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 |