Hello everyone, I hope this post will find all the readers well. I would please like to ask for advice on the process of securing employement in New Zealand as a Social Worker in South Africa. I am registered with SWRB and would appreciate any words of knowledge to help me along…

Hi everyone, I hope that 2026 is off to a great start. I'm a fractional projects and operations consultant with space in my calendar for one or two new clients this quarter. Please reach out if you are in need of some support around business strategy, handling growth and scale,…

Hi everyone! I am a new member to fairygodboss . I just found out about it as I saw one of the former CEO's blog about the muse and fairygodboss on substack. Excited to have discovered this community . I am attending school right now and I soon need a job, so looking to make as…

Hi everyone, I’m in the middle of a career transition and would love to hear from other women who have navigated something similar. For the past six years, I’ve worked primarily from a home-based setup with a lot of autonomy and flexibility. I recently accepted a new marketing…

Hello everyone I need as much womanly advice as I can get right now. I’m 26 and I just quit fashion designing. I am moving to a new city in two days. Everyone around me is in or pushing through same dilemma. So there’s not much advice they can give. I have been feeling…

Hello - I'm looking for info from people who have worked with SaaS companies. In a recent interview for an onboarding/training position, I was told it was difficult to get the purchaser of the software to attend more than a handful of trainings. I was told that the training lasts…

Hi I'm studying a business course and need to ask a couple HR related questions regarding my assignment and was told by my assessor that fairygodboss would be a good place to go. My questions relate to a hypothetical business which needs recommendations on changing various…

My job is AI-related and my scope has expanded drastically in the past year - I went from project management to ALSO doing hands-on coding and product management with great business results delivered. Comparing to the market rate of what I do and my current pay, I'm severely…

I am trying to apply to higher education positions but they take sooo long to respond back. What should I do because I really want to get back into the field.

What is the best way to document an off the record conversation so as it won't be used against you in the future, and/or correct misinformation shared or expressed during the conversation? Quick background, a previous attempt to document a conversation was used against me. The…

After months of being out of work I started a long term contract role that has been going great. I sent follow up notes to several of my networking contacts who had helped me along the way, and most have responded with a hearty congrats. Then suddenly my contract ended due to…

I applied for a C-suite advisory role that seemed like a fit. I was aggressively pursued by the firm's internal recruiter to interview with the CTO inside of 48 hours which I accommodated. He was late to the interview call. He was distracted and shared that they were in the midst…

I have a bad gut feeling. I was offered a position with a company who told me during the interviews that the person I would be replacing was fired. In the conversation when I was offered the role, the manager was telling me about my remote computer, that everything is on the…

It's such a privilege to look back on 2025 and see how far I've come. When you're in the day-to-day grind, progress can feel invisible—but perspective changes everything. This year brought two major milestones: I got engaged ? and I am nearing completion of the Tech Elevator…

Hi, I'm in a technical field, am a perfectionist, am detail oriented and perceptive, and apt to be emotional. It's always been work to stay calm and not be too sensitive. I'm in my late 40s now and am having perimenopausal symptoms that make my emotional tendencies worse. When I…

Years ago I worked in a department where there was an older woman who was an admin everyone thought was crazy. Turns out she was actually pretty smart. I came in as a possible replacement for another admin. She gave me the skinny on my boss (which didn’t surprise me). She also…

Planning to recharge for the first time and feel a bit nervous about it. I don’t want surprises or mistakes, especially when it comes to payments. Is there a way to make this feel more controlled?

I have been at my company 4 years. I have an employee in leadership who made a costly mistake which cost the company a substantial loss. I spoke with them on it and was advised by human resources to have them sign a document, just to acknowledge the conversation. Since then I…

I am 7 weeks pregnant (27F, married) and honestly terrified to tell my team. My manager (M) had two child’s but the other females managers (older) on my team do not. I am scared they will judge my decision of having kids so early in my career. Personally, I wanted to have kids…

May I ask? I see a ton of "career consultants" on linkedin who have been claiming that, "You think no one is hiring, but I just had 5 clients accept a job offer". Am I the only one who calls BS on this??? It's relentless.....