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Staying in the Game: Tips for Stay at Home Moms

Updated04/29/2025

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Update: We still stand by these SAHM career tips, particularly for lawyers turned stay-at-home moms — but you may also want to check out some of our more recent stories on stay-at-home parents, including what you need to know about strategic volunteering, and what to consider when you’re thinking about not returning to work after…

What NOT to Wear to the Office

Updated12/29/2023

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Update: I still agree with my advice in this post, but you can also check out our more recent discussion on what not to wear to work. So there’s this great piece on USA Today about how “business casual” can be confusing to some people — this one 24-year-old PR executive was shocked (shocked, we tell you!) when…

Dressing Professionally with a Cast

Updated10/06/2021

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Reader E has a question that should take us into an interesting discussion of how low the bar can go in terms of professional dressing if circumstances require it… I broke my leg — in 11 places– over the weekend. I have been on bed rest for almost a week, and probably have another week…

How To Use LinkedIn, Particularly If You’re Junior

Updated09/21/2020

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Here are my best tips on how to use LinkedIn if you’re junior — including why I think LinkedIn is a way to recognize an already-present relationship, not a way to begin a friendship.

Should You Remove Your Engagement Ring for an Interview?

Updated02/05/2021

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Should young women remove their engagement rings for interviews, particularly OCI? Are very large diamond rings inappropriate for the office? This should be a fun conversation. Reader S wonders what size diamond ring is appropriate for a professional woman… What size wedding ring/engagement ring is appropriate for a professional office? Personally, I think giant rings…

Staying in the Game: Tips for Stay at Home Moms

What NOT to Wear to the Office

Dressing Professionally with a Cast

Should You Remove Your Engagement Ring for an Interview?

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