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  • Capitol Hill Style ponders what to wear for informal interviews (which we've also talked about here and here).
  • YouLookFab breaks down the differences between the semi- and faux-tuck.
  • SheFinds studies the different at-home try-on services, from glasses to t-shirts to engagement rings (whaa?).
  • A guest poster at The Careerist has some pretty awesome advice for new associates that I think is great for all workers in general. Meanwhile, Forbes tells you which office personas to avoid.
  • Levo League teaches you ten simple ways to tweak your body language.
  • POPSUGAR Smart Living lists six things for career women to do this fall.

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18 Comments

      1. I’ve never seen it on anyone where I didn’t think it would have looked better either tucked or untucked all the way, in my opinion. Different strokes and all, but definitely not a trend I like.

    2. Hate it also. When I was in middle school, the “cool” look for girls was to wear a semi-tucked t-shirt with a pair of boys boxer shorts (as outerwear). I can’t revisit semi-tuck :)

      1. Personally I prefer those little plastic rings we hitched up the bottom hem of our oversized t-shirts with :p

        1. My 13 year old stepdaughter and her friends use a hair elastic on regular-sized t-shirts and place it in the middle of their backs instead of at the front hip. I told her about the plastic rings and oversized shirts. :)

        2. those were legit the best plastic invention EVER. Especially when you could buy sets in enough colors to match your shirts and/or socks.

          1. You know your family is stingy when you only had one (pink)… but luckily had 3 sisters who each also had one so you can borrow!

    3. Yep. I hate anything that looks slovenly. And this does. And like you are trying too hard to be cool or hip. Really weak.

  3. The Levo League post suggests getting people coffee when they come into a room.

    No. No. No. No. No.

    1. I’m curious what your intense reaction stems from? I read that section to mean moving around, being a part of the room, avoiding looking self-contained and withdrawn. I think it could just as easily have said “point others to the coffee” or “pour yourself a cup of coffee.”

      1. I think women fetching coffee is a very mad men era thing that, like bringing baked goods to the office, we should avoid.

        1. I think women fetching coffee is a very mad men era thing that, like bringing baked goods to the office, we should avoid.

          1. The day our male CEO brings baked goods into the office, I will reconsider. The rule to not do that is from Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office, if you want to read more about the reasoning.

        2. I have no problem bringing baked goods in to the office occasionally (it just seems like a nice thing to do for coworkers I know & am friendly with) but I would never, ever, ever offer to get or make coffee for someone in a business setting. I agree it seems like a very secretarial thing to do. As a young woman (who looks even younger than I am) I’ve been asked numerous times by people I don’t know, including opposing counsel, to get them a cup of coffee. I just tell them where the coffee maker is and let them know they can help themselves!

    2. I will get coffee for people periodically. Not in a big meeting where I’m the youngest person in the room or something like that, but if I meet a client and I’m the first to arrive, I’ll offer to get the person a drink. Male partners at my firm do the same thing.

    3. There are far more disturbing suggestion on that site. Read the one about being a diva at work. Truly cringe worthy

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