Business
While preparing for a completely different career, Michelle Robertson took a job that wasn’t supposed to be her “real” work but led indirectly to her present position as senior marketing manager for The Shops at La Cantera and North Star Mall.
Meet four smart, hard-working women who have worked their ways to the top of their field, carrying important positions in banking and finance. Although female bankers are still in the minority, their numbers are growing, and their strengths are being celebrated.
With the holidays upon us, now is a good time to ask ourselves whether it would help the American economy if we buy American products. It seems like an obvious choice: American workers need jobs, so if we can afford to do it, shouldn’t we support American workers by buying American? The answer is not as simple as it seems.
Top designers and artisans with gorgeous pieces in gold, silver, turquoise, fine gemstones and more call the Alamo City home, so we asked a few of them how they got their start in the business.
Women are flocking to careers in law, making important contributions in today’s changing world
The faith-based aid agency Tara Stewart heads serves a rapidly changing, low-income neighborhood whose residents are challenged by every conceivable kind of need. Meanwhile, a sluggish economy has slowed contributions to the point where hard choices must be made.
Not only do people want to know who you are, they want to BE you so they can use your good name to run up your credit cards, drain your bank account and even commit crimes — all the repercussions of which will land on your doorstep. Several (relatively) easy steps can make it harder for someone to steal your identity and easier for you to catch a problem early if one arises.
What if women ran Wall Street? Could the financial meltdown that was precipitated by aggressive, greedy risk-takers have been avoided? Not only those who caused it, but also those in the government who were trying to fix it were, in almost all cases, men.
With many of us Baby Boomers reaching a certain age, and in light of the employment and housing price issues of the last couple of years, it’s no wonder SAN ANTONIO WOMAN has been receiving questions about reverse mortgages and paying off debt.
Recent studies show that women are perhaps better able than many men to study effectively and also deal with stress. So it makes sense that more and more women are finding themselves well-suited for medical school and careers in medicine
