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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
- How to Recover from a Work Mistake posted on April 10, 2017
- 5 Types of Difficult Coworkers and How to (Almost) Deal With Them posted on March 6, 2017
- How to Negotiate a Raise posted on August 8, 2016
- Career Profile: Cheryl Kaplan, M.Gemi posted on May 29, 2019
- 22 Personal Development Journal Prompts posted on December 16, 2016
- Career Profile: Lily Herman, The Prospect posted on July 22, 2015
- Career Profile: Katherine Eskandanian-Yee and Chessa Eskandanian-Yee, LeaderEQ posted on January 17, 2019
- Career Profile: Carly Heitlinger, The College Prepster posted on January 19, 2012
- The Best Career Podcasts to Listen to if You’re Starting a New Job posted on August 14, 2015
- Career Profile: Nicole Ross, USA Fencing and Adecco Group posted on March 9, 2016
- Career Profile: Suzannah Weiss, Freelance Writer posted on August 10, 2016
- Career Profile: Katrina Scott and Karena Dawn, Tone It Up posted on August 23, 2017
- Career Profile: Leesa Evans, Stylist and Costume Designer posted on April 10, 2019
- Career Profile: Rhonesha Byng, Founder of Her Agenda posted on September 2, 2015
- Physique 57 Review posted on April 9, 2016
- Career Profile: Annie Shafran, Bellgray posted on December 7, 2016
- Career Profile: Kimberly Barnes, ContentPark posted on August 30, 2017
- Career Profile: Amanda Keegan, ‘Good Morning America’ posted on September 9, 2015
- City Guide: 48 Hours in New Canaan, Connecticut posted on May 13, 2016
- Career Profile: Kari Saitowitz, The Fhitting Room posted on December 9, 2015
- How to Meet People IRL posted on June 6, 2016
- How to Get Hired When You Don’t Meet All the Job Requirements posted on February 15, 2021
- Career Profile: Katherine Feiner, Katherine Feiner posted on January 21, 2015
- Career Profile: Jordana Kier and Alexandra Friedman, LOLA posted on December 16, 2015
- Career Profile: Claire Cook, Girls Who Code posted on June 8, 2016
- Career Profile: Maxie McCoy, Writer and Speaker posted on February 22, 2017
- Career Profile: Kinjil Mathur, Squarespace posted on May 9, 2018
- Career Profile: Julie Schechter, Founder of FitBallet posted on June 24, 2015
- 20 Thought-Provoking Journal Prompts posted on February 16, 2016
- The Best Questions to Ask at Networking Events posted on June 13, 2016
- Career Profile: Nicola Palmer, Verizon posted on August 29, 2018
- Career Profile: Jenna Arak, Jenna Arak Modern-Day Storyteller posted on July 29, 2015
- Career Profile: Aidan Donnelley Rowley, Author posted on February 17, 2016
- Career Profile: Alyssa Rapp, AJR Ventures posted on June 29, 2016
- Career Profile: Jordana Abraham, Samantha Fishbein, and Aleen Kuperman, Betches Media posted on January 8, 2019

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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.
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.
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."
Career Profile: Leesa Evans, Stylist and Costume Designer
"You are at your best when you trust your instincts and calmly believe in yourself."
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!
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."
Career Profile: Rachel Tipograph, MikMak
"Risk-taking is a luxury and if you're in a position to do it, seize it."
How to Survive a Toxic Workplace
You're toxic, I'm slipping under. (And getting a new job ASAP.)
Should You Take a Job Just for the Money?
Money can't buy you (a job you) love.
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."
How to Make Friends at Work
Let's be friends.
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?"
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."
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!"
Career Profile: Lori Wright, Microsoft
"What matters is how you pick yourself back up again after the setbacks and keep marching forward."