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Are You Cut Out to Work from Home?

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Marissa Mayer, the CEO of Yahoo, has the Internet ablaze with her memo to her “Yahoos,” published on All Things D, in which she states that as of June of 2013, all employees who were hired as telecommuters will instead be required to…
Feel Good Style Tip: Working From Home

Feel Good Style Tip: Working From Home

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Mamiverse Editor-in-Chief and working mom extraordinaire, Lorraine C. Ladish shares her tips for feeling great and staying sharp even when your office doubles as your dining room (or vice versa). Working from home requires that you find ways…
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Are You an Underearner?

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If you are a young or middle-aged professional lacking self-confidence at work, are constantly passed over for promotion, or feeling like you aren’t being paid enough, it’s not just because the boss doesn’t like you or the system isn’t…
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Being a Stay-at-Home Mom; A Privilege or a Right?

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I’m very fortunate to work from home as a freelance writer and author. This means I’m a stay-at-home mom and I get to raise my own children, squeezing in work when they’re asleep or their father is home to tend to their needs. I feel…
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Claudia Duncan Dreams of Pushing Paper

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On a Saturday morning, Claudia Duncan wakes up at 5:30am, makes coffee, turns on the radio, and starts pushing paper. For many of us, that may sound like a mundane start to the day. But for Duncan, by manipulating paper—whether it’s an…
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Dress for Success: What to Wear to Your Next Job Interview

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Your resume and cover letter landed you a job interview. Congratulations! Now that you’ve researched the company and rehearsed your answers to tough interview questions, you have to decide what to wear to the interview. First impressions…
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Denisse Montalvan’s The Orphaned Earring Pays it Forward

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If you’ve ever lost one of your favorite earrings, but couldn’t bear to throw the match away, Denisse Montalvan has a solution for you. The 33-year old LA-based public relations professional founded a nonprofit called The Orphaned Earring…
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Family-Friendly Policies: A Wish List from Working Moms

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Working moms, what do you do when your babysitter cancels at the last minute? This recently happened to me. I went into panic mode, and started dialing every one of my friends and family, desperately looking for a solution. I tossed and…
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5 Common Job Interview Mistakes Latinas Make

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So you thought you nailed the job interview—they smiled at you, seemed like they thought you were a great fit, and told you they'd give you a call back...but they didn't. A lot of times it's a pattern of silly mistakes you don't realize…