resources


Career Discovery

What Type Are You? (ppt), Do What You Are (book) - Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to choose the ideal career (ASPIRE Career Workshop, 2/26/05)


Job Hunting

Action Verbs – Try not to use passive verbs in your resume
Free Resume Advice – Tips from Monster.com
Networking Like An Expert (doc) - How to promote yourself and project confidence (ASPIRE Career Workshop, 2/12/05)
How to Work a Room (pdf) - Graphical depiction of networking tips


Career Management

Developing and Managing One's Career Path (pdf) - Subjects include the experience ladder, the value of feedback, the behaviors-attitudes-values model, and the definition of ‘success'
Financial Planning Tips - Wisely manage the hard-earned money you've saved


Articles

Warrior Women – List of Asian American female role models
Demographic stats (pdf) - Compilation of statistics by Diversity Best Practices and Business Women's Network
Advancing Asian Women In the Workplace (pdf) – Catalyst study of female Asian American professionals
Career Action Steps for Asian Women in Corporate Management (pdf) – Tips for female Asian American success from Catalyst
Inequality Among Women Explored – Highlights from Simmons College conference
American Seoul – A well-made short film (trailer) profiling four everyday Asian American women in LA
Asian American Women: Issues, Concerns, and Responsive Human and Civil Rights Advocacy – Full pdf of book online
Mentoring Helps Break Barriers For Asian Americans - Article emphasizing the importance of developing mentors
Sisters Think Parents Did OK (doc) - New York Times article profiling the new authors of Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers - and How You Can Too

Race Does Matter in Mentoring – Common characteristic of people of color who advance the furthest
A New Generation of Asian Americans
(pdf) – Introduction to a new book of essays conceived, written, and edited by college students
Enabling the Asian American Electorate (pdf) - A December 2004 UMass study examining voter registration in 11 MA cities and towns in 2003
2005 APIA Political Landscape (pdf)- Issued by DNC
UMass study details Asian-American diversity - Summarizes UMass study from May 2004 on Boston Asian Americans found here (pdf)
Boards seat few Asian-Pacific Americans - USA Today article highlighting study on Asian Americans and corporate boards
Success Strategies for Minorities in Business – Insights from Harvard Business School panel apply to all industries
Defining the Asian American experience - Emails to CNN.com regarding various perspectives on being an Asian American

Don't Let These Common Traps Keep You From Getting Ahead - WSJ article explaining success strategies that women might not instinctively pursue
10 Steps to Overcoming the Imposter Syndrome - Limit self-doubt and other self-imposed obstacles to success
Are You the Invisible Employee? - Learn the importance of presence and get tips on how to boost your workplace image
How to Brag, Like a Professional – Consultant urges women to talk themselves up the corporate ladder
The Opt-Out Revolution
(pdf) – Long cover article from the NY Times Magazine revisiting feminism
100 Most Powerful Women in Boston – Boston Magazine ranking
More articles – From Downtown Women’s Club

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