I came up with my "gut level" top 10 reasons as to why people have a hard time finding a job. With as many people as I've worked with, my gut-level, practical, day-to-day real point of view, is probably pretty accurate as to why people have trouble finding jobs. The academic in me required that I research the topic. I researched 40 books on job and career change and nearly 200 articles from Google. However, I couldn't find anybody who...

The concept of networking can be deceptively simple. So simple, in fact, it would seem natural to assume that networking is pretty much the same for men and women. But is this really true? The correct answer to the question of whether networking is different for men and women is actually no and yes.

It is true that many of the basic philosophies, strategies and tools of networking apply for both men and women, and that anyone can learn to be a successful networker, regardless of gender. But in reality, women face different opportunities and challenges in the workplace and in...