Melody Godfred was working as a litigation attorney at one of the top LA law firms when she realized she wanted to instead pursue her real passion — writing. She now is the owner of her own business, Write in Color, and serves as a writing consultant. In her job Melody manages editing, ghostwriting, marketing…
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Nicole Antoinette
A perk of co-owning your own company? Giving oneself a ridiculously awesome job title. Nicole Antoinette is “Princess of Particulars” at Shatterboxx, Inc., a job she says is “more or less equivalent to business operations manager, only with 10 percent more tiaras.” Nicole handles the web design company’s client relations and daily business operations, while co-owner…
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Katie Linendoll
Katie Linendoll will tell you she feels fortunate to not have only one "official" position in the 9-to-5 sense of the word. She basically has quite a few roles. First and foremost, she's the resident tech expert for "The Early Show" and "The Nate Berkus Show" on CBS. She's also proud to be a regular tech…
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Grace Boyle
Grace Boyle’s current job started as a consult. Then, there was a chat over beers. And, next, a job offer as director of marketing and sales for Kapost, an online startup — or, as her offer letter called her, “Chief Rainmaker!” At Kapost, Grace keeps busy with everything from marketing to account management to social…
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Stephanie Goetsch
Like many of us, Stephanie Goetsch entered a 9 to 5 job, strapped to a cubicle in Corporate America, shortly after graduation. She climbed the corporate ladder and received the many accolades that went with it, but felt that the longer she was pursuing this path, the more unhappy she became. Suddenly the thought of…
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Jennifer Kelton
Check out this resumé … Jennifer Kelton is an entrepreneur, social media innovator and dating advisor. As the founder and CEO of BadOnlineDates.com, and as creator, director and producer of Bad Date TV and the Internet dating game show, "Dating in Disguise," Jennifer helps people learn, laugh and connect based on their shared bad dating…
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Rachel Ross
Do you love reading tweets, posting updates to Facebook and responding to what others are saying? A job as a community manager for a company might be the perfect fit for you! Rachel Ross discovered her dream job at Lindsay Phillips, the founding company of SwitchFlops, after realizing that the company was located only 10…
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Jen Saunders
Jen Saunders is a special kind of woman. To be around her (even virtually via Twitter or her empowering website, My Smiling Heart) is to know what true confidence, kindness, beauty and sincerity looks like when its embodied by an individual fully. She was one of I Want Her Job's first readers and just last December she…
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Lauren Metz
Lauren Metz has the kind of job I used to dream of when I was in middle school, high school and yes, even college. Her daily routine consists of interviewing the coolest celebs, inspiring teen girls and oh ya, writing about it all. As a freelance entertainment writer and editor Lauren has written for everyone from Seventeen…
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Erin Flynn
Erin Flynn was scouring job sites looking for that perfect job … when she found it on accident. Unsatisfied with the options presented to her, she decided to start her own blog to find what her passion was. Enter Reality Chic, a blog for Gen-Y'ers that helps them navigate the "real world" after college. Erin…