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Mondays with Diane

So You Hate Your Job. Now What?

A whopping 69% of all U.S. employees describe themselves as “not engaged,” or as “actively disengaged” from their jobs. So what can you do with a job you hate? Diane Paddison shares 4 tips to remedy your current professional position.

Wednesday Interview

Be Silent and Surrender

Stephanie Kaihoi, Executive Director of Legacy Living Ministries, talks with us about why mentorship is an excellent way to know if your life is headed in the right direction and how we must train ourselves to listen for God’s movements in our lives.

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Make Your Next Career Move

As a 4word: Member Insider, you’re given exclusive access to numerous job openings across the country via the 4word Job Connections Board. We wanted to highlight a few jobs currently available. Just login to your 4word: Member Insider account to apply to one or more of these positions!

Not a 4word: Member Insider? Email your credentials to hello@4wordwomen.org to begin the application process.

Featured Company: CBRE

Location: St. Louis, MO

CBRE is the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm serving owners, investors, and occupiers.

Open Positions on the 4word Job Connections Board
(login today to view more!)

Job #1: Marketing Specialist
CBRE – St. Louis, MO 
Recommends and implements strategies to achieve marketing goals for assigned products and services for one or more areas, product lines, or market segments.

Job #2: Marketing and Events Coordinator
Children’s Cancer Fund – Dallas, TX 
Recommends and implements strategies to achieve marketing goals for assigned products and services for one or more areas, product lines, or market segments.

Job #3: Area Manager, Operations
Amazon Fulfillment  
As an Area Manager, you will have to opportunity to manage and develop your own team of associates, drive process change at the ground level of our fulfillment centers, and learn how the largest online retailer in the world runs its operations.

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Top Three

• 100 Best Workplaces for Women – Fortune recently released their list of 100 Best Workplaces for Women in 2015. See if you live near any of the companies on the list!

• 7 Strategies for Helping Your Child Become Financially Independent – Andrea Murad writes on Entrepreneur with her tips for starting your children off on the right financial foot.

• Boosting Confidence – Kelsey Baker with Forage writes about what should happen when we find ourselves asking if we really can have confidence in God.

Take Notice

FAST FRIENDS AVAILABLE TODAY!: 4word woman Suzanne Niles co-authored Fast Friends: The Amazing Power of Friendship, Fasting and Prayer, a book which focuses on the benefits of finding a spiritual partner with which to grow. Order your copy today!

REI: CLEVER OR CRAZY: Kim Lachance Shandrow writes on Entrepreneur and discusses REI’s recent announcement to close its stores on Black Friday.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD BOSS?: Joyce E.A. Russell with The Washington Post shares a list of desirable qualities every leader should strive to have.

CREATE AN EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCE: May Busch shares a “secret formula” she learned for ensuring people you interact with leave feeling like they’ve had a good experience.

THE BEST THING FOR ALL WOMEN TO DO: Elizabeth Gilbert writes on The Huffington Post about the detrimental effect of thinking you’re “not doing enough” has on women’s lives everywhere.

4word: Local Group Events

Take a look at these upcoming 4word: Local Group event dates and see which one(s) you can attend. We’d love to see you there!

• Nashville – Speaker Series & Shopping Night – November 8 @ 5:00PM
• Tulsa – After Work Meet-up – November 10 @ 6:00PM
• San Francisco – Speaker Series – November 12 @ 6:30PM
• Tulsa – Breakfast before Propel Event – November 14 @ 7:30AM
• Tulsa – November Lunch Discussion – November 17 @ noon
• Austin – November Meet Up – November 18 @ 5:30PM
• Seattle – November Coffee Hour – November 21 @ 11:00AM
• Phoenix – First Tuesday’s Social Gatherings – December 1 @ 5:30PM
• Austin – December Meet Up – December 1 @ 5:30PM
• Columbus – Holiday Gathering – December 9 @ 5:30PM
• Tulsa – December Lunch Discussion – December 15 @ noon

For details on these events, please visit our 4word Events page.

Video of the Week

In this comical, yet impactful, video, Barbie shows what happens when little girls dream big, and why it’s important to foster the idea of dreaming in today’s rising female generation.

A Pinterest Find

Pumpkin, the unofficial food and flavor of fall. Here are 27 delicious dessert options for honoring this seasonal squash!

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