Cheryl Monk named one of the 2008 Leading Women for Community Advocacy (Feb.6, 2008)

It is my pleasure to announce to you that Cheryl Monk, BCW's Executive Vice President, has been named one of the 2008 Leading Women for Community Advocacy.
   
This is an outstanding honor and recognizes Cheryl's 30 years of commitment to and leadership of BCW, as well as her other services to our community.
  
Cheryl will be recognized at the Leading Women Celebration Luncheon to be held on Wednesday, March 5th at the Duke Energy Center where some 600 or more guests will be in attendance.
   
Please join me in congratulating Cheryl. I hope you will join us at the Leading Women Luncheon Celebration!
   
Ticket information is available at www.leadingwomencincinnati.org

Gender Vs. Race Issues – Where Do We Stand? (Jan.14, 2008)
    
Last November, NBC Nightly News extensively covered in a special 5 part series, " African-American Women: Where They Stand" The series, though much too brief, was rare among national media – devoting this much national airtime to the concerns of black women, and we applaud NBC Nightly News for their sensitivity in presenting this series. These nightly news segments, skillfully narrated by Rehema Ellis, a colleague of BCW’s friend and colleague, Marquita Pool Eckert, (formerly Associate Producer of CBS Sunday Morning) covered some of the major issues confronting black women today, at all levels of the economic strata, including: relationships, health, education, politics and the economy. Facts, all too familiar to us, were presented:
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Big Change at Essence Magazine
Dec. 28, 2007
  
Susan Taylor, the woman who fashioned Essence into a "must-read" for black women, is planning to leave the magazine she has run for 37 years. Taylor, 61, joined Essence in 1970, the year it was first published, as a freelance fashion and beauty editor after founding her own company, Nequai Cosmetics, reports The New York Times . In 1981, Taylor became editor in chief and held the position until 2000, when she was promoted to publications director. Time Inc., which owns Essence, did not make an announcement about Taylor's resignation. Taylor, who is vacationing in South Africa, wrote in an automated out-of-office e-mail, "When I come back to the states in mid-January, I will be leaving Essence to do what at this juncture in my life has become a larger work for me--building the National Cares Mentoring Movement, which I founded as Essence Cares and today is my deepest passion."
   
Source: DiversityInc Website; Time Magazine now owns Essence.
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Perfecting Your Leadership Skills to Increase Employee Performance - Virtual Seminar
Thursday, December 13, 2007

Black Career Women (BCW) is proud to offer you an opportunity to participate in an important and timely event, “Perfecting Your Leadership Skills to Increase Employee Performance,” to be presented by Kiplinger Washington Editors on December 13, 2007. This event is particularly well suited for new women managers and those who are seeking continuous improvement in the leadership effectiveness. One of the most frequently requested coaching questions among women of color contacting BCW is how to assess my effectiveness as a manager?
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How Great Companies Keep Their Most Talented Women - Virtual Seminar
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

BCW is proud to announce our sponsorship with Harvard Business School Publishing of an important and timely virtual seminar, “Keeping Your Most Valuable Women in Your Workforce.” This live, interactive event features Sylvia Ann Hewlett, author of Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success, Carolyn Buck Luce, Chair of the task force, "The Hidden Brain Drain -- Women and Minorities as Unrealized Assets" and Melinda Wolfe, Senior Vice President Executive Talent and Chief Diversity Officer at American Express.
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Trash Talk Radio By GWEN IFILL

Washington, DC LET'S say a word about the girls. The young women with the musical names.

Kia and Epiphanny and Matee and Essence. Katie and Dee Dee and Rashidat and Myia and Brittany and Heather. The Scarlet Knights of Rutgers University had an improbable season, dropping four of their first seven games, yet ending up in the N.C.A.A. women's basketball championship game. None of them were seniors. Five were freshmen.

In the end, they were stopped only by Tennessee's Lady Vols, who clinched their seventh national championship by ending Rutgers' Cinderella run last week, 59-46.
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Can We Talk?(tm)
- A Black sister's call to arms

Significant barriers still faced by women of color in the workplace.

Despite higher levels of formal education and longer time spent in organizational settings, black women and other women of color still lag behind their white women counterparts, as they advance beyond entry level positions ...
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Quick Facts Employment Status of Women and Men in 2005
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Women In Charge
January 31, 2007 - Long Beach, CA
At the Women in Charge Conference, you’ll discover hundreds of actionable tactics to solve your complex business challenges. Register now and attend these focused sessions to launch and grow your business
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Annual Professional Development Seminar a Success!
BCW's 29th Annual Professional Development Seminar held on Friday, September 15th at Raymond Walter's College in Cincinnati, OH was a tremendous success. Some 50 women and 1 male registrant, who represented aspiring and achieving persons in diverse career fields, in the public and private sector, plus BCW Members and officers  ... More
   
A Career Strategies Professional Development Seminar (9/15/2006)
Celebrating 30 years(1977-2007) of effectively supporting the professional development of black women! Join us and other empowered women at this empowering seminar and feel the power of real sisterhood, as we learn, move in formation and soar! Learn More ...

BCW President --Linda Bates Parker Receives ADVANCE Award
  
BCW President & Founder, Linda Bates Parker, is the recipient of the ADVANCE Mentor Award for her dedication and commitment to mentoring African American students at the University of Cincinnati. The award, presented st the 20th Anniversary of the ADVANCE organization at its Banquet and Celebration in May 2006, recognized "Ma Parker's lifetime commitment to supporting students in higher education.
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Employment Research Released
Customize Resumes to Employer's Needs During Job Search
  
Recently, ResumeDoctor.com interviewed recruiters and hiring managers regarding resume issues. Most hiring professionals expressed frustration with generic resumes that do not clearly communicate how the candidate meets the requirements for the job. Based on this research, ResumeDoctor.com compiled a resume checklist for applying to a job opening.
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A Celebration of Black History Month

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Diversity Business Report
In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations' leading multicultural B2B online portal, today announces the Div500, a listing of the nation's top 500 diversity-owned businesses. Ranging in revenue size from $12 million to over $1 billion, the companies listed on the Div500 represent the nation's top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that a diversity-owned business is small or insignificant. 
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How BCW Assists you with your Career
BCW is regularly contacted by women across the country to provide career assistance, mentors, career advancement strategies, to address career barriers and to locate career opportunities. Please link to one of the following sections to gain additional career assistance and support. Strategies for increasing your professional visibility:

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