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- Fashionista talks to Mindy Kaling and the costume designer for “The Mindy Project” (who's also Kaling's sometime red-carpet stylist).
- Racked brings you a thorough guide to online swimsuit shopping.
- Vice looks at a new report that ranked 40 major fashion companies on the transparency of their supply chains that found that “40 percent of the companies analyzed don't appear to have systems to monitor whether they are compliant with labor standards.” Companies that were ranked low include Prada, Fendi, Hermès, and in last place, Chanel. (Have you checked out our slow fashion shopping guide yet?)
- The Wall Street Journal talked to 25 male CEOs about how they manage work-life balance.
- The Muse reviews five soft skills that can help you succeed in any field and gives you five tips to brighten up your desk or office.
- Quartz introduces you to Bullet Journal, a new and popular productivity method that just uses pen and paper, while The Everygirl recommends eight online tools to help you get more organized.
- Stephen R. Williams writes for Above the Law about firing employees, and for those who haven't gotten that far in their careers yet, Above the Law also shares advice for people heading to law school.
- The executive women's editor at The Huffington Post writes, “Love or hate or feel totally ambivalent about Hillary Clinton, this is a historic moment.”
- The Huffington Post shares a guide (from a few months ago, but still relevant) on contacting your elected representatives about reducing gun violence, including a sample letter. (Here's a chart on how your senators recently voted on background checks.) If you're still feeling helpless and are looking for something to do/read, see this post from Wonkette to follow Mr. Rogers' advice and look for the helpers, or make an appointment to donate blood in your community. (Sure, it probably won't go to Orlando, but you'll still be helping someone in need.)
On CorporetteMoms Recently…
- We looked at men's techniques for gamifying and measuring work-life balance.
- Kat shared some clothes for working moms, including some maternity basics and washable office clothes.
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Anon
Small rant. I posted earlier bout leaving my current big law firm for a smaller one with better hours, and people are still being so rude! One of the senior lawyers in my group basically just gave me the most condescending goodbye I have ever received in my life. Essentially she said that not everyone can handle big law and it’s good that I realized so early on that my career wasn’t going to be a priority. She thinks I’ll probably do better at “that type of firm.” Ticks me off because all my reviews from partners have been positive since I’ve been here. No one is asking me to leave, and just because I want better hours doesn’t mean I don’t care about my job! I just happen to enjoy seeing my family on occasion. Sigh. Rant over.
Rosie
They are so jealous of you! They thought money was the answer and they are now living in fancy houses and have their kids in fancy schools and they cannot leave the hell. Or maybe they don’t like their families. Either way, you are the winner.
Anonymous
In a matter of days/hours, you won’t have to see these people again! (At least not on a daily basis.) Let that help your zen.
whaaaaaat
Re the inclusion of the WSJ on how 25 male CEOs achieve work life balance…..??? Does any reader of this blog care at all about how a male CEO balances his life? Sorry to vent, but this just seems misplaced in the Friday news feed.
Rosie
Maybe if we are married to them!
whaaaaaat
Good point. Sorry, I just correlated WSJ +male+CEO with someone who awards himself points when his assistant sends flowers. Obviously not true of all men at all.
Ellen
Yay! You are so right! Men are so lazy, rely on us women, and then THEY are braying about Work/life balance? Come on! My experience at home is that Mom does all the housework, shopping and organization, and dad comes home to eat and call the shot’s. FOOEY! I am so glad I never married Sheketovits, b/c I would have been subjugated to him b/c he was the accountant. No one cared that I am an attorney, duly admited in NY! That should count but it does NOT. DOUBEL FOOEY!
Wendy
Yes but then we’d have to service those sweaty slobs when they got home. The partners’ wives I know say uniformly that they won’t shower before expecting favors. No thanks. That is simply unpalatable (literally).
Anonymous
It’s super important that work-life balance articles be written about men as well. We’re never going to make progress on work-life balance if it’s viewed only as an issue for women.
Also, tips/tricks that male CEOs use would also be relevant to any high flying ‘rettes regardless of gender
Anonymous
I thought it might give me a chuckle: I’m sure a SAHM who calendars in-laws birthdays could be a large part of it. But if there’s more to it than that, I’m all ears.
Anonny
Meh. Men who have an assistant to do everything for them, a SAHW/M and oodles of household help aren’t really impressive. They just need to show up and write the checks.
Sydney Bristow
Bullet journal has been around for at least several years. I use my own modified system based off it and love it.
Anonymous
Shopping help: I want to buy a sharp networking but fun outfit that will take me all day at a conference and out on the town in New Orleans in the evening. I am a middle-aged petite pear! I like Ann Taylor and Banana but no real idea of what look I want here.
Wow
How beautiful is that sari!!
The Other Candidates
Career TJ: I applied for a research position at a Scandinavian university which was followed by a confirmation email from their online application system which is pretty standard. The odd thing for me is that the message also came with a list of all the other applicants for the position. The list has each candidate’s full name, age, current occupation, location and gender. I have never encountered this before. Is this normal? I know different institutions and countries have various rules on hiring procedures. But I also wonder if it’s a violation of privacy for an insitution to publish and send out a list like this to ALL the applicants. I mean aren’t there cases where people are job hunting but their current employer doesn’t know? In my case, it has been interesting to sort of see how I compare to everyone else but other than that I find this very bizarre.
Amberwitch
It must have been a mistake. Here in Denmark, at least, this is not done. In the old days (back in the eighties), as an applicant, you actually got the whole prioritized applicant list, including their academical assessment.
Anna
I’m definitely not an expert on this, but I’m pretty sure I’ve heard other people talk about this for academic positions, so I don’t think this is uncommon.
Lawyer Needing Jeans!
I need help finding jeans. I’m a moderately curvy tallish size 10. 46yo, and want jeans which (a) aren’t skin tight, (b) are on the longer side (no ankles showing). Not going for sex appeal; just want jeans that fit! Will wear with nice Ecco sneakers mostly. Not stilletos. I tried GAP 1969 Authentic Real Straight jeans, and the size 31 fit perfectly in the store, but after I wore them for 6 hours they were poochy and stretched out in all the wrong places.
Which store should I go to, and any recommendation on what types to try? Talbot pants fit me pretty well generally but I didn’t see a lot of jeans there.
I’m in West Los Angeles, so have most stores fairly handy. I’m worried the size 30 will be too short since they look short on the models in the picture.