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I don’t know about you, but when I started dipping my toes in the proverbial waters of the corporate job search, I spent a lot of time reading reviews. These reviews are nice to have. Many of them are anonymous. And none of them are really designed to address what it’s like to work at a company as a woman.

I don’t know about you, but when I started dipping my toes in the proverbial waters of the corporate job search, I spent a lot of time reading reviews. These reviews are nice to have. Many of ...

Learning to dress “professionally” in a white man’s world

(Image source: Women’s Economic Development Agency)

As someone who has recently started their first office job, I’ve found that there is a high learning curve to beginning to dress professionally. All the tweed and the blazers  and the high-necked dresses can often mean buying an entirely new wardrobe to wear in the place you’ll now be spending all your waking hours. And it can also mean confronting a whole new playing field when it comes to gender, race, and class dynamics. 

(Image source: Women’s Economic Development Agency)

As someone who has recently started their first office job, I’ve found that there is a high learning curve to beginning to dress professionally. All the ...