Splurge Monday’s Workwear Report: Daedalus Sheath Dress
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Sales of note for 5/29:
- Nordstrom – The Half-Yearly Sale has started! See our roundup here. Good deals on Veronica Beard, Vince, Reiss (esp. coats), as well as Wit & Wisdom and NYDJ
- Ann Taylor – 25% off + 30% off sale items
- Bare Necessities – Up to 40% off, including tons of bra-sized swimwear (also, 10 panties for $10)
- Boden – 15% off new women's wear styles with code
- Express – $29 dresses and matching sets, and everything else buy 1 get 1 50% off
- J.Crew – 20% off $200, including new styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + 40-60% off everything else
- Loft – $35 jeans (5/29 only) + 60% off sale tops and dresses
- M.M.LaFleur – Up to 70% off this weekend only! (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off)
- Nordstrom Rack – Clear the Rack! Nice selection of Vince, Veronica Beard, Reiss and Rag & Bone, a ton of affordable work basics from Calvin Klein and dresses from Maggy London, Eliza J, and Donna Morgan
- Talbots – $99 dresses and sandals
- Theory – 25% off sitewide (see our notes here)
And some of our latest threadjacks here at Corporette (reader questions and commentary) — see more here!
Some of our latest threadjacks include:
I might post this in the afternoon thread if I’m too late here…
It’s time for assistant evaluations. My assistant is amazing and I want to give her a fabulous review… but my brain is 100% fried. All I can come up with is – she’s an incredible asset and I am very lucky to work with her. Her proofreading skills are top notch. Help me come up with more nice things to say?
Try to think of one or two specific examples of times where she went above and beyond.
Comment on her professionalism and punctuality and her ability to handle complex files. Like “Susie is an efficient and highly organized assistant. She is able to balance work on complex matters with ensure that routine office procedures such as billing and account receivable and appropriate actioned.”
Basically come up with a list of adjective to describe the quality of work she does and specific tasks/examples where she has particularly excelled.
Make a list of her standout traits. Like, the truly rare ones that are valuable for your practice. For mine, in addition to the usual (professional, good attitude, organized, good at details)–she is a self -starter with excellent judgment and problem solving skills, she’s forward thinking and anticipates my/the client/firm’s needs. All of this means I can spend my time more efficiently because I know I can count on her to do tasks correctly without needing my constant supervision, and I can count on her to anticipate, prevent, and resolve common issues. (And yes, just this morning I talked with the partner I work for to confirm she was getting the max raises possible.)