What We Do | Professional Women's Group Program

Success is not only about getting a job; it's about building a career.


The mission of the Dress for Success
Professional Women's Group (PWG) is to provide our network of employed Dress for Success women the partnership of support, practical information and inspiration to achieve self-defined success in career and life. 

Women making the transition from unemployment to work face myriad challenges, from understanding corporate culture to handling personal finances, often without any support systems in place to help them navigate this daunting change.

We provide our clients with information that will help women unfamiliar with the workplace continue to develop skills and advance in their careers. The PWG offers members a comfortable atmosphere in which they can share, grow and network with other women who have recently made the same transition into the workforce.
  • Membership is open to Dress for Success clients who have successfully gained employment.
  • Each regularly scheduled meeting consists of two key elements: an expert speaker leading a discussion and a networking period.
  • Monthly meetings cover a variety of subjects and activities that promote professional development. Topics include communication skills, the "unwritten rules" of the workplace, childcare issues, financial planning, stress management and juggling responsibilities, among others.
  • PWG members have access to product discounts and professional resources to help them further their personal and professional growth.
Since membership is reciprocal in every PWG location, members have an infrastructure and support system in place when they move to another part of the U.S. and Canada.

Financial literacy workshops are an important component of the Professional Women's Group and teach low-income women how to become economically independent by creating fiscal goals, constructing budgets and investing in their futures. Our
Financial Planning Handbook, a guide to understanding, organizing and managing one's finances, is made possible through the generosity of the CREW Foundation and the Foundation for Financial Planning. A copy of this guide is given to each PWG member.

If you are interested in supporting the Professional Women's Group as a sponsor or volunteer, please send us an e-mail.

To donate to Dress for Success and help fund our employment retention programs, visit the Donate Funding page.

The Professional Women's Group program is currently available at the following affiliates:

Atlanta Midwest (St. Louis, MO)
Austin Morris County (Madison, NJ)
Boise Valley New Hampshire (Concord, NH)
Boston New York, NY (Dress for Success Worldwide)
Brookhaven (Long Island, NY) Norfolk (Virginia)
Charlotte Oregon (Portland, OR)
Chicago Palm Beach County (Lake Park, FL)
Cincinnati Peoria (Illinois)
Cleveland Pittsburgh
Delaware (Wilmington, DE) Racine (Wisconsin)
Denver Rio Grande Valley (Pharr, TX)
Greater Orlando San Antonio
Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) San Diego
Hartford San Francisco
Houston Seattle
Indianapolis Shreveport-Bossier (Shreveport, LA)
Jersey City South Central PA (Harrisburg, Lebanon & York, PA)
Joliet (Illinois) Southern Maine (Portland, ME)
Little Rock Tampa Bay
Louisville Triangle NC (Chapel Hill, Durham & Raleigh, NC)
Memphis Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
Metro Detroit Warren-Youngstown (Ohio)
Metro Jackson Washington, DC
Michigan (Ypsilanti) Western Massachusetts (Springfield, MA)
Mid-Fairfield County (Fairfield, CT) Wichita

 




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