Splurge Monday’s Workwear Report: Daedalus Sheath Dress
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Sales of note for 7/19:
- Nordstrom – The Anniversary Sale has started! Here's our big roundup of the best workwear, as well as everything we've selected thus far. Don't forget to check to see if their daily beauty deal is a good one for you – e.g., 7/23 Lancome; 7/24 YSL; 7/29 up to 40% off select lip products; 7/31 Bobbi Brown; 8/1 Jo Malone
- Ann Taylor – Semi-annual sale, 60% off sale and 40% off everything — readers love this blouse and I always love the variety of colors/textures for this jacket (it's a great separate)
- Banana Republic – Summer sale up to 60% off sale styles + extra 20% off
- The Fold – Up to 50% off, further markdowns
- J.Crew – 50% off select cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 60% off clearance
- Lo & Sons – Summer sale, up to 50% off
- Lululemon – Summer sale!
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added)
- M.M.LaFleur – 25% off jardigans (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Clear the rack, extra 25% off clearance! Nice selection of Vince, Veronica Beard, Reiss and Rag & Bone, a ton of affordable work dresses from Calvin Klein, Maggy London, Eliza J, and Donna Morgan
- Talbots – Red Door Sale! Prices start at $15
- Theory – End of season sale is on!
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.)