Articles

• Managing Your Money, Negotiation

  40+ Ideas to Save Money Each Month Starting Today

  Looking to save money by cutting down on your expenses? We've got you. Here are ways to save money on groceries utilities and all those streaming services you might not need.

• Managing Your Money

  Debt-Free Living: How I Paid Off $25K in One Year

  If you've lost countless nights of sleep worrying about your growing debt, I hear you. This is how I finally took action and paid off my debt—all in under a year.

• Managing Your Money

  The Envelope Challenge + 9 Fun Money-Saving Challenges to Start Today

  Looking for a fun way to start saving money? We have an idea. The envelope challenge is a great way to making saving money actually fun.

• Managing Your Money

  Average Savings By Age: How to Start Saving on Any Income

  Imagine yourself retiring on the beach with financial security. That's right, we're here to talk money, but not to preach.

• Managing Your Money

  Financial Adulting—A 5-Step Guide to Adulting with Your Money

  We're all familiar with the term "adulting" by now. But are we acting like real adults when it comes to our hard-earned money? Here's five ways to take your bank account into adulthood.

• 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.

• Managing Your Money

  How to Manage Debt Financially + Emotionally

  There's a lot of advice out there about how to pay down debt, but how do you actually live with it while you have it? Here's how one writer dealt with her debt both financially and emotionally.

• Routines + Productivity, Working From Home

  Rethinking Fast Fashion—How to Dress Eco-Friendly for Work

  Fast fashion is swiftly destroying the environment, using questionable labor practices, and tricking women into thinking they need all of the latest trends yesterday. Here's how you can rebel against it—and consume clothing responsibly.

• Managing Your Money

  How to Prepare Financially For An Upcoming Recession

  Here are three things financial experts want you to focus on right now to put yourself in a stronger financial position for an upcoming recession.

• Goal-Setting, Professional Development, Routines + Productivity

  Adulting: 3 Things Every Grown Woman Needs to Do

  Wondering about what it takes to finally consider yourself an adult? Here are three things you should do (or at least start to work on) to become a full adult.