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Got Dense Breasts? Why You Should Care and How It Affects Your Breast Cancer Risk

by Solange Lopes | November 2, 2024 | Career | 0 Comments

The letter came in the mail a couple of days before I even got a chance to open it. It was a routine mammogram I thought nothing of, like most of the other mammograms I had done before. Except this one was a tad different… The word “abnormal” jumped at me from the...

From Career Sacrifice to Career Focus: Managing your Career in a Sustainable Way as a Working Woman

by Solange Lopes | October 14, 2024 | Career | 0 Comments

Have you ever wondered how you can advance your career while being a woman, wife and/or mother, and not having to work 40+ hours every week? Have you ever considered cloning yourself so you could do all the things, everywhere at the same time? You’re certainly not the...

TCS Podcast Episode 56: The Summer Recap Edition

by Solange Lopes | September 6, 2024 | Career, PODCAST | 0 Comments

This episode is a summer recap for my working women and moms, looking back at the reality of the summer mental load, the power of doing nothing at all (yes, it's possible!), and how to make our careers hot again in the summer months (without sacrificing our summer fun...

7 Ways to Enrich Your Career In The Summer (Without Hijacking Your Summer Fun)

by Solange Lopes | August 30, 2024 | Career | 0 Comments

It’s the middle of summer, and I am trying out a new African restaurant with a colleague and a new professional acquaintance while nerding out on artificial intelligence during a work conference. Here I was, actually enjoying myself and advancing my career, while...

The Rest Bias for Women: Uncovering the Struggle and Power of Doing Nothing as a Working Woman

by Solange Lopes | August 6, 2024 | Self-care, Working Mom & Woman Tips | 0 Comments

For the first time in my adult life, I took a month off. An entire month off, traveling, seeing new places, swimming in the ocean and mostly “being” as opposed to “doing”. And it shocked the entire heck out of my system, my overachieving, productivity-minded, A-type...

28 Best Sites for Office Supplies

by Solange Lopes | Aug 24, 2017

I’ve always been addicted to office supplies. I remember as a kid looking forward to back-to-school trips at our local office supply stores with such anticipation and excitement. As a working woman and mom, I still look forward to the back-to-school, and other...

5 Money Saving Tricks for College Students

by Solange Lopes | Aug 23, 2017

This article was written by a college student contributor to TCS. The concept of going off to college and living in complete freedom is the most exciting step of adulthood. However, with newfound freedom comes expenses—a lot of expenses. I’ve always been very frugal...

30 Best Personality Assessments To Help You Find the Career You Want

by Solange Lopes | Aug 22, 2017

This post may contain affiliate links. How many times have you wondered about finding the career you want? Or asked yourself if the career you’re in is a good fit for your personality? There are actually effective personal assessment tools out there to help match you...

3 Easy Ways to Take Your Business International Today

by Solange Lopes | Aug 21, 2017

Ready to take your business international? Operating an international business may seem daunting. Yet, if you are already operating a successful domestic company, you are in a good position to launch internationally....

Weekly News Roundup

by Solange Lopes | Aug 18, 2017

Welcome to our weekly career, entrepreneurship, lifestyle and fashion news roundup! Think of it as your online watercooler/work gossip station/coffee break spot for now…Want to add anything to our list? Email us...

Wear to Work: Leah Cap Toe Pumps

by Solange Lopes | Aug 17, 2017

Our Wear to Work feature presents various pieces of workwear at different price ranges and sizes. These soft leather Sam Edelman cap toe pumps from Shopbop are perfect to transition from Summer to Fall. The slingback straps with insert elastic and buckle closure are...

7 Steps To Transition to the Career You Want

by Solange Lopes | Aug 17, 2017

You may have been thinking about transitioning to the career you want to work in. You may even have started taking a few steps to look into it. However, transitioning to a dream career is an important, and critical process. I recently made the leap to the career I...

Coffee Break: My friend and I are competing for the same job!

by Solange Lopes | Aug 17, 2017

Our Coffee Break features answers to everyday work-related questions (otherwise known as watercooler/coffee break talk)! Send us your questions at corporate@thecorporatesister.com! Q: My friend and I work in the same department, and are really close. An opening just...

Coffee Break: My co-workers won’t stop spreading gossip about me and I don’t know how to confront them!

by Solange Lopes | Aug 16, 2017

Q: Some of my co-workers have been spreading false gossip about me. I’m aware of what’s happening, and highly upset about it. However, I’m trying to maintain my professional demeanor and not openly confront them in the office. I don’t have any tangible proof of this,...

Wear to Work: Poplin Twist Front Top

by Solange Lopes | Aug 16, 2017

Our Wear to Work feature presents various pieces of workwear at different price ranges and sizes. We always need an easy, crisp poplin top for work we can pull out at any moment, like this striped poplin twist front top from Ann Taylor. I love the flattering twist on...