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Colorism: Skin Tone Affecting Job Opportunities

These are a few of things that everyone thinks about the night before they walk into a room of people that can define their financial fate. But one thing that black women may think about, more than others, is not just their job credentials and what they can bring to the table, but their looks--mostly their skin color.

How to Accomplish Your Work Goals

Now is the time for resolutions, fresh starts and goals. It’s always good to categorize your goals. So if you already have your new physical goals, it’s not too late to set new mental or financial goals.

List It Like Groceries: Acknowledge Your Accomplishments

I learned to list everything I do at a job.

5 Ways to Let Your Black Girl Magic Shine through in a Corporate World

Allow your Black Girl Magic to shine through in a corporate world. 

If You’re so Good at Your Job and You’re Still Replaced, Then What?:  My Reminder to Prioritize Financial Independence

This incident reminded me that when it comes to a job, no one cares about your qualifications or dedication to the organization. There are rules and procedures to be adhered to, and if you step outside of those, your employer holds the power to end your livelihood in a matter of days—or less.

Before Working for My Boss, She First Turned Me down in a LinkedIn Message
Salary Negotiation as a Black Woman in Corporate America

As Black women, we are conditioned to believe that anything we receive beyond the bare minimum is a blessing. We are not taught our true value and are not taught to require that everyone we interact with treat us as though they recognize that value.

I Am Serena. I am Naomi.

While watching the women's U.S Open Final, I could not help but recognize myself while watching two black women play against each other, both that were powerful and inspiring in their own way. I saw myself as both Serena and Naomi.

Why I Am Still A Creative Despite My Day Job

Eventually, I decided I didn’t want to settle for just a regular part-time job, and decided to become an entrepreneur and start businesses.

How to Get Your Focus Back at Work

The burnout affects us all. It happened to me. I was at a company where I loved my boss but the work was limiting.

21 Ways to Elevate to Your Best Life

Imagine walking into a room with 1,000+ beautiful black women smiling, laughing, and hugging each other.


20 Common Interview Questions, What They Really Mean, and How to Smartly Answer Them

Got an interview coming up? Or just want to practice before you get a call back? Check out these 20 interview questions: what they really means and how to answer them. 

5 Reasons Why People Don’t Negotiate Their Salary

Not enough people negotiate their salary; maybe because it's not explicitly a part of the on-boarding process. Most often, employers don’t mention it, but you can. After following Your Corporate Black Girl, I found confidence in just “asking” for a salary increase.

When Your Sexual Harasser is also Black in the Workplace

A colleague of mine first began sending inappropriate messages via a chat service on our work computers. I had no idea how to interact with him, initially chalking up his flirty behavior with “the way he is".

Symone Sanders Addresses the Issues and Confidence of Black Professionals

Symone D. Sanders is a political commentator for CNN and was the topic for discussion when she received a message from a follower who criticized her for wearing long nails on television, especially on a popular and global news network.

Review: Barely Adults Web Series

With the hustle and bustle of New York City, this main character is a young black woman that has her head up high for a great job in the television business.

Black Women: Most Educated, but Most Undervalued

You keep hearing these stories about Black women being the most educated group in the United States. Right, we go to school, graduate, and get degrees. But that does not seem to be enough.

10 Tips for Keeping Your Office Space Clean

The office is like a second home, literally. And although the office probably provides custodians to help tidy up the place, us as employees have due diligence to keep our office spaces clean.

Starbucks: Another Example of Experiences in the Workplace

The 911 call was an unconscious sign for "help".

"Unkept & Messy?": The Issue of Black Hair in the Workplace

When we talk messy, what are we talking about? Is it the texture of black hair? Is the hair that naturally grows out of our heads inherently "messy"? What is the appearance of a employee with neat hair? Is it straight? 

Sexual Harassment: It's Not Right, Even If It’s Slight

However, there were uncomfortable comments, stares and advances made that pierced my chest and made me dread my work environment.

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT?

In fact, it seems, on the surface, that employers would rather hire people they need to spoon feed than a free thinker.

QUIZ: What Type of Corporate Black Girl  Are You?

When we spend way too much time in the office, we start to adopt workplace personalities we never thought we would have. Find out what type of corporate black girl you are.

I Was the Nice Girl: It's Not Always a Good Thing

For the longest time black young women in professional spaces have been taught to keep quiet and wait to be told what to do.  We are also often afraid of coming across as angry, loud mouths or too woke (a term used to intermediate black women who dare to stand up against injustices faced by black women in the working environment).

Black Women Deserve the Space to Become Decision Makers

The debate of diversity is one that we should be having, it is important not only make sure that women are properly portrayed in mainstream media, but also to make sure that the industry is opened up for women to become decision makers. 

10 Reminders When "Having an Opinion" in the Workplace

Often as human beings, we are too busy responding to argue, or just to simply respond, rather than to listen and understand. 

The Enter and Exit of a Black Woman in the Workplace

You experience little things that make you feel uncomfortable. An example from my own experience is my boss asking me "Are you sure you can do this?" multiple times like I don't know what I'm doing. I used to tell him. "Yeah, I'll ask questions if I feel confused." But he used to ask me that all the time. It was annoying, and I felt belittled. 

Top 10 Tweets of February 2018

Our TOP TEN TWEETS we found insightful and highlighted the lives of professional black women. 

You Cannot Afford to Be Silenced

Confidence issues are a reality in the corporate world. You always need to sound like you know exactly what you are talking about, even when you have no idea.

Let's Talk: Mo'Nique

Is Mo'Nique doing too much? Or, is she acting like any ordinary Black woman who would also negotiate a salary?

WHAT IS your corporate black girl?

Your Corporate Black Girl is a digital medium collective dedicated to embracing Black women in corporate spaces. Seeing is believing, and we believe that we need to enhance the presence of Black women through social engagement efforts such as our immediate social networks.We are a social movement and we want to continue to inspire other Black women.

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