Articles

• Managing Your Money

  How to Identify Debt You Can Pay Off (+ Improve Your Money Mindset)

  The first step in paying off your debt is identifying which debt to get to first. Mogul Millennial breaks down how to identify debt and pay that debt!

• Diversity, Belonging + Inclusion

  The Importance of Psychological Safety at Work for Women of Color

  What is psychological safety and why is it more important than ever in the workplace? Contributor Ciera Graham takes us through the pressures and scrutinization women of color face every day—and how to create safe spaces at work, for every body.

• Managing Your Money, Negotiation, Salary + Compensation

  Why and How You Should Ask What Someone Earns

  The rule where we're not supposed to talk about money serves nobody—except those trying to underpay us at every turn. Here's why you need to ask about salaries. Here's how you can ask what someone earns.

• Career Development, Career Transitions, Cultivating Confidence, Diversity, Belonging + Inclusion, Freelance + Entrepreneurship, Goal-Setting, Hiring, Informational Interviews, Internships + Volunteering, Interview Questions, Job Search Strategies, Leadership + Management, LinkedIn Optimization, Managing Your Money, Networking, Professional Development, Resumes, Routines + Productivity, Salary + Compensation, Work Culture, Working From Home, Workplace Toxicity

  22 Inspirational Career Quotes to Take Into 2022

  This year, we recorded over 50 episodes of The Career Contessa Podcast to stay connected as a source of support for all of 2021. Here are our favorite quotes to take into 2022.

• Diversity, Belonging + Inclusion, Routines + Productivity, Working From Home

  100 Days of Self-Care: Why I’m Doing It + Why You Should, Too

  Follow along with one writer’s journey as she tackles work, life, and everything in between through 100 days of self-care.

• Diversity, Belonging + Inclusion, Work Culture, Workplace Toxicity

  How White Women Allies Can Show Up at Work

  Women of color need white women to stand up and show their solidarity—especially in the workplace. Here's how white women can drop defensiveness and show up for their women of color colleagues.

• Diversity, Belonging + Inclusion

  What Black Women Bring to the Workplace

  Black women are an undeniable asset in the workplace. Here's exactly what Black women bring to the workplace that is invaluable and inimitable.

• Diversity, Belonging + Inclusion

  The Myth of Black Women Exceptionalism

  Black exceptionalism doesn’t make room for Black women to choose their own culture—Black exceptionalism means that, in order to be accepted, you must display an affinity towards whiteness.

• Diversity, Belonging + Inclusion

  Why Women of Color Need Spaces Without White People

  What is the white gaze and how does it affect women of color at work—and, let's face it, everywhere else. This is why it's crucial for women of color to have spaces free of white people.

• Diversity, Belonging + Inclusion, Working From Home

  This Leadership Expert Shares What Every Team Needs to Know About Inclusion, Leadership + Remote Work

  Building and maintaining functional teams, especially when remote, is not easy. Here's how Leadership Strategist Kishshana Palmer does it.