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Ask a Mentor: $$$ for Referrals?

Ask a Mentor: $$$ for Referrals?

by Women Communicators of Austin | May 23, 2017 | Ask a Mentor, Featured Home

Compiled and edited by Julie Tereshchuk.               Dear Mentors, I am fairly new to freelancing, and I wonder about the etiquette of making referrals. If someone sends some work from a third party my way, is it usual to pay a...
Ask a Mentor: $$$ for Referrals?

Ask a Mentor: Being Friends at Work

by Women Communicators of Austin | Apr 25, 2017 | Ask a Mentor, Featured Home

Compiled and edited by Julie Tereshchuk. Dear Mentors, I’m relatively new at the company so unsure how to handle a difficult co-worker, who has been here over 10 years. She’s abrasive with most people (although does seem to have a good relationship with...
Ask a Mentor: $$$ for Referrals?

Ask a Mentor: Mentoring Resources

by Women Communicators of Austin | Feb 21, 2017 | Ask a Mentor, Blog, Featured Home

Compiled and edited by Julie Tereshchuk. We flipped the tables this month, and asked our mentors to recommend some mentoring resources. Here are two suggestions from WCA mentor Jenny Magic. 1. MyNextMove.org First up, a handy, fun quiz that helps you identify the...
Ask a Mentor: $$$ for Referrals?

Ask a Mentor: I Walked Without a Reference

by Women Communicators of Austin | Jan 26, 2017 | Ask a Mentor, Blog, Featured Home

Compiled and edited by Julie Tereshchuk. Dear Mentors, My boss and I had an ugly parting of the ways this week and, even though I’ve been in the job two years, I know she won’t give me a reference. How do I handle that on my resume: do I leave the company...
Ask a Mentor: $$$ for Referrals?

Ask a Mentor: Intimidated by Job Descriptions

by Women Communicators of Austin | Nov 15, 2016 | Ask a Mentor, Featured Home

Compiled and edited by Julie Tereshchuk. Dear Mentors, How do you figure out where you fit into the new digital frontier when you have been out of the professional workforce game for over ten years? I am confident in my knowledge, skills and education but not in how...
Ask a Mentor: $$$ for Referrals?

Ask a Mentor: How Do I Respond to Office Politics for Greater Success?

by Women Communicators of Austin | Oct 17, 2016 | Ask a Mentor, Featured Home

Edited by Sandra Kleinsasser & Julie Tereshchuk. Politically Speaking, You May Need to Vote with Your Feet All this talk of elections, voting and the like made us go diving back into the Ask a Mentor archives for this still-timely advice. And yes—we endorse this...
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