Career advice
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How to Maximize Your Productivity as a Freelancer
Face down the mental barriers of this major career switch.
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Your Guide to Getting Benefits as a Freelancer
Three steps to getting your you-know-what together.
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How to Afford the Freelance Life
Expert tips for having enough money when a paycheck is not guaranteed.
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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.
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How to Be a Boss and Your Own Employee Right Now
Essential tips to avoid the burnout breaking point.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Women Reinventing the Way We Work
COVID-19 forced about two thirds of Americans to hastily pack up their offices and head to homemade workstations. Many will never go back. These six women are making WFH the new reality.
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The Unemployed Couple Squatting in Their Brooklyn Apartment
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 haven't paid rent on their apartment in months.
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Today, Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, Illustrates Just How Much Black Women Are Undervalued and Underpaid
In addition to the wage gap, new research from LeanIn.org shows that there are numerous "invisible" injustices as well.
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The Reigning Queen of TikTok
She’s not lip-synching, break dancing, or completing the #UmbrellaChallenge. She’s not Loren Gray, Addison Easterling, or Charli D’Amelio. But Vanessa Pappas is TikTok’s secret weapon, and, as the social media company’s U.S. general manager, she’s leading the unequivocally popular—and controversial—app into a future unknown.
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The Blogger Couple Who Made $20,000 When the Pandemic Hit
Every month, a couple will get candid with Marie Claire about how they split their finances. This week, we're talking to a couple who lost revenue during the pandemic, but invested wisely.
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Can Guaranteed Income Help Americans Escape Poverty?
Ciara McDonald, a single mother of three in Jackson, Mississippi, received $1,000 a month for a year. Here’s what happened.
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Lyda Hill Philanthropies Launches the IF/THEN Collection to Educate About Women In STEM
More than 125 women will serve as ambassadors for the program.
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How to Ace a Phone Interview and Make It Through to the Next Level
Most job interviews start with a phone call these days, so nailing them is crucial.
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How I Got Serena Williams to Hire Me
As a partner at Serena Ventures, Alison Rapaport helps the tennis superstar bet big on companies like Daily Harvest and Billie. Here’s what she did to land the envy-inducing job.
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2 Top CEOs on What Leadership Means in This Moment
PayPal's Dan Schulman and The American Red Cross' Gail McGovern talk to Marie Claire's EIC about mentorship, and how a diverse team gave them a competitive advantage.
