Archive for May, 2008
Last February, I posted a survey to find out what more about your concerns. This is what I learned from your responses: 2/3 or 66% worry about staying employed in the future 1/3 or 33% worry about finding employment 1/4 or 25% worry about advancing in their current job Does that sound like you? I [...]
I hate these words: “he lost the fight with cancer” or “she’s so brave in the face of her illness – what a heroine.” Hate is a pretty strong word — but then I’ve been living with chronic illness for 30 years and some feelings have been building inside. I’m thinking of the recent press [...]
Questions with no answers
Thank you to Amy Tenderich over at DiabetesMine.com for writing an eloquent review of the new book that I co authored with Joan Friedlander, Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working, Girlfriend! Her first line sums up SO much. She writes: “If ever two things were once considered mutually exclusive, they were career and chronic [...]
Living with Vulnerable
I’m not a worrier – I just don’t have the gene. Even when I hear about about natural disasters (such as floods and earthquakes), I don’t think, “What if that happens here?” But there is one thing I worry about (full disclosure – there are two things and the first is that anything should happen [...]
Noticing Grumpy
My allergies symptoms are painful. So when I saw this headline, “Do allergy symptoms make you grumpy?”, I almost laughed out loud (only laughing hurt my sinuses) . HOORAY! I’m not alone! That just happened to be Mother’s day. Both my daughters had called, I’d called my mother and mother-in-law and exchanged loving motherly stuff [...]
Interviews and Grant Information
Joan Friedlander and I were interviewed on Disability News Radio (you have to scroll down under the May schedule to find the link to the interview) about our book, Women Work and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working, Girlfriend! You can click here to read more about our experience being interviewed … I’ve been affiliated with an [...]
How do you know when it’s time to tell your boss about your chronic illness? I got this question in my email today (I added the bold): “At what point, if ever, do I need to tell my employer I have a chronic illness? In the past, I’ve always gone with the philosophy of not [...]
Use a Career Highlighter
Chronic illness or not, being able to network and write compelling resumes are keys to landing jobs. But do they always go hand in hand? My daughter is 23 and has been working as an ESL teacher through Teach for America (TFA). Calling me at 7:00 am this morning (as she often does on her [...]
