Dress for Success and Squared Away Collaborate

Squared Away volunteered their productivity consulting services to Dress for Success: Boston.

According to Jacqui Budd from Dress for Success: Boston, "With Squared Away's assistance, we're hoping to make our operations more helpful to our clientele. We cater to low-income women seeking to enter the job market. Being treated respectfully and professionally builds their confidence and increases their chances for success." Adds Sally Brickell, partner at Squared Away, "It's great to be able to contribute to the work of this wonderful organization."

Squared Away, based in Newton, MA, helps businesses improve their productivity. Squared Away belongs to the Institute of Managagment Consultants and the New England chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers.

The Squared Away/Dress for Success: Boston collaboration began when partners Fifi Ball and Sally Brickell presented a talk on time management to the Professional Women's Group of Dress for Success: Boston.

Dress for Success provides interview suits, confidence boosts, and career development to more than 45,000 women in over 75 cities each year.

Dress for Success is a not-for-profit organization that helps low-income women make tailored transitions into the workforce. Each Dress for Success client receives one suit when she has a job interview and a second suit when she gets the job. The Dress for Success Professional Women's Group program then provides ongoing support to help the client build a successful career. Dress for Success: Boston is based in Roslindale, MA.

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