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Happy Sunday!

Hope everyone is having a great week-end! The temperatures are dipping lower and lower around this side of the blogosphere, and as were cozying up under the covers this morning, here are the news headlines that made me smile, tick, and go “shut the front door” this week:

• Want secrets to getting any job you want? Check out Essence‘s interview of trailblazing Wall Street executive Carla A. Harris on seizing one of your best career moments: the job interview;
• Black Enterprise provides us with 3 sage tips to overcome career setbacks, while teaching us how to build a new network when relocating for career reasons;
• 99U explains why some people get promoted (and others don’t);
• Want to leave work guilt-free and on time? Linked In’s Jullien Gordon tells us how to    distinguish from a fair day at work and one that isn’t;
• Happy hour anyone? The Daily Muse writes about drinking with your co-workers and keeping your reputation intact (check out my post on happy hour etiquette);
• Getting out of college and following your dream? Huff Post College wisely advises against it (instead ask yourself, and people around, what you’re good at);
• Yes, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook proudly stepped out of the closet, but The Economist explains why being gay at work is still very much a struggle;
• Hate your job? Psychology Today lists 5 ways to stop loathing your job (including being aware of who you surround yourself with);
• Bustle writes about 6 things that happen when you’re a woman working in a mostly male workplace, while Fortune Magazine gives us 7 pieces of advice from Fortune’s best businesswomen;
• Last but not least, I raved and ranted this week about paying your dues at work, how to stop giving away your power at work, and is it OK to shop online at work?

Happy Sunday, and happy reading!

The Corporate Sis.