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The latest Work articles from Marie Claire.
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Nez Hasan: "How I became a beauty boss"
She’s the woman behind one of the beauty industry’s biggest brow accounts and her incredibly realistic work has won her legions of fans and loyal customers. Here's how she made it happen...
By Sophie Goddard
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'How we can close the ethnicity pay gap,' says Selina Flavius, Black Girl Finance founder
Selina Flavius created Black Girl Finance because people of colour are financially worse off than whites. Fact. Flavius explains how we can all help dismantle systemic money inequalities
By Maria Coole
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This lockdown, women's careers have been hit hardest: 13 expert tips for future-proofing yours
'There's a triple burden on women at current: lockdown impacts their workload, career, and mental wellbeing disproportionately.'
By Ally Head
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"Why I decided to permanently home educate my daughter after lockdown"
'The school environment was not adequate to support Boo and ‘bubbles’ seemed to be a shambles'
By Ally Head
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The highest-paying jobs in the UK may actually surprise you
By Jadie Troy-Pryde
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Is it time to change tack and steer your career in a new direction?
By Kate McCusker
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Xenia Tchoumi: 'Sucess is about focusing on your unique personal strengths'
By Andrea Thompson
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Marcus Rashford becomes the first-ever winner of the MC Future Shapers Male Ally award
The Marie Claire Future Shapers awards are back for 2020 – and in a seismic year for activism, we've honoured Marcus Rashford MBE with our first-ever Male Ally award for his tireless campaigning towards positive change.
By Kate McCusker
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How we're shaping the future, by the Marie Claire Future Shapers of 2020
By Marie Claire
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Jess Phillips on how to take a stand against workplace inequality
By Niamh McCollum
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Taking the leap to go freelance? Emma Gannon offers her top 8 budgeting tips
By Niamh McCollum
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Pandemic proof your career by showing your true worth
Establishing your value as an employee or freelancer is vital in these tough economic times. Business coach Shilpa Panchmatia shares the six skills that will pandemic proof your career.
By Maria Coole
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Five free expert-approved career courses to help you upskill from home
Whether you want to brush up on digital marketing skills, learn a new language, or master the art of photography, there's a free online course out there for you, writes entrepreneur and upskilling queen June Angelides MBE. Here are five of the best.
By Marie Claire
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Facing unemployment because of coronavirus? These 9 tips may help
Remember: you are not alone.
By Ally Head
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Why diversity is crucial in our post Covid-19 workplace
Companies have long paid lip service to diversity. But in a year that saw the world changed by Black Lives Matter and the inequality of the pandemic, we need less talk and more action if we're to create a truly diverse post Covid-19 workplace, writes award-winning business strategist Melanie Eusebe.
By Niamh McCollum
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Coronavirus: your rights around returning to work explained
From PPE to pay cuts, an employment lawyer answers our burning questions on returning to the workplace
By Olivia Adams
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Is self-employment the way forward for women?
By Lizzy Dening
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I work at Dorothy Perkins. I heard about my possible redundancy on the 6 o’clock news
By Marie Claire
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What is a 'she-cession' and how will we recover?
Today is Equal Pay Day and it couldn't have come at a more crucial time. With the pandemic already heavily impacting the gender pay gap, its time to demand the government take action to avoid a she-cession
By Niamh McCollum
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Accent bias: Is yours a problem and should you change it?
Speech therapist Shermeena Rabbi explains why accent bias is still a thing and what to do if you're being judged negatively
By Maria Coole
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The married couple behind the Covid-19 vaccine
As news broke that a vaccine could be rolled out by Christmas - Emma Mason looks at the hard-working couple in lab suits we need to thank
By Marie Claire
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LinkedIn Stories: The new update making WFH a lot less lonely
LinkedIn Stories is the latest update by the professional social network, that allows you to post photos and videos to your users - keeping people connected as they work from home
By Marie Claire
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UK workers give employers '1,000 hours of unpaid overtime' every year
By Jadie Troy-Pryde
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New stats show post-furlough unemployment hit young and ethnic minorities hardest
By Ally Head
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10 ways to beat workplace burnout
The rise in carefully curated career porn, 24/7 connectivity and #sidehustles have lead to workplace stress and desktop drop outs. Here resilience coach Jo Owen reveals how to build your mental strength and form healthy work/life habits
By Maria Coole
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Joanna Payne: 'Women are too good at talking themselves out of bold ideas'
Next up in our Women Who Win series is Joanna Payne, founder of Marguerite, a network for women who work in art, design, fashion and photography with a desire to lift one another up
By Niamh McCollum
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Online meetings: how to hold the room and stop men taking over
Because there are only so many times you can switch off the camera so they can't see you silently screaming. Here are five bullet-proof ways a business consultant and leadership coach deals with mansplainers
By Maria Coole


