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Articles

Cover Letters, Job Search Strategies, Resumes

How to Create the Perfect Writing Sample to Get the Job (+ 28 Writing Prompts)

All the writing you need to do in order to get hired can feel daunting if you're not a seasoned writer. Here is how to write a compelling writing sample.
Career Development, Hard Skills

How to Improve Your Writing Skills: 21 Writing Tips for Everyone

How can you improve your writing skills? Whether you're looking to write more confident emails or to improve your blog writing skills, here are 21 writing tips for anyone.
Routines + Productivity

How to Start A Professional Email + Email Openers to Use

How do you start your emails? Do you use the friendly "Hi" or the more formal "Dear"? Let's dive into the best email greetings for every type of email—from a professional correspondence to an email to your best friend.
Cultivating Confidence, Routines + Productivity

6 Ways to Spark Creativity in Your Personal Life

We're talking about good old, off-the-clock creativity. Here are six ways we are doing our best to be creative in your personal lives.
Cultivating Confidence, Goal-Setting, Professional Development

Allicia Washington-White On How Writing Can Reduce Stress + Manage Emotions

Writing can be deeply therapeutic. This week, Allicia Washington-White reveals how writing helps her to cope with stress and manage emotions.
Career Development, Personal Assessment

I Dropped Out of Law School—Here's What I Learned

(I learned a lot.)

Interviews

Media

Meet goop's Chief Content Officer, Elise Loehnen

On why working on an all-woman team is "pretty awesome."
Media

We Got to Interview Our Favorite Washington Correspondent

Insider perspective on what it's like being a woman in the media in 2018.
Art + Creative

The Future of Digital Storytelling Looks a Lot Like Artsy's Marina Cashdan

On art and media—and how we can tell smarter stories about culture and each other.
Media

Heba Kanso Tells It Like It Is as a Digital Reporter at CBS

After a stint as freelance Broadcast Associate, Heba is living the dream working as a digital reporter at CBSNews.com.
Media

The Story Behind Lifestyle Blog, Apartment 34's, Success

After working for a senator in D.C., Erin Heimstra moved west to pursue her love for writing—and it totally paid off.
Media

How Writing About Baseball Led Molly Knight Straight to a Book Deal

The sports reporter and New York Times Best Seller explains why relationships can make or break your career.
Health

The Founder of Nutrition Stripped Gave Us the Best Advice on Work-Life Balance

Everything you need to know about a career in nutrition from Nutrition Stripped's founder.
Media

An Interview With Katie Hintz-Zambrano of Mother

As a writer and mother, Katie knew that she wanted to create a site for moms to find inspiration on parenting through style, beauty, home, travel and food.
Entertainment

An Interview With Joanna Quraishi on What It's Like to Be a TV Writer

See what it really takes to become a tv writer for a hit television comedy show.
Media

An Interview With Kaitlyn Kirby, Founder of Mini Magazine and Tulle Magazine

Producing a successful magazine is a job that a million girls would kill for. As for Kaitlyn Kirby? Well, she’s at the helm of two!