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The Smart Gal’s Guide to Getting a Raise In a Recession
Five Brilliant Ways to Blow Your Budget
Setting a budget and actually sticking to it is crucial if you ever want to get a grip on your spending. Problem is, budgets, like diets, can be unforgiving when it comes to the occasional splurge. Marie Claire has the scoop.
11 Things We Won't Ask You to Do to Save Money
11 things Marie Claire won't ask you to do to save money.
Six Ways Your Coworkers Can Help You Get Ahead
If managed carefully, your work buddies can help propel your career, say Janice Reals Ellig and William J. Morin, authors of Driving the Career Highway. They offer some important tips for, yes, exploiting those relationships for your long-term succes
5 Tips for Successful Networking
When it comes to networking, working a room can be daunting. But there’s no underestimating the value of connections gleaned from a good contact. Marie Claire tells you how to get connected.
The Most Coveted Summer Internships
School’s out, which means tens of thousands of students across the country are angling for summer jobs and internships. But given the woeful state of the economy, only a third of them will likely find work, according to a recent report by the Ce
The Time Paradox
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo observed that we tend to fixate on either the past (nostalgics), the present (hedonists), or the future (goal-oriented workaholics like you). Marie Claire has the story.
Secrets and Lies
When I found out my business partner had been hiding a tragic truth, I was devastated--then furious. But I knew one thing for sure: I wasn't going to give up. If there was a lesson to be learned.
Why Brunch is Not the Answer
8 reasons to skip brunch.
Girl’s Guide to Paying Off Student Loans
Debt—it’s the four-letter word that haunts many of us from the moment we frame the diploma. Recent college grads carry a debt load averaging $20,000, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Trying to pay that down on an e
How to Talk about Art
You may not know your Lucian from your Sigmund, but you can still hold your own at the art museum with this conversation guide.
Tuning Out
The Sabbath used to be the holiest of TV nights.
A Better Way to Spend Your Sunday
How I Survive the Sunday Blues
The Trouble with Sunday
Sunday. The day of reckoning.
Five Easy Steps to De-Clutter Your Desk
You’ll likely spend more time scavenging your desk for paperwork than on vacation this year. In fact, the average executive pilfers six weeks a year searching for important documents buried in clutter, according to the Wall Street Journal. Simpl
Millionaire by 30? Easier Than You Think
For those us making $30,000 or so a year, reaching the millionaire’s club seems like a long pipe dream. Marie Claire tells you how to make some money.
Surviving a Layoff
You worked late and did everything right. But your company pink-slipped you anyway. Now what? Three women prove there is life after losing your job.
Gas It Up While Keeping Your Costs Down
Gas prices are skyrocketing, and things don't look like they'll be letting up anytime soon. Marie Claire has ways you can save some money.
Hitting the New Sex and the City Hotspots
After the Marie Claire staff saw an early screening of the long-awaited Sex and the City movie, a few of us revealed our rabid fans status by taking the Sex tour. In New York City, cosmo-sloshing devotees can pack one of those big double decker buses
Movies for Women Who Like to Kick Ass in the Office
As soon as that clock strikes quittin’ time, make a beeline for your sofa, order some takeout, and pop in one of these cinematic classics starring kick-ass career gals who broke the rules and succeeded.
The Best Motivational Tunes for Monday Mornings
Half of American workers reported having sleep issues on a Sunday night in anticipation of the workweek, according to a recent survey. What’s the best way to motivate for a long workweek? Motivational songs.
Five Work Expenses You Can Expense (and 2 You Can’t)
Whether you’re on the job or looking for one, it’s easy to rack up a hefty tab of related expenses. (Toner isn’t cheap!) If your company won’t reimburse you, don’t jut swallow the costs. Some expenses can be written off come
How to Score a Job That Pays Over $100K Annually
Unless you live in one of the country’s major cities, odds are you’re making roughly $32,000 a year, the average American’s income, according to the Census Bureau. Only 5% or so of the nation pulls in over $100,000 a year. Clearly earn
Are You a Big Fat Liar?
The Lying Matrix
Our karmic continuum of dishonesty.
Cleaning Up Your E-Image
Scrubbing down a tarnished online reputation
Is Money the Ultimate Dating Deal Breaker?
These are groundbreaking times. In major cities like New York and Los Angeles, women are outearning their male counterparts. So why are many women keeping their finances a secret from their men?
The Best Ways to Keep Track of Your Money
Ever wonder where all your money went, mere days after payday? Between the cell phone and cable bills, gas tank refills and every day expenses, keeping track of your finances is as onerous and daunting a task as calorie counting. While most banks off
5 Sneaky Ways You’re Wrecking Your Credit Score
Even if you pay your bills on time religiously, your credit score may be endangered. Marie Claire tells you the five charge card sins that could cost you some precious credit score points.
The Top 5 Things Affecting Your Vacation Days
Have Lip Gloss, Will Travel The top five things affecting your vacation days.
The Smart Girl’s Guide to Business Casual This Summer
Marie Claire gives the lowdown on what to wear to work this summer.
The Best Reasons to Call in Sick This Summer
While summer may be most associated with beach bumming and barbecuing, for bosses across the country it's high season for bogus sick days. Marie Claire lists the best events this summer worth risking your job by faking a sick day.
The Smart Gal's Guide to Tax Refunds
Professional Women Come Undone in the Face of Infertility
In April the MC staffers were treated to a screening of May cover girl Tina Fey's new flick, Baby Mama, in theaters on April 25th. It got us thinking about other films devoted to professional women come undone in the face of infertility. It¹s a
5 Common Mistakes New Hires Make
“New Girl on the Job: Advice from the Trenches” is our generation’s guide to all the icky stuff that comes up in new jobs.
6 Things You Need to Work From Home
What do you need to be a productive home-worker bee, without starting your business deep in the red? We asked tech expert Anthony Verducci, who began by telling us what you don't need: fancy-schmancy gadgets like video-conferencing hardware or the me
Games: Solitaire, Crossword & More
Try out our free games if you're bored at work.
Get Outta Town!
Driving in Cairo, dating in French, eating with chopsticks . . . What's so hard about pulling up stakes and getting a new job in another country?
Get Rid of Junk Mail for Good
The easiest way to get rid of junk mail - and the greenest!
True Stories of Crying at Work
Welling up in the office: Career suicide or the new way to get ahead? Real women weigh in on crying.
7 Ways to Save Money
Financial advice from a new book that offers realistic rules for saving and spending money.
How to Start a Blog
Britney, Mariah, and Hilary all share their deep thoughts online. You can, too!
Marie Claire Job Search
Find your dream career here. Tired of your cubicle? Need a raise? Want a change? Search for your dream job, it just takes a click.
5 Ways to Live a More Balanced Life (February 2006)
Tips on how to live a more balanced life.
The Women of Google
Google's lineup of women execs proves that pocket protectors are no longer emblematic of this industry.
How to Succeed in Business
10 Ways to Spend Your Leap Year Bonus Day
Here is what to do with those extra 24 hours.
How to Be Instantly Engaging
Rebecca Shambaugh is the author of It's Not A Glass Ceiling, It's A Sticky Floor: Free Yourself from the Hidden Behaviors Sabotaging Your Career Success
How To Slow Down
You work fast. You eat fast. You fall in love fast. But to find real happiness, all you have to do is. . . SLOW DOWN.
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