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How to Handle Being Professionally Invisible Despite Superior Qualifications

I am the only woman in this transmission shop and my coworkers still introduce me to customers as the secretary even though I have more certifications than any of them.

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You're the most qualified person in the shop, but they still introduce you as the secretary because you're a woman.

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