Why Hard Work Is Not Enough: What Women Should Know About Meritocratic Systems (and How to Beat Them)

As a working woman, the idea of meritocracy may have been introduced earlier on in life to you. From popular advice to widely accepted success principles, merit-based guidance may have followed you all throughout your education and career.  “Work hard. Be...

Are You Being Financially Discounted at Work? How to Recognize It, and Correct It

Have you ever walked out of a compensation conversation feeling like something didn’t quite add up?Not because you underperformed.Not because you lacked results.But because the offer felt… cautious. Conservative. Tempered.As if someone quietly adjusted the forecast on...

New Year, New Career? Why Women’s Careers Don’t Reset in January (and What to Do About It)

New year, new career? Or is it? The start of the year is supposed to feel like a career reset. New goals. New momentum. New clarity about where you’re headed professionally. And the hope that last year is behind you and this one will be better, or at least...

When the Holidays Meet Performance Reviews: How to Handle the Weight of the Season

It’s year-end again, and here we are steeped in year-end deadlines, holiday shopping, festivities planning, and…year-end performance review time at work. If you’ve ever wondered why year-end feels like an exhausting test on the home and work front, you are far from...

The Thanksgiving Tax: On the Real Cost of Women’s Holiday Labor

Every Thanksgiving and the ensuing holiday season, many, if not most, women step into an all-too familiar rhythm. It’s the rhythm of tireless planning, strategic coordinating, devoted caretaking, and organizing, smoothing, prepping, cooking, hosting, remembering, and...

How to Put Your Career on Layaway

Back in my college student days, I was a big fan of putting just about anything I wanted to purchase on layaway. And for us shopping this holiday season, layaway is also a great option, allowing you to make smaller payments until the item of your choice is fully paid...

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Work It: Soft Piped Blazer

I've been on the hunt for a red blazer that's professional enough, yet festive enough to throw on at any holiday party. Hence my pick today, this soft piped blazer from The Limited. Loving the modern, cool look of this blazer that can be styled with your favorite pair...

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Work It: V-Neck Dress

  Last Call is having a great sale (extra 30% off for Friends and family, and 40% off with Neiman Marcus credit card)! This DS knit stripe V-neck dress is a great buy at $80.50, considering the luxe knit fabric, elegant design, and versatility of its design....

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The 411: Weekly News Update

Happy Sunday! Hope everyone's having a great week-end! We got our Christmas tree yesterday, all the while disrupting the entire store courtesy of two over-agitated  toddlers. Christmas shopping is 75% done, as I'm praying for a stress-free holiday season this year...

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Work It: Plaid A-line Skirt

This plaid A-line skirt from Talbots has such a "Christmas-y" feel, yet is great for work! Loving the easy plaid fabric on an otherwise classic A-line skirt, perfect for the season! This skirt is $99 at Talbots, and you can take 30% off your entire purchase now...

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