Let’s continue our look at the top 10 must not do’s for working women when dressing for a successful interview with tips 4-7:

4. No fishnets or patterned hosiery.

Sure, working women wear them on television, or on the runway, or maybe in your own office. That doesn’t mean you should too. The safest bet is for working women to stick with stockings in neutral colors or black when it comes to interviewing. Save all those other choices for your private time!

5. No flashy jewelry.

Keep it simple. Avoid flashy jewelry or jewelry that jangles. You want them to see you coming, not hear you coming. A good guideline for working women is no more than two rings per hand and one earring per ear….and no face jewelry please!

6. No backpacks or fannypacks.

Let’s wrap up our look at the top 10 must not do’s for working women when dressing for a successful interview with tips 8-10:

8. No visible tattoos

This can be a tricky guideline for working women if you have tattoos in conspicuous places (think Angelina Jolie). But, if you can cover up your tattoos, do so. Again, this depends on where you are interviewing and what type of job you are interviewing for. But, bearing your tattoos might not only turn off your prospective boss in the interview room, there are some companies out there who actually have policies limiting tattoos. So, you may be out of the running before you even have the chance to show them how perfect your are for the job!

9. No short skirts

If you are a working woman, then I’m sure you’re all too familiar with trying to perform the never-ending balancing act between work and home life. And, if you happen to have children, then chances are you feel like you’re performing the balancing act of life on center stage….with a big, bright spotlight shining down on you!

Just like the single woman who refuses to “settle” for a husband instead of waiting for “Mr. Right”, working women and working moms alike are refusing to accept that they can’t have their cake and eat it too.

Having a fabulous career that you love and a great home life with your family is attainable. You can have it all – you just have to learn how to multi task to learn how to balance work and family.

I have some great tips I want to share with you on how you can successfully perform the working woman’s balancing act between work and home life.

Join me this week as I begin sharing my tips with you for performing the working woman’s balancing act without falling flat on your back.

You can have it all – and I’ll show you how!

Remember, if you shoot for the moon and miss, you are still among the stars!

Valerie Fitzgerald

Let’s get started with my tips for performing the working woman’s balancing act without falling flat on your back with Tip #1.

Tip #1 – Telecommute: Allows people who live far from their place of business to work from home for certain work days and be more effective in their position, because they are not doing long commutes. It’s suppose to allow more productive time for the employer and also give flexibility to the employee if they have children.

If you’re like most working women, you’ve probably imagined how wonderful it would be to wake up 1 or 2 days each week and have your morning commute take you from the coffee maker in your kitchen to the computer in your home office instead of down the freeway battling traffic on your trek into your office.

But…you probably assume your boss would never go for it. Or, if your boss made an exception for you to telecommute a couple of days a week, then he or she would have to do the same for everybody else in your office, right?

But, you may be wrong!

Let’s wrap up our look at how working women can get their bosses on board with telecommuting and perform the working woman’s balancing act.

So, you may be asking how you should go about getting your boss to let you give telecommuting a try.

Well, the best way to get your boss to go along with letting you give telecommuting a try is to sell the idea to them. By that, I mean show your boss exactly how both you and they will benefit from you telecommuting a day or two every week.

You can also try suggesting to your boss that they allow you to give telecommuting a try on a trial basis. Agree to try it for a month or two, and then meet again to reevaluate how telecommuting is working for you and for your boss.