How to Deal With a Bad Manager
Learn how to deal with a bad manager as a Black woman: identify bias, document patterns, use clear scripts, escalate strategically, and know when to leave.
Yes, I’m the Doctor, Not the Intern: What to Say
What Black women can say when their title or authority is questioned at work, with scripts for clients, colleagues, managers, and repeated patterns.
Why High Performers Don’t Get Promoted
Why high performance alone does not lead to promotion—and how Black women can strengthen the evidence, relationships and advocacy within their control.
Drinking at Work Events: A Professional Guide
Should you drink at the office party, client dinner or team happy hour? Use this practical guide to set your limit, decline gracefully, navigate pressure and protect your professional reputation.
Laid Off? Free Career Training May Be Available Through WIOA
Before paying for coaching or another certificate, learn how American Job Centers, WIOA services and Workforce Pell may help fund your next career move.
Unemployed for 6 Months? What to Do Next
You’ve Been Unemployed for Six Months. Now What? | The Corporate Curly The Six-Month Reset You’ve been unemployed for six months. Now what? Six months is a signal to change the system, not a verdict on your talent. Stabilize what is urgent, find the earliest break in your search, and use the next 30 days […]
Laid Off? 10 Things to Do Before Updating Your Resume
Laid Off? 10 Things to Do Before You Update Your Résumé | The Corporate Curly The Layoff First-Response Guide Laid off? 10 things to do before you update your résumé. Your résumé is not the first emergency. Secure the documents, deadlines, money, benefits, evidence, and relationships that become harder to recover after access disappears. Corporate […]
How Many Jobs Should You Apply to Per Week? A Better Plan
Stop chasing an arbitrary application quota. Build a weekly job-search plan based on your available time, strongest opportunities, networking, interview preparation, and actual results.
Why Can’t I Find a Job Even With Experience? 4 Areas to Fix
Educated, Experienced, and Still Can’t Find a Job | The Corporate Curly The Job Search Lab You’re educated, experienced, and still can’t find a job. Stop changing everything at once. Use your actual search data to identify which stage is breaking: the target list, the résumé, the network, or the interview. Corporate Curly Editorial Team […]
When the Person Blocking Your Promotion Is Also a Black Woman
We talk a lot about the barriers Black women face at work. We talk far less about what happens when the person withholding visibility, sponsorship, or opportunity looks like you. Here’s how to recognize when a difficult relationship has become career gatekeeping, and how to protect your reputation, build influence elsewhere, and keep moving without making one person the single point of failure for your career.