On the Invisible Summer Gender Bill (and What to Do When You’re the One Paying It)

Summer gets sold to us as the slow season. Out-of-office replies go up, calendars clear out, and for one hot minute, everything is supposed to breathe a little easier.For a lot of working mothers, it doesn't play out that way. A camp closes early. A colleague is out....

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...

Wear to Work: Reversible Tote

Our “Wear toWork” feature presents a piece of workwear, along with great alternatives, for stylish corporate sisters. I haven't featured a bag in a while, and was looking for one that would be practical, stylish and still economical to take to work. Hence today's...

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Wear to Work: Eyelet Sheath Dress

Wear to Work: Eyelet Sheath Dress

Our “Wear toWork” feature presents a piece of workwear, along with great alternatives, for stylish corporate sisters.   This Shoshanna macrame eyelet sheath dress is the perfect combination of feminine elegance and style. Loving the simple and sophisticated cut...

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Why Your Career Needs a Strong Personal Brand

Why Your Career Needs a Strong Personal Brand

You know those terms that sound really cool, but hardly anyone knows what they really mean. Like "personal brand" for instance...You hear the term being thrown around in networking events and career discussions here and there, but really, what does it mean? When I...

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Wear this Weekend: Patchwork Boyfriend Jean

Wear this Weekend: Patchwork Boyfriend Jean

Our “Wear toWork” feature presents a piece of workwear, along with great alternatives, for stylish corporate sisters. So I've been checking out the latest Fall "deconstructed denim" trend. I have to say, the idea of patching different types of denim on one single...

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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: Pajama Shirt Dress

Wear to Work: Pajama Shirt Dress

Our "Wear toWork" feature presents a piece of workwear, along with great alternatives, for stylish corporate sisters. If you thought the concepts of pajamas and workwear would never co-exist, think again! It's actually one of the biggest fashion trends for Fall 2016!...

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Use this mindset tip to break out of a career rut

Use this mindset tip to break out of a career rut

After working as a news co-anchor on Baltimore WJZ-TV, Oprah was demoted to a lower position on morning TV. Years later, she went on to dominate daytime TV for all of 25 years, and now has her own network. After failing to make the 1968 Olympic Skating figure, Vera...

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Where to Shop for Stylish Plus-Size Workwear

Where to Shop for Stylish Plus-Size Workwear

Traci, one of my readers, left a comment on the blog the other day, asking for plus-size suggestions of workwear. So I decided to write a post on where to shop for stylish, elegant clothing in plus sizes (and I'll also be adding plus-size options to each Corporate...

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