'terri' tagged blog posts in Advice for the New Careerist

There’s nothing better than having a mentor at work—someone to offer you guidance in your career, give you advice on your day-to-day responsibilities, and help you succeed within the organization. So when that person leaves? Well, it can be tough. Not only did you likely just lose your biggest advocate, you may also have just lost your closest friend at the office. Continue reading the...

I gained a reputation for being a tough interviewer at the bank where I worked. It was a slow evolution. I remember always being considered so nice. Oh, maybe that was high school.

My interviewing days stretched back to working as a financial analyst just out of college. After being at the firm for six months, I started...

The following is an article I wrote for the December issue of Barnard College's Career Connections:

Women experience a unique set of challenges working away from home. Even if a woman has discovered how to navigate a domestic workplace, a transfer abroad would throw a whole new set of rules at her. American women, in particular, have both advantages...

I could smell the take-out breakfast, lunch and dinner that filled the trashcans of the Analyst Bullpen, a collection of cubicles I now called home. It was midnight and I was staring at a spreadsheet that hadn’t changed for at least an hour. I had no idea how to proceed and my Associate was expecting completed work in the morning....

If you’ve ever made a recommendation to your manager only to be told “That’s great, but we’re going a different route” you may wonder why you wasted time working on the analysis in the first place. I had that scenario play out many times as a young professional and could only appreciate later in my career that my boss...

(The following is an article I wrote for The Daily Muse with a link below)




After months of job search agony, you might have an urge to immediately accept any offer you receive. But before you give a final answer, take time to learn a little more about what the company has to offer. Remember, now your...

I recently wrote this article for Smith College's Alumnae website and Wellesley College's Career website. Enjoy.

My father’s playful saying, “You can tell a Smith graduate…but you can’t tell her much” was a perfect depiction of my excessive self-confidence as a recent grad headed for Wall Street. It didn’t occur to me that I would be anything less than hugely...

Last week, a doctor in charge of my father’s hospital care refused to call for a specialist to join the team.  During our brief interaction, the doctor was also rude, dismissive and patronizing. I think he had a fight with his wife that morning.

I needed a specialist brought in and this doctor, who we’ll call Dr. A, or as...

Considering the pressure put on students to obtain the perfect job after college, it’s surprising that the majority of them leave their work within the first two years. Today’s Generation Y professionals are not constrained by the job loyalty that their predecessors felt. Perhaps that’s why a recent

They bought dozens of companies, turned around operations and improved balance sheets.  Many of these buyout professionals were mentioned weekly in the Wall Street Journal or Forbes. But they were often scared to talk to potential private equity investors.

These men and women were my clients. My task was to prepare them for meetings where they would ask...