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- How to Keep a Work Journal posted on January 26, 2015
- 15 Girls’ Night In Activities posted on March 13, 2017
- The Best Career Podcasts to Listen to if You’re Starting a New Job posted on August 14, 2015
- NYC Guide: Sunrise in Central Park posted on November 27, 2014
- Career Profile: Madeleine Casella, The Museum of Modern Art posted on June 17, 2015
- How to Write a Career Manifesto posted on December 1, 2024
- How to Write the Perfect Conference Follow-Up Email posted on August 11, 2017
- How to Be a Great Manager posted on March 20, 2017
- Career Profile: Kinjil Mathur, Squarespace posted on May 9, 2018
- Career Profile: Jessy Dover, Dagne Dover posted on April 29, 2015
- 6 Essential Tips for a First-Time Manager posted on July 27, 2015
- How to Do a Life Audit posted on February 23, 2016
- How to Answer Negative Interview Questions posted on January 23, 2017
- Career Profile: Evgeniya Khromina, Panah posted on May 3, 2017
- Career Profile: Yunha Kim, Simple Habit posted on June 21, 2018
- What to Do When You’re Having a Bad Day posted on February 10, 2020
- Coffee Date: Greek Girl Shop posted on January 17, 2012
- Fitness Files: 5 Boro Bike Tour posted on May 5, 2015
- Career Profile: Bigi Sann, Bandier posted on March 23, 2016
- How to Ace Your Annual Review posted on January 9, 2017
- How to Have a Productive Sunday posted on August 25, 2017
- Career Profile: Kristi Kohut, Kristi Kohut Studio posted on July 11, 2018
- Coffee Date: Courtney of Color Me Courtney and Hopeless Hostess posted on March 29, 2012
- Career Profile: Katherine Feiner, Katherine Feiner posted on January 21, 2015
- Career Profile: Michela Aramini, Founder of The Lovely It Girl posted on May 20, 2015
- Career Profile: Amanda Keegan, ‘Good Morning America’ posted on September 9, 2015
- Overcoming The Confidence Gap posted on April 4, 2016
- Career Profile: Amanda Freeman, SLT posted on February 8, 2017
- 30 Day Challenge: The VB6 Diet posted on July 31, 2017
- Career Profile: Amanda Chantal Bacon, Moon Juice posted on August 22, 2018
- My Sorority Story posted on January 1, 2014
- Career Profile: Marissa Driscoll, Girl Scouts of the USA posted on November 25, 2015
- How to Reclaim Your Day posted on April 25, 2016
- Carer Profile: Vanessa Quigley, Chatbooks posted on March 1, 2017
- Three Viable Alternatives to Venture Capital Funding That All Entrepreneurs Should Know posted on October 26, 2018
- How to Write a Job Interview Thank You Note posted on February 12, 2014
- Career Profile: Samantha Cooper, Trend Tribe posted on February 11, 2015
- How to Give Feedback to Your Manager posted on June 29, 2015
- My 2015 Favorites posted on December 31, 2015
- The Best Questions to Ask at Networking Events posted on June 13, 2016
- Career Profile: Susan Tynan, Framebridge posted on August 16, 2017
- How to Make Friends at Work posted on March 11, 2019
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Managing Up posted on December 16, 2024
- How to Get an Entry-Level Job posted on May 12, 2014
- Career Profile: Kaitlyn Sullivan, W Magazine posted on March 4, 2015
- Career Profile: Micaela English, Town & Country posted on July 8, 2015
- How to Make a Vision Board posted on January 14, 2016
- How to Negotiate a Raise posted on August 8, 2016
- Career Profile: Emma Grede, Good American posted on June 5, 2019
- 4 Things You Must Do After Your Annual Review posted on March 23, 2015
Author Archives: Elana Lyn Gross
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How to Gracefully Exit a Networking Conversation
It’s possible to tactfully end the conversation without ending the relationship. Try these tactics to make a graceful exit.
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Career Profile: Barbara Whye, Intel Corporation
"Persistence and optimism will always yield successful outcomes."
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The best is yet to come.
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5 Ways to Stop Complaining About Work
You might have valid concerns, but the last thing you want (if you also want a promotion) is to be seen as a constant complainer or the office gossip.
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Career Profile: Ammara Yaqub, Ammara
"I think it is important to be resilient and persevere – achieving success out the gate is sometimes easier than sustaining that success over a long period of time and some failure is inevitable. It is important to view failure as a hiccup and not an endpoint."
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Career Profile: Leesa Evans, Stylist and Costume Designer
"You are at your best when you trust your instincts and calmly believe in yourself."
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How to Get a Job After College
It might seem like you need to have five years of experience and an Olympic medal to get an entry-level job, but you don't!
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Career Profile: Lisa McCarthy and Wendy Leshgold, The Fast Forward Group
"You can do way more than you think you can and it’s usually the stuff that gets in your head that gets in the way."
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Career Profile: Rachel Tipograph, MikMak
"Risk-taking is a luxury and if you're in a position to do it, seize it."
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How to Survive a Toxic Workplace
You're toxic, I'm slipping under. (And getting a new job ASAP.)
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Career Profile: Elisa Steele, Namely
“Work hard, do the right thing and make things happen."
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Should You Take a Job Just for the Money?
Money can't buy you (a job you) love.
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Career Profile: Sasha Benz, All My Friends Are Models and Cinq
“Every overnight success takes 10 years. This is something that I have found true more than anything. Everything takes time, guts and perseverance. No true success story comes without battle wounds."
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How to Make Friends at Work
Let's be friends.
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Career Profile: Lauren Berger, Intern Queen
"You miss 100% of the chances you don’t take. Just ask. What’s the worst that can happen?"
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Career Profile: MaryBeth Pecha, Amber Hanson, and Kathryn Ekloff, Persist The Game
"I wish I would have known it's okay to take risks, experiment and fail. I think as women, we're so concerned with checking all the boxes, being prepared and not ruffling feathers. I'm generalizing, but this is how most of us were conditioned from an early age. I wish I would have been more curious to try new things, and that I would have gone easier on myself. I wish I had known it's better to prioritize progress over perfection."
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Career Profile: Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Allergan
"It’s a marathon, not a race. You will get opportunities to keep reinventing yourself professionally and you don’t need to do the same thing throughout your career. Change is okay, in fact, I strongly recommend it!"
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Career Profile: Lori Wright, Microsoft
"What matters is how you pick yourself back up again after the setbacks and keep marching forward."
