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Looking Good, Feeling Good, Doing Good? How to Dress for Work in 2023

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These days, many companies have moved to a structured hybrid model , which means it’s time to lop off the mullet and save the sweatpants for after 5 p.m. HR operations manager Christina Theine graduated from her college’s business school in 2011, and had purchased new clothes for interviewing.

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As I Enter My 60s, Here’s the Advice I Would Give to My Younger Self

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I remember one instance when I applied for a communications job and the male interviewer asked if I was pregnant or planning to have children soon. Today, I would have admonished the guy and abruptly ended the interview. I didn’t like being on camera or giving live radio interviews. Skip the master’s degree What?

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6 Ways to Wow an Interviewer Via Video Interview

On The Job

Not long ago someone wanted to interview me via Skype. A Skype interview? But if you're a job searcher, you've got to always be ready for that call asking for a video interview. But if you're a job searcher, you've got to always be ready for that call asking for a video interview. One solution has been video interviewing.

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Job Fairs May Suck -- But You Can Use Them to Your Advantage

On The Job

Companies load up their banners and swag (A free pen! Then, the college students -- wearing nice clothes that make them squirm -- start the trek from table to table to table, ready to hand out their resumes. There are various reasons for this (lazy recruiters, company policy, etc.) A free stress reduction ball!) No," they say.

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Donald Kelly—The Sales Evangelist—Is Out to Create a Community of World-Class Sellers

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I’ve seen everyone in my family do entrepreneurial things, whether it was reselling clothes they bought in the U.S., Kelly started his own podcast, The Sales Evangelist , and interviewed fellow sellers about what worked and what didn’t, essentially “evangelizing” about the topic. You did what you needed to do to survive.

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Preparing for the Interview

Laughing all the Way to Work

I had an interview at 11, but I was busy with my job, my father was in the hospital and I was trying to arrange an engagement party for my daughter. I just didn’t have time to bring my clothes to the dry cleaner, and worse than that I had an inch of grey roots showing and I hadn't coloured my hair. It ended up I did get the job.

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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

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Blakely , 52, is the founder and executive chairwoman of Spanx , the Atlanta-based shapewear company that rocketed to fame after Oprah Winfrey included it on her “Oprah’s Favorite Things” list in 2000. Blakely readily admits that she wasn’t the first woman to cut the feet off her pantyhose and wear them under her form-fitting clothes.

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