Career advice
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Can Nextdoor Cure Loneliness?
The company's CEO Sarah Friar thinks yes. She shares how the hyper-local social networking platform is uniting communities across the country.
By Megan DiTrolio
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New Film Series 'Five' Celebrates Female Entrepreneurs Making Change
Filmmaker Lisa Madison's new project highlights five female entrepreneurs who are determined to make a positive impact on their communities.
By Megan DiTrolio
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New Initiative Pledges 2 Million Mentorship Minutes to Women In Need
Dee Poku, founder and CEO of the WIE Suite, wants to get women back into the workforce. And she needs your help.
By Megan DiTrolio
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Twitter's God-is Rivera on Making the Platform More Inclusive
As the global director for culture and community, God-is Rivera amplifies the voices of previously disenfranchised digital communities.
By Brittney Oliver
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Hannah Mendoza Is Coming For Your Morning Coffee
Hannah Mendoza was mixing adaptogenic lattes and mushroom coffees out of a van two years ago. Now her company, Clevr Blends, counts Meghan Markle as a fan—and investor.
By Megan DiTrolio
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How Event Planners Have Pivoted in the Pandemic
We've been shut down for nearly a year: No IRL concerts, conferences, or big weddings (for, ahem, the responsible among us). Marie Claire spoke to female leaders in the event business to find out how they're fairing.
By Leena Rao
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Sarah Thomas: A Day In the Life
It involves two showers and up to seven miles of running.
By Beth Shapouri
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Captain Sarah Kociuba Is One of 10 Female B-2 Pilots. She's Flying the Bomber Over the Super Bowl.
Sunday's historical Super Bowl flyover will be captained by Kociuba.
By Megan DiTrolio
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Marcella Nunez-Smith Is Making COVID-19 Care More Equitable (And So Much More)
The leader of Biden's Health Equity Task Force is getting to work.
By Megan DiTrolio
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Don’t Call Allison Statter Kim Kardashian’s Best Friend
She is. But she’s also the successful founder of Blended Strategy Group, a media relations firm repping the likes of Tiffany & Co. and Revlon. Typically fiercely private, last year she emerged from behind the scenes and into her own.
By Rachel Burchfield
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10 Questions to Ask During a Job Interview
Sorry, "what does a typical day look like" isn't going to cut it.
By Megan DiTrolio
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Meet the Finance Leader Helping to Hand Out Billions in Small Business Loans
Bank of America's Sharon Miller on the state of the entrepreneurial spirit and the importance of shopping small.
By The Editors
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You Can't Pick Produce on Zoom
...but you can organize. Activist and former farm worker Flor Martinez on how she's working for marginalized communities, the forgotten essential workers, during COVID-19.
By Magdalena Puniewska
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The Gray-Area Economy
With more employees working from home, the line between freelance and full-time is fuzzier than ever.
By Jenna Birch
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How to Maximize Your Productivity as a Freelancer
Face down the mental barriers of this major career switch.
By Maria Ricapito
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Your Guide to Getting Benefits as a Freelancer
Three steps to getting your you-know-what together.
By Maria Ricapito
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How to Afford the Freelance Life
Expert tips for having enough money when a paycheck is not guaranteed.
By Brittney Oliver
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There Wasn’t a Community for Black Women in Venture Capital. So Black Women in Venture Capital Made Their Own.
In the mid 2010s, Sarah Kunst, Mercedes Bent, Sydney Sykes, and Sydney Thomas were scanning the industry for women who looked like them. Once they found each other, they made it their mission to disrupt the VC game from the inside.
By Megan DiTrolio
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The Best Finance Podcasts Out There
Your wallet will thank you.
By Megan DiTrolio
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The Big Business of Activism
What happens when a social-justice movement grows so much, it must pivot to become an office-space-occupying, salary-paying, benefits-offering operation?
By Britt Peterson
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How Cathy Engelbert and the WNBA Pulled Off a Slam-Dunk Season
Engelbert brought business savvy, and compassion, when the WNBA needed it most.
By Megan DiTrolio
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Everything That Happened at Marie Claire's First Power On Event
Gabrielle Union, Taraji P. Henson, and more of MC's guests shared powerful takeaways.
By Sally Holmes
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Is My Workplace Watching Me?
As we adjust to the work-from-home life, some worry employers might take, um, more liberties when it comes to our private data.
By Kate Dwyer
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This Chef Is Feeding Maryland’s Hungry—in More Ways Than One
Monique Jordan leads a job training program run by the Maryland Food Bank, fighting the state's hunger crisis by helping students learn how to help themselves.
By Kristen Mascia
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The Two Moms Who Took a Year Off to Travel—Then COVID-19 Happened
Every other Thursday, a couple will get candid with Marie Claire about how they split their finances. This week, we're talking to a couple who decided to travel full-time just before COVID-19.
By Marie Claire
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Warning Working Moms: Your Partner Is Your Glass Ceiling
Bestselling author and essayist Caitlin Moran warns in her new book More Than a Woman that a mother’s career is only as good as the man or woman she marries.
By Jo Piazza
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The Women Helping Space Tourism Lift Off
As Virgin Galactic preps the first rocket ship trips for paid passengers, two space-savvy women prepare to launch.
By John Scott Lewinski

How to Be a Boss and Your Own Employee Right Now
Essential tips to avoid the burnout breaking point.