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...
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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Corporate Catwalk: Ponte Sheath Dress

Corporate Catwalk: Ponte Sheath Dress

Today's Corporate Catwalk pick is a bright, cheery pick straight from the Nordstrom sale! This Ellen Tracy button accent ponte sheath dress is as elegant as it's modern! Love the luxe finishing touch of the decorative buttons, and the very flattering princess seams on...

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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…

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3 Questions to Ask Yourself At Mid-Year Review Time

3 Questions to Ask Yourself At Mid-Year Review Time

The middle of the year is always a good time to re-evaluate where you stand career-wise. Although it happens in the midst of summer activities, vacation time, and general work slump, when you'd rather be laying on the beach sipping on that margarita, it's also a good...

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Corporate Catwalk: Print Shift Dress

My daily Corporate Catwalk presents one piece of professional attire (and some alternatives too), to make your work day as elegant as it is productive. The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is still going on! Hence today's Corporate Catwalk pick, this fun Vince Camuto print...

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Corporate Catwalk: Tie-Front Skirt

Corporate Catwalk: Tie-Front Skirt

What best to rock on a Casual Friday than a funky, but stylish tie-front chambray skirt? Hence my Corporate Catwalk pick today. Loving the casual-meets-couture look of this skirt, with its oversize side tie and wrap style, for a fresh take on the denim skirt. This...

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