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: Eyelet Lace Sheath Dress

Hello again...It is Monday, and since many of us may need a serious boost of energy and motivation today, we've selected for our lunch pick today a sweet, yet definitely head-turning Adriana Papell eyelet lace sheath dress from Nordstrom. I don't know about the rest...

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So how was your week-end?

Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a great week-end on this side of the blogosphere and beyond! It's Monday...again! And one of the first questions we get as we stroll in to the office is invariably the same: So...how was your week-end? While we may have some exciting...

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When The Boss Is Younger Than You

Happy Thursday! In today's changing work dynamics, it is not uncommon for work teams to be extremely diverse, whether in terms of race, gender, and oh yes...the dreaded age factor! So much so that for many of us corporate sisters entering the corporate arena later in...

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Deal Alert! Loft 50% Sale

Deal Alert! LOFT is having a 50% sale on everything, yes, you read right, 50% off on everything (use code RUSH50). So take advantage of the good deals, and for our fashion interlude today, we picked this floral cotton eyelet jacket. Loving the subtle black-and-white...

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Happy Administrative Professionals Day!

Happy Wednesday! Today is Administrative Professionals Day, and for those among us who are gifted with amazing assistants or work in departments boasting phenomenal administrative professionals, it's the day to recognize these individuals! I've worked in a variety of...

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Lunch Break: Bamboo Desktop Dry Erase Board

It is Earth Day, and as environmentally conscious corporate sisters, we are also celebrating and honoring Mother Earth! And that is exactly why we picked today this bamboo desktop dry-erase board from seejanework.com. Loving the natural look of it, as well as its...

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You’re Not the Boss…But You Can Still Lead

Happy Tuesday, and Happy Earth Day! In today's largely team-based corporate environments, leadership appears to be a constant requirement...even, and especially when, we are not exactly the Boss. Here you are, in a team of smart, ambitious, competitive team players,...

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Why Peer Mentoring Can Save Your Career

actasifblog.comHappy Monday! Hope everyone had a great Easter week-end, and is ready to start this new week with as much chutzpah as it took to eat all those delicious Easter treats (you know who you are)... And on days like today after a major holiday week-end,...

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