Career

Career advice for young women professionals.

  • Administrative Professionals’ Day – Open Thread

    Happy Administrative Professionals’ Day! What are you getting for your administrative professional today? In the past we’ve taken polls about the best administrative professionals’ day gifts like cash, flowers, and gifts like jewelry — and we’ve shared stories of our amazing assistants, as well as talked about what’s the best things we’ve delegated to him…

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    How to Build Your Network — and Maintain It

    This is kind of an abstract post, so I’ll ask some questions up front for you to think about as you read over it — what are your best professional networking tips, particularly regarding how to build your network, and then how to maintain a network? Which networks, associations and affiliations have been the most…

  • What to Wear for Public Speaking

    I’ve got a short little speech to give for an alumni mentoring thing in a few weeks, so my attention has turned to the important stuff: what to wear. (I’m being sarcastic here — obviously the content of your speech is the most important part!) But, considering that this is a fashion blog for overachieving…

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    How to Look Stylish and Professional at a Business Casual Office

    When you’re used to dressing conservatively for work and your new office is much less formal, how do you put outfits together to look casual but still professional and stylish? How can you adapt your conservative clothes for a business casual office? Some women would react to a dress-code switch like this with a “Score! Jeans and…

  • How to Manage ADHD in the Workplace

    It sometimes feels like half of the people I know have a diagnosis of ADHD, and I think managing ADHD in the workplace can take some finesse — so I asked my friend A to write a guest post for us. Thank you and welcome, A! – Kat Managing ADHD in the workplace (which encompasses ADD,…