Looking for a new job this year? There are interesting career opportunities being created by owners of companies who are partnered with private equity. I hire for these unique businesses and have come to see a huge difference compared to corporate recruiting. It may seem choke-on-your-chai-tea rude to say businesses with private equity on board do not care about your career. If you grasp this difference though, you are more likely to get the job and make them care. These businesses have ow...

I come from generations of ferocious volunteers – my father, who worked a full day running a textile business, would come home, eat, and gallop off to a committee meeting two or three times a week, a pattern which persisted for 40 years. In sharp contrast, I don’t like to leave the house except for shopping and parties, and these days I try to wriggle out of even those activities. This, of course, is very wrong and I am going to change. Robert Putnam, the Harvard sociologist who publishe...

I’m not the best environmentalist in the house – I admit it. Sometimes, if the compost bin is full, I put the onion skins in the trash instead of taking the compost outside and emptying it. But then again, I sometimes justify it by thinking that putting things in the compost bin is only the tiniest fragment of the environmental job. It’s easy for everyone else to claim the environmental high ground, even though they don’t ever take the full bin out to the composter and empty out the ...

If you’ve ever wondered what doctors actually think about injectable fillers, Women’s Post has found the answer. Dr. Barb Loiskandl is a mom, wife, and physician who uses cosmetic enhancement herself to reflect her inner radiance. Working at a women’s magazine, I get into many conversations about what makes a woman truly beautiful. Beauty is a combination of qualities that both delight the senses and stimulate the mind. Enhancing their physical appearance helps many people fully ...

It’s a suggestive coincidence: Before they independently decided on careers in wealth management – and certainly long before they met – Elaine Martinez and Melina Mastromartino-Leberge, partners in Women2Women Wealth Management (W2W), thought it fitting to work in the field of counselling. “When I first left school I was interested in going into either law or social work and counselling,” says British native Elaine. She married at 19; three kids became career enough. In 1994,...

Each year, Women’s Post scours the nation to find the top 20 women of the year. These women all reflect strength, ingenuity, and confidence while contributing not only to society, but to the success of women in the workplace. This year we have assembled a diverse group, ranging from a CFO in banking to an acclaimed singer-songwriter; from a member of the House of Commons to an environmental activist. You will also find that one special woman has the honour of being a recipient of the Women�...