Rania H. Anderson, Author at The Way Women Work

The Single Best Way to Make More Money at Work

A highly successful female executive shared with me a compensation strategy that she is sure has been worth at least $1 million dollars to her over her career. It’s an easy, straightforward strategy you can implement today…

The Single Best Way to Get a Job

Did you know that only 10% of jobs are ever really posted or advertised? That is why the single most effective way for women to get a job or promotion is to connect with people. Here are 10 steps you can take today to further your career….

Be Your Own Job Czar

Successful business women and working women are their own job czars. Here are some simple steps you can take today to manage your own career advancement…

Create Your Action Analysis for the New Year

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Beyond setting intentions for the New Year, let’s come back to the very practical matter: how to best maintain focus on all those goals we’ve set. Instead of adding to your goals and lists (which are no doubt quite long already!) consider this one key success strategy: Personal Action Analysis. It’s about a week into the new […]

Setting an Intention for the New Year

Like you, I have been thinking about my dreams, goals, and desires for 2011, and in the process, received and read tons of advice. Sifting through it all, I have looked for something that could serve to guide me — and all hard-working women — something that was more like a way forward than just another […]

Women-Owned Businesses: The Missing Ingredient for Job Creation

Today, Wednesday, December 15, 2010, our president will convene 20 business leaders for a CEO Summit at the White House. Just last month, we heard from a similar group, the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council on how best to move forward to revive the sluggish U.S. economy. Even though Mr. Obama’s primary goal is job creation, by […]

In a New Job and Don’t Even Know It?

During tough economic times, when companies have downsized and reorganized, the professional role you are in may have dramatically changed without you being fully aware of it. If you are still in the “same position” you were in prior to the current economic cycle (also applies to your role at your own company if you […]

Manage Your Boss, Advance Your Career

There is no such thing as a bad boss, only bad employees – this is advice from Penelope Trunk. Find tips for women on how to manage their boss and advance to find career success…

Waiting No Longer

How is it possible that in 2010 in the United States, we still have such a significant mismatch between the knowledge that some people possess and the likelihood that their knowledge is considered in making the most critical decisions we as a nation face? A mismatch between their level of experience and the positions they […]

Cutting an Entrepreneurship Swath in Montreal

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When you attend an International Women’s Forum conference, your head nearly spins as every woman you meet is even more accomplished than the last. No surprise when you’re at the annual convening of a global organization of preeminent women leaders, but still so very impressive in person. Two women with whom I had the great […]