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...
Review: Fall 2016 Working Parent Workbook

Review: Fall 2016 Working Parent Workbook

As a working parent, it's tough to keep track of your life and career's accomplishments, losses, and goals over time. You may be thinking of ways to improve your personal and professional life, but getting down to these and keeping track of it all can be quite the...

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Wear on the week-end: Bomber Jacket

Wear on the week-end: Bomber Jacket

Bomber jackets are definitely in this Fall, and I've been browsing around to find some cool versions that would still be lady-like. Hence this week-end fashion pick, this Topshop "Neo" Punched bomber jacket.  Loving the rocker edge of this punched model,...

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Weekly News Roundup

Weekly News Roundup

This is our weekly career and lifestyle news update, where we round up exciting news of the last week and we let you have it…ahem, news-wise that is… Think of it as your career gossiping section on steroids… And while you’re at it,  follow us on Facebook, Twitter,IG,...

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Wear to Work: One-button Pantsuit

Wear to Work: One-button Pantsuit

Our “Wear toWork” feature presents a piece of workwear, along with great alternatives, for stylish corporate sisters. I haven't featured a pantsuit in a while, and as Fall is officially back, it's a great time to start suiting up. My pick this week is this fabulous...

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I Have A Job, But I Want to Work on My Calling…

I Have A Job, But I Want to Work on My Calling…

"Ok, I know I'm lucky to have a job, but I want my dream job, my calling. How do I know I'm not just wasting my life away?" This was a line I stole from one of  my latest conversations with my younger cousin, the last time she was in town visiting. Jo is your typical...

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