You may have heard me wax poetic about LinkedIn, for career developers, as well as job seekers. But there’s one area where Facebook has it beat, and that’s when it comes to wanting to connect with a specific group of people on a particular topic.

Since I’m interviewing members of Generation Y for my new practice and book helping young adults connect school and work, I’m privy to all kinds of career-life constructs that makes this generation stand out from, say, the Baby Boomers.

I am in the process of interviewing 100 Millenials about their careers and I’ve got some great material already.

This week I attended a conference called the Wall Street Forum: Reinventing Your Career for the ‘New’ Wall Street. It was organized by Jane Newton, a partner at RegentAtlantic Capital, and it attracted a group of about 100 senior women, either on Wall Street, or transitioning to or from.

Today is of course Mother’s Day, and I’d like to suggest you all think about the impact your mother has had on your career—both positive and negative. Maybe your mother worked when you were growing up and maybe she didn’t, but if you think about it, it is likely that her choices affected the ones you’ve made in your career, to some degree.

One of the things that drives me crazy about resumes–and I look at a lot of them–is when people don’t put a Summary on the top of their resume.

I am the mother of two teenagers, aged 13 and 16. Last year, when my son was in 9thgrade, I began using the techniques I’ve honed in my practice to help him become aware of his strengths and interests, and more purposeful about using them through his coursework and summer experiences. Given my frustration with the lack of a system for planning the high school-college-career trajectory, it seemed ideal to help my own child develop a program for himself.

I’m featured in a new book about launching your career, and at the risk of being a bit commercial, I wanted to tell you about it.

Chris Perry of Career Rocketeer has accumulated brand spanking new advice from some top career experts, each of whom has written a chapter for this book.