The JUMP Forum will take place on April 23 in Brussels; join Carol Frohlinger at this wonderful event.

Read the interview Carol gave to Euractiv regarding how women can help rescue the economy.

Margot Carmichael Lester of Monster.com recently quoted Carol Frohlinger’s response to the question:

“What are the common mistakes regarding negotiating salary in tough times and how can they be avoided?”

The most common mistake (and the one that will do you in every time) is a failure to plan for both the facts and the feelings:

• Be clear about what you want and be prepared to justify it.
  Know what the market rate is for someone with your skills and experience in your geographic area. Consider the pushback you may get and be ready to deal with it in a professional way. Practice the conversation with a friend.

• Get in the right frame of mind.
  Think about the contributions you’ve made and how they’ve helped the company─ you’ve got to go into the salary negotiation feeling like you deserve to hear “yes”.

The motto of TIAW is ‘Connecting to Make All the Difference in the World’. Carol Frohlinger was one of 50 women honored for “making a difference to the economic empowerment of women”.  From TIAW:

In this, the inaugural year, TIAW is naming, 50 exceptional women from 15 different countries and all continents around the world to the 2008 World of Difference 100 list.  Countries represented include Canada, Dominican Republic, India, Kenya, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Phillipines, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Sudan, United Kingdom and USA.

Recently, Women’s Initiatives came under fire (see “Death by Committee: Is a Women’s Initiative Meeting Worth Your Time?” American Lawyer Magazine (June 3, 2008).

We believe that initiatives that offer practical skill building as a component go a long way to enable women to succeed and that employers should wholeheartedly support them.  Read more:

Women’s Networks: Good for Women, Good for Business.

U. S. News and World Report’s Liz Wolgemuth interviewed Carol Frohlinger about why women are so stressed these days.