Yesterday was my last day at the bank. On Monday I start my marketing gig and while I’m looking forward to learning a new area of the business, I am feeling a little melancholy and a significant sense of loss.
As I’ve mentioned before, I loved the job I am leaving behind. The work was interesting and […]
I start my new job on Monday, March 31, which means I have a lot of loose ends to tie up in my current role in a very short amount of time. Since the c-levels have yet to decide what to do about my role and responsibilities (Hire a replacement? Parcel out to existing employees?), […]
During the Organizational Management class I teach, I open the first class with an open discussion about bosses. I give everyone in the room an opportunity to tell a story about a bad manager from their past. Most students have an example from one of their first jobs - flipping burgers and baby sitting make for excellent […]
My blog is called BankerGirl. When I picked the domain name, it seemed like a good fit for two reasons:
1. I have been a banker for nearly 10 years
2. I am female and I don’t think that there are enough well-educated women out there writing about financial services - so it’s a point of differentiation […]
I wear many hats at my work, some having little to do with my actual job description. My favorite such example is my role as a recruiter. As a business unit recruiting representative, I get to travel to regional colleges and universities promoting my workplace and answering questions about our corporate culture.
These past few weeks […]
I love my job. I get to work with on interesting and high profile cross-business unit projects with C-level executives and I get a lot of satisfaction from what I do.
Until recently, anyway.
Last year, there were lots of organizational changes at my office. We got a new president, and he’s spent the last several months […]