Wall Street Journal on Shine

Nurses returning to work in droves; taking a closer look

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In June, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies at Vanderbilt University’s School of Nursing released a study about 2007-2008 nursing employment patterns. Here’s what caught my eye: “Many nurses who had left the field have re-entered the work force to compensate for a spouse’s lost income or health benefits, the study said. About half the increase over the [2007-2008] period came from nurses over age 50.” A look at the career paths of four relaunching nurses here in Newton, MA, where I live, will give you a sense of the wide range of possibilities open to returning nurses:

Returning to work or career transitioning? Check out these resources!

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I’d like to share with you some excellent relauncher resources I have come across in the past few months. They range from the instructive to the inspirational, to the idea-generating. Let’s start with “instructive.” Interview Mastery is an in-depth guide to interviewing skills and strategies created by Michael Neece. I met Michael recently and was intrigued by both his personal story (he’s also a founder of Pongo Resume) and his Interview Mastery product.

I'm Barack Obama and I've approved this delicious piece of apple pie

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Now that it's August, I can no longer hold back from talking about some of the U.S. presidential election stuff, especially when I read something like Amy Chozick's recent article in the Wall Street Journal titled "Too Fit to Be President?", a column that questions whether a nation...

You too can help put an end to "bodysnarking"

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Have you guys read the recent Wall Street Journal article, "The Rise of Bodysnarking?" Well luckily, I read the WSJ so you don't have to, and I can tell you the gist is that the time-honored tradition of hating on a woman's body for various infractions--such as weight gained or lost, the possession of "cankles" and or being just plain "fugly"--is on the increase, and both technology and the public's seemingly voracious appetite for cutting commentary is to blame.