2008 Woodie Awards
After years of mismatched fashion irreverence (which included pairing teal shoes with everything) the classic suit is reemerging in a much different landscape than the last time it dominated women's wardrobes in the 1980s. Dresses, the most feminine of fashion items, are peaking in popularity as more and more women are moving away from dressing like men in order to be taken seriously in the workplace.
Dear Career Coach, I just heard you advise students to send out a cover letter with a resume. Can you tell me more about what I should include in a cover letter? Also, who should I address the cover letter to if there is no contact name available? Answer You heard correctly! I always recommend sending a cover letter with a resume unless the ad or posting directly requests "resumes only".
Few plastic water bottles make it into Mary Wilstorn's curbside recyclable container, the Concord, Calif., resident buys one plastic bottled water a week and simply refi lls it from the tap. "I don't buy bottled water for the so-called `mountain spring' water," she says.