How to Make Small Career Investments that Compound After the Summer 

Every summer, many of us as working women and moms look forward to a slower pace of life: more family time, vacations, a well-deserved break,  and maybe even catching up on postponed projects and finding more time to invest in our careers… And right as the...

Praise or Pay: How to Turn Appreciation and Invisible Labor into Pay as a Working Mom

Every year on Mother's Day, organizations show their appreciation for working mothers with symbols of gratitude—thank-you cards, flowers, appreciation emails. While these are heartwarming and certainly welcome, they rarely translate into actual benefits at work....

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...

Lunch Break: Cap-Sleeve Twisted Sheath Dress

Hello Again Corporate fashionistas... For our lunch break today, we are showcasing the great Macy's Values Collection which are always well-priced and well-picked, with this Ralph Lauren cap-sleeve twisted sheath dress. Needless to day, I absolutely love the twisted...

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The 411: This Week’s News Round-Up

Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is enjoying their first week of May, what with the nice weather finally showing up...It's Sunday, and as we're praising the Lord, relaxing, (and trying not to think about Monday), this is also a quick round-up of the news that made us...

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Lunch Break: Puff Sleeve Sweater

For our lunch break today, we're in a cool, unfussy mood, hence our selection pick of this backstitched hand puff sleeve sweater from LOFT! It's perfect for one of those cool, rainy days like today when you just want to be still fashionable but relaxed enough to make...

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Character Vs. Ability in Corporate America

Happy Thursday! I once heard this manager, who also happens to be THE most dedicated and passionate Little League baseball coach I've ever met, say that in his team both in baseball and at work, he always recruits for character as opposed to ability. "If the character...

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Lunch Break: Polka Dot SKirt

Ooh lala! For our lunch break today, we are going all Frenchy with this polka dot stretch poplin polka dot skirt from French retailer La Redoute. Loving the classic mix of the polka dot pattern with the springy appeal of this skirt for a charming, contemporary yet...

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