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- Levo League brainstorms how to wear looks from NYFW to work.
- The Little Pink Book looked at the history of business casual.
- SheFinds looks at the eight pieces of jewelry you must have in your wardrobe for fall (and some lookalikes for under $100).
- Ask a Manager ponders networking during maternity leave.
- For all of you who just finished going through intense interview weeks for law school or business school: Greedy Associates has some tips on interview thank you letters, which we've also talked about here.
- “I love my women lawyers because they never ask for a raise.” Great. (Hat tip to my law librarian friend who passed this on — you can see the anonymous quote at the bottom of page 1.) In other groan-worthy news, Business Insider covered an anonymous Quora commenter talking about her five years spent on Wall Street (hint: boob jokes factor into it). And the NYT covered Harvard Business School's drastic recent efforts for gender equity (summarized by The Careerist here).
- Popsugar Smart Living ponders how to handle a job referral request (something we've also talked about here).
- Eye4Style tried out the new Elle Dating service (where Elle's dating columnist, E. Jean Carroll, will personally set you up!).
Did we miss anything? Add 'em here, or send them to news@corporette.com. Thank you!
tazdevil
Any plans for DC corporettes to get together for happy hour in the near future?
ANP
Gah hit Report by accident! Sorry.
gina
The “never asking for a raise” thing INFURIATES me. A TV news hiring manger was candid with me and told me that the influx of women in TV news and the decline of men directly relates to the fact that women accept lower salaries. Smart men want to make more.
Ellie
Me too! And what infuriates me even more is the fact that is could be in a way reflected back to women who actually value their work correctly and do ask for a raise – I wouldn’t be surprised if they earn more negative reactions than their male counterparts, though this is mentioned.
Anon
My little sister is getting married this weekend, and my divorced/can’t stand to be around each other/only see each other in court parents are going to be interacting for the first time since their divorce 5 years ago. Worse yet, it’s a small wedding & wedding party, so there’s not really a way for them to avoid each other.
The rehearsal dinner is tonight, and they’re both attending (includng my dad’s new wife in tow). I am having such terrible anxiety about this whole weekend that I’m struggling to focus at work right now (fortunately I’m leaving in a few hours for some wedding prep) and I have a huge pit in my stomach at the thought of them being in the same room.
Has anyone gone through this? Any advice or coping strategies? I’m hoping it goes smoothly, but honestly, none of their behavior towards each other since the divorce has been civil, so there’s not much reason to think this weekend will any different.
Laura in Lakewood
I really liked the article from Ask the Headhunter about LinkedIn. It was the response to the an eye opening article about the value of LinkedIn’s “premium” service. (Conclusion: it’s a rip off.)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/businessdesk/2013/09/ask-the-headhunter-users-sound.html