Weekly News Update

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- There’s kind of an awesome sketch on Huffington Post from Amy Schumer about how women need to learn to take a compliment.  Sad but true.
- SheFinds rounds up the top ten most-wanted items of the season.
- Vivia Chen at The Careerist is having a whole series on women (and men) changing their names when they get married.
- Inc. reports on a new study that says sleep deprivation is just as bad for work as alcohol.
- POPSUGAR Smart Living looks at an old Steve Jobs email to learn how to negotiate like a pro.

P.S. In Corporette news: We may be doing some back-end upgrades (much needed, but also possibly fraught with some difficulties) this weekend.  Wish us luck; here’s hoping the ship doesn’t go down (or stay down for long). <sigh>

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Weekly News Update

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how to scrunch your sleeves- Angie at YouLookFab knows the secret to scrunched sleeves.
- Wow, I think this is the most-liked thing on the Corporette Facebook page, ever: an amusing essay at Jezebel from a woman tired of being told she “doesn’t have to dress up” for work.
- SheFinds brainstorms how to make your clothes last longer.
- I’m not sure I can conceive of an office where shorts are OK (except a very creative one) but if yours is that rare exception, Budget Babe tells you how to wear shorts to work. (And they’re all very short shorts!)  Speaking of creative offices: Lucky Magazine advises how to dress for an interview with both a creative boss and a conservative hiring office.
- POPSUGAR Smart Living ponders when to accept a LinkedIn request.
- Lifehacker asks the age-old question: should you pay down student debt, or invest your money? (We had a similar discussion about when to save versus when to pay down debt.)

On to the survey!  The survey is still open, but I am closing the giveaway today.  Of 3,344 entries, the lucky number (chosen by Random.org) was 2302 — I have contacted the reader whose email address appeared in that row of the Excel spreadsheet of survey responses.  Thank you guys so much for reading and for taking the survey! Some fun factoids for you:

  • 35.7% of you are ages 28-32; the next largest grouping is 25.8% of you ages 23-27.
  • 51.3% of you are married or in a civil union, and 74.7% of you have no kids
  • 83.1% of you work full time; of those of you who work full time 32.2% of you make over $100K.
  • 50.2% of you have a JD, or are in the midst of attaining it
  • On the satisfaction scale, most of you are really happy with your job on the intellectual/money/emotion/life balance fronts, with “it’s great” being the most common answer.
  • 35.4% of you spent $151-$300 on clothes last month (with 2.4% of you spending more than $1K).

On a personal note, to everyone who left SUCH NICE COMMENTS — I’m verklempt.  I’m going to have to put those away for a rainy day. :)

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how to wear belts.indexed- SheFinds breaks down the best ways to pull off belting.
- Menswear blog Fine Young Gentleman talks about suiting fabrics for summer.  (Um, am I the only one who has never heard of Fresco wool?  Has anyone bought (or had made) a women’s suit in this amazing summer fabric?)
- The Careerist wonders if freezing your eggs is the answer. (Read one of Kat’s best friend’s personal account of freezing her eggs in a guest post.)
- Damsels in Success has advice for how to be safe while traveling on business. Meanwhile, Road Warriorette has a plan of attack for surviving three conferences in three months.
- Ask a Manager tells you what’s going through your manager’s head when you ask for a raise.
- David Lat at Above the Law looks at a crazy cover letter for a clerkship application, and wonders if the bare bones cover letter is dead.  (Also, he links to two older posts on how to write cover letters for smaller firms as well as in-house gigs.)
- The Daily Muse fights “fuzzy brain syndrome” at work.  Meanwhile, Greedy Associates breaks down the five best cat breeds for the very busy person.
- POPSUGAR Smart Living helps you to stop notifying everyone when you update your LinkedIn profile. (See our other tips for how to use LinkedIn to secretly change jobs or careers).

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P.S. Happy Mother’s day to all the moms!  Readers, what are you getting for your mother this year?  Readers who are moms, what is the best mother’s day gift you’ve ever received?

Weekly News Update

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yoga-at-office- Pinterest find of the week: Working Mother has a roundup of yoga poses you can do at the office.
- The NYT reports that low-heeled shoes are hot for spring.
- SheFinds collects a bunch of non-leather moto jackets.
- POPSUGAR Smart Living rounds up a bunch of cool life hacks.
- Jezebel takes an amusing look at a recent Slate article advising men how to shake hands with women.
- HungryGirl suggests some easy ways to diet at the office.

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how to hang a sweater- Pinterest pick of the week: Snapguide’s guide to how to hang your sweaters.
- SheFinds seeks a great trench for spring.
- On the hunt for a great white t-shirt? Grechen’s Closet and Ain’t No Mom Jeans both just did roundups.
- The New York Times has an interesting article about something we’ve talked about before on here: tattoos in the workplace.
- According to Business Insider, the most important life lesson that older people say you need to know is a career one: Do not stay in a job you dislike.
- Spring cleaning? POPSUGAR Smart Living lists 116 things to throw away.
- Mashable had a story a while ago about a new app (now renamed Simple Wash) that helps you clean up your social networking profiles — great if you’ve recently friended your boss or your mother in law.

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1- Buzzfeed rounds up some hilarious gifs that explain life in your early twenties vs life in your late twenties. (Yep.)
- SheFinds assesses how color theory can change your life and your wardrobe.
- Pretty Shiny Sparkly weighs in on the best concealers.
- The WSJ has an important article about how managers CAN talk about babies and gender in the workforce.
- Forbes Woman rounds up 10 phrases in your vocabulary that are holding your career back. (Um, but…)
- Ask a Manager (via The Fast Track) collects ten of the “best career advice I ever got” tips from her readers.  Meanwhile, Capitol Hill Style ponders lessons learned from her own career, including when to go to grad school.
- The Careerist wonders if women leaders really suffer from likeability problems.
- Huh: POPSUGAR Smart Living rounds up a ton of tax-day freebies that I had no idea existed.  Prevention handed out their “100 cleanest packaged foods” awards.

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