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...
Workwear: Sweater Skirt

Workwear: Sweater Skirt

Our Workwear feature presents various pieces of work-appropriate attire at different price ranges and sizes. This Workwear pick is perfect to skirt by at work and after-hours! This striped pull on sweater shirt from Loft will be your new favorite this Fall! It's easy...

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Weekly News Roundup

Weekly News Roundup

Welcome to our weekly career, entrepreneurship, lifestyle and fashion news roundup! Think of it as your online watercooler/work gossip station/coffee break spot for now…Want to add anything to our list? Email us at corporate@thecorporatesister.com!     Are...

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Workwear: Desta Sheath Dress

Workwear: Desta Sheath Dress

Our Workwear feature presents various pieces of work-appropriate attire at different price ranges and sizes. There are few dress silhouettes that are more professional-looking than the classic sheath dress. I particularly love this Desta Sheath dress from...

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Weekly News Roundup

Weekly News Roundup

Welcome to our weekly career, entrepreneurship, lifestyle and fashion news roundup! Think of it as your online watercooler/work gossip station/coffee break spot for now…Want to add anything to our list? Email us at corporate@thecorporatesister.com! Our cute moment of...

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Weekly News Roundup

Weekly News Roundup

Welcome to our weekly career, entrepreneurship, lifestyle and fashion news roundup! Think of it as your online watercooler/work gossip station/coffee break spot for now…Want to add anything to our list? Email us at corporate@thecorporatesister.com! In great news for...

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Workwear: Flounce Sleeve Trenchcoat

Workwear: Flounce Sleeve Trenchcoat

Our Workwear feature presents various pieces of work-appropriate attire at different price ranges and sizes. Trenchcoat season is here, as the Fall season gets underway. This linen blend trench coat from Ann Taylor is both relaxed and refined in a saffron yellow hue...

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10 Rules of Success For Women of Color at Work

10 Rules of Success For Women of Color at Work

Being a woman of color at work often means being the only one, if not one of the only ones, in the room. It also means that the rules of success are somewhat different for women of color than they are for others. According to this report by AAUW, “most minority groups...

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