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...
Weekend Chat

Weekend Chat

Welcome to our weekend chat feature! Got something you want to chat about? Post it in the comments below… Let me ask you this: are you into wearing athleisure on the week-ends? I know I am (even though I need to use it more to actually hit the gym, you...

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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! Happy St Pattys'...

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Wear to Work: Serah Tie Top

Wear to Work: Serah Tie Top

Every now and then, you stumble on a piece of workwear that makes you all giddy inside...Ok, not always, but when it happens, like with this Serah tie top from Shopbop, you just thank the gods of workwear, give up your credit card and call it a good workwear shopping...

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4 Tips to Spring Clean Your Resume

4 Tips to Spring Clean Your Resume

Out with the old, in with the new...Spring's in the air, and we're looking to replace the old with new pronto... And when it comes to your career, one of the things that can always benefit from a serious dust-up every now and then, without tons of time, energy or...

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Coffee Break: Can I fast at work during Lent?

 This is our coffee break feature, where we take a break to discuss all things career, life and everything in between…Got a topic you want to discuss? Email corporate@thecorporatesister.com! Q: I'm a Christian and observe Lent, which also means I have some dietary...

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Wear to Work: Striped Sheath Dress

Wear to Work: Striped Sheath Dress

Our Wear to Work section features workwear items for women at work, in a range of prices and styles.  Don't you just love the chic simplicity of this Maison Jules striped dress from Macy's? You can literally sport it any day of the week, anywhere, with smart...

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Weekend Chat

Weekend Chat

Welcome to our weekend chat feature! Got something you want to chat about? Post it in the comments below… Don't you love this basic dress you can sport anywhere, with pumps, sneakers or boots? I love this ElevenParis basic dress from Shopbop, that's perfect to...

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