Bizwomen hires reporter from Charlotte Observer

Caroline McMillan Portillo recently joined the Bizwomen team as a reporter. She previously was a business reporter for the Charlotte Observer.

Portillo, who is married to a business journalist, writes about her new job:

That’s what I plan to do here at Bizwomen. Female professionals need more than hollow imperatives and clichés (Don’t let fear of failure make you fail! Find a work-life balance that works for you! Make time for “me time!”)

There’s enough of that already.

We want to talk about the experiences that led to those grand revelations.

What decisions have shaped your professional life? What tools helped you carve out enough time to achieve that elusive work-life balance? What business strategy took your company from middling to dominating in your market?

Here at Bizwomen I’m going to ask those questions. And then I’ll write stories that are light on fluff and heavy on takeaways — whether you’re an entrepreneur, a corporate-type, a tech savant or a retail maven.

Read more here.