Welcome to the February 2010 Edition of the CCIE Flyer!
By Eve Tahmincioglu, aka CareerDiva
Are you all getting the feeling that we’re talking to ourselves?
That’s how I’ve been feeling lately when it comes to my passion to get more women leaders in Corporate America, and more women at all levels in technology. It’s not a new crusade by any means, and maybe that’s why it seems like no one is listening to me, to us.
What will get people opening their ears?
As a columnist, journalist and a realist, I know sex sells. So, given that this is the Valentine’s issue maybe I should couch the women empowerment message in sexual terms. That may indeed get people tweeting about this CCIE Flyer February issue.
@careerdiva -- time to open up doors for women to be leaders in biz, tech, sex/if you don’t, the only fun in the bedroom you’ll be having is via text #sex
OK, I’m only kidding, but I bet it got you to pay closer attention to this introduction.
We all love our wives, daughters and moms. Why not show them all how much this year by forgetting about the heart-shaped box of chocolates and doing something to help empower women everywhere.
Encourage young girls to consider science, technology and engineering. Help a woman you know by mentoring her, or helping her get a foot in the door at a company or a corner office. And speak up if you think women are getting shafted where you work.
A great move by Eman is dedicating this whole issue to Women IT Professionals.
Bravo my friend!
(But I’m thinking your lovely wife may still want some chocolates. ;-))
Eve Tahmincioglu has been writing about business for nearly two decades and her stories have appeared in a host of publications including the New York Times, Time, Salon.com, and BusinessWeek. She is also a columnist for MSNBC.com where she writes the weekly “Your Career” column. From labor strife in the auto industry to buying funerals online, you never know what topic she’ll tackle next. Her specialties include workplace issues, the small business and entrepreneurial world, and leadership, including interviews with some of the biggest names in Corporate America. She was named one of the top ten career tweeters on Twitter by CareerBuilder and CNN; and CareerBuilder named CareerDiva.net one of the 9 Job Blogs You Should Be Reading.
Eve is the author of the book “From the Sandbox to the Corner Office”, which includes interviews with 55 CEOs and leaders from all walks of life talking about the life lessons they learned from parents, mistakes, career twists and even bad bosses. Eve has been writing about career development and labor issues for nearly two decades as a staff writer for a host of publications such as UPI, Women’s Wear Daily and the St. Petersburg Times. Selected portions of Eve’s book can be viewed here.
