Update: We still stand by this discussion of whether scarves are professional enough for conferences — but you may also want to check out our more recent discussion of how to wear scarves to work. Are scarves professional enough for conferences? Are there some ways of wearing a scarf that are more professional than other … Read More about Are Scarves Professional Enough?
Can you keep your Facebook account private from colleagues and professional friends? Can you grow your career by networking on Facebook and still have a semblance of a personal life? What is the polite way to respond when asked, as Reader E was, to join a Facebook Group for a committee she’s on? I recently … Read More about Worlds Colliding: When Networking Groups Want You to Join a Facebook Group
Have you heard of “strategic volunteering” — and are you doing it?
Which are the best books and blogs to read if you’re a woman MBA student? Reader M wonders… I love your blog and find all of the fashion and career advice incredibly helpful. You address a lot of corporate issues and a lot of legal and I was just wondering if you knew of any … Read More about Best Reading for MBA Students
What do you wear for a company golf outing?
When do you call work associates by their last name (such as Ms. Griffin), or by another title (such as Attorney Griffin)? Do you have a preference how work associates refer to you — and how do you communicate that? Does calling someone else “Ms. Griffin” make you look young? I’ve gotten a number of … Read More about That’s Ms. Griffin To You: When To Use Last Names
How can you promote your friends and colleagues in a positive way? Considering all the talk from Lean In about how women should be more supportive of each other in the office, I thought this was a great question from Reader E: I am an intern (waiting on bar results) at a small law firm. … Read More about How to Promote Your Friends Professionally
A college student wondered: what should she wear to a business casual networking event (or: recruiting events) — especially in the winter?
If you’re invited to a holiday party at your boss’s house, what should you wear? Here’s how to figure it out..
What do you talk about at cocktail parties — particularly when you’re trying to network? I’ve gotten a few questions like this recently, such as the one from Reader K, below: I was invited to a co-workers party last weekend and I was the ONLY person from the office there. I didn’t know anybody, not … Read More about Party-Appropriate Conversation Topics
If there’s a networking events for alumni, can you go even if you’ll know no one there? Reader S wonders… I just received an invitation to what looks like a really interesting and fun networking event for a BigLaw firm I used to work at. The invite went out to all its “women alumni.” Normally … Read More about Alumni Networking – When You Know No One
These are some of our best tips on how to secretly use LinkedIn to change careers!
