This month 85 Broads launched their new magazine.  The theme of the publication is "Everything worth doing in life is done in partnership."  This is a principle we strongly believe in and we are thrilled to help launch the first issue by contributing a feature article entitled OnRamp Space Exploding. Read more.

 

 

 

Today's Wall Street Journal, The Juggle Blog, sites a new study that questions how many women are really leaving the workforce. If you're reading this you know the reality is that many women do leave. Check out the blog and comments below:

Read about YourOnRamp in today's Washington Post On Balance blog by Leslie Morgan Steiner

May has been a busy month at YourOnRamp and we're thrilled to see the media focus on OnRamping and helping women find flexible careers.  See last week's ABC News story,Women Look to Career OnRamp and yesterday's segment on

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SWAT team, "smart women with available time"., but at $21/hour...?

There has been much debate and discussion over Sue Shellenbarger's article, How Stay-at-Home Moms Are Filling an Executive Niche. 
Here's some follow-up from Sue Shellenbarger and from Amy Tiemann, who has blogged about this on her website www.mojomom.com :


Dear Catherine,

Today I had the opportunity to interview Meg Wolitzer, Author, The Ten Year Nap.  Thanks for taking the time to talk today. Can you tell us why you wrote The Ten Year Nap?

Meg

If you missed last week's OnRamp article in the Wall Street Journal, check it out.

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By Toddi GutnerSpecial to The Wall Street Journal
Last update: 8:42 p.m. EDT April 9, 2008

by Christina Couch, ClassesUSA

Digg One thing Chad Brown doesn't stress about is his daily commute. Rolling out of bed, washing his face, and walking 10 paces to his computer, he's already at work. The CEO of Plus 1 Tickets, a home-based, ticket-brokering firm that sells sports, theater, and concert tickets throughout the nation, Brown is one of the more than 4.2 million Americans who are ditching the daily commute in favor of punching in at home.

My husband works for one of those Banks discussed in every newspaper this week (not Bear Stearns, but a close 2nd).  Dinner table conversation for our teenage kids has been focused on the economy and what it means for our family so I found this blog in the Juggle interesting.

When the Kids Worry About Layoffs, Your Finances
Posted by Jennifer Merritt
The Juggle