The Hunt: Basic Black Pumps

Sure, we all know what basics professional women are supposed to have in their closets, but if you’re buying one for the first time or replacing one you’ve worn into the ground, it can be a pain to find exactly the right incarnation in stores. In “The Hunt,” we search the stores for a basic…

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Poll: What’s In Your Everyday Makeup Bag?
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Poll: What’s In Your Everyday Makeup Bag?

For us, make-up must walk a fine line — you want to look professional, you want to look pretty, you want to look well-rested — but you also want to get out of the house on time in the morning. We have a post coming up in a bit about interview makeup — but for…

10 Things About … Interviewing
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10 Things About … Interviewing

We realize interview week is over at some schools; for others they’re still to come. Still, callbacks will be going on well into September and October, so we thought we’d share some advice on interviewing. Depending on where you are in your career, you may want to check out our best on-campus interview tips, the…

What Color Pantyhose to Wear for Interviews
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What Color Pantyhose to Wear for Interviews

Have you ever wondered what color pantyhose to wear to interviews? Last week we asked two poll questions, so we thought we’d take give you guys a break from all the onerous button-pushing and give you updates on how the polls went. It turns out we were 100% wrong about wearing off-black pantyhose to interviews…

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Poll Results: Blue Polish Is a No-No

Last week, we did some polling on whether dark nails were “too aggressive” for the office. As always, our poll is still open, but as it stands now, only 13% of you took a laissez-faire approach to nails (giving the OK to chipped nails and black nails), with a whopping 47% of you voting that…