgeon, software...
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Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"Part manual, part womanifesto, Feminist Fight Club is a hilarious yet incisive guide to navigating subtle sexism at work, providing real-life career advice and humorous reinforcement for a new generation of professional women.".
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Benbella Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Is working like crazy driving you crazy? Do you feel daily pressure to keep pushing yourself even when you're stressed and exhausted? It's time to stop putting yourself at the bottom of every to-do list and start taking care of yourself first. It's time to leave Superwoman in the movies, where she belongs, and say hello to being a super woman - the best, most productive version of the hero you already are." -- Amazon.com.
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Plume
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova took the world by storm with their Guide to Modern Womanhood, a book of expert advice on beauty, homemaking, and relationships. Now they're tackling an even bigger challenge: finding success in the modern workplace. In Working Girls, Trixie and Katya dole out both savvy and satirical advice for every stage of working life, from choosing a career path to sailing into a blissful retirement, in step-by-step guides,...
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Entrepreneur Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"The business world is stacked against women who have been trained to follow the deeply ingrained, unspoken rules of business culture created long before they entered the workforce. But imagine a world where women throw out the old playbook and start making their own rules. Tech executive, board member, and angel investor Dr. Patti Fletcher helps you recognize and smash those old rules and introduces you to the women who have found success by breaking...
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Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Seeks to reverse negative stereotypes about how female employees with families are weak, emotional, or distracted, counseling women to rethink their identities after giving birth while arguing in favor of fairer wages, equal opportunities, and more flexible maternity leave.
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HarperCollins Leadership
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"The 45 percent of American women who take career breaks know better than anyone that searching for a job-with its new modes of communication, new rules of discoverability, and new expectations-has changed rapidly in the last decade. This book lays out a clear path for anyone ready to re-enter the workforce"--publisher website.
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Seal Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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For many women in their 20's and 30's, the greatest professional hurdle they'll need to overcome has little to do with their work life. The most focused, confident, and ambitious women can find themselves derailed by a tiny little thing: a new baby. While more workplaces are espousing family-friendly cultures, women are still subject to a "parenting penalty" and high-profile conflicts between parenting and the workplace are all over the news: from...
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Two executive coaches reveal the six blind spots that hobble women's career paths and strategies to effectively overcome them. There are predictable blind spots that affect thousands of professional women during their careers, but most don't know they exist or can't see their adverse impacts. Authors and executive coaches Brenda Wensil and Kathryn Heath have spent decades coaching and working with female executives, middle managers, and professionals...
15) The middle finger project: trash your imposter syndrome and live the unf*ckwithable life you deserve
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Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"After a string of dead-end jobs and a death in the family, Ash Ambirge was down to her last $26 and sleeping in a Kmart parking lot when she faced the truth: No one was coming to her rescue. It was up to her to appoint herself. That night led to what eventually became a six-figure freelance career as a sought-after marketing and copywriting consultant, all while sipping coffee from her front porch in Costa Rica. She then launched The Middle Finger...
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Ready to take the next step in your career ... but not sure what's holding you back? Read on. Leadership expert Sally Helgesen and bestselling leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith have trained thousands of high achievers--men and women--to reach even greater heights. Again and again, they see that women face specific and different roadblocks from men as they advance in the workplace. In fact, the very habits that helped women early in their careers...
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From career coach and founder of the startup Ladies Get Paid-the eponymous organization leading the fight for equality in the workplace-comes an empowering guide to provide you with the tools to strategically navigate the workplace, achieve success, and become a true leader. Claire Wasserman has one goal for women: Rise up and get paid. As the founder of Ladies Get Paid, Claire has worked her entire adult life to promote gender equality in the workplace....
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