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Category: Fun stuffBy rachel zupek on Oct 29, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff, Work | 3 Comments
Two days until Halloween! I got the finishing touches to my flapper costume last night; my boss got her “Dharma Initiative” suit in the mail yesterday; my co-worker got her Beddazzler to glam up her “Kim from Real Housewives of Atlanta” costume — it’s all coming together.
Keeping in the Halloween spirit, CareerBuilder thought it would [...]
By anthony balderrama on Oct 27, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff | 3 Comments
Halloween is only a few days away, as the terrifying Rachel pointed out yesterday. Plenty of you probably think, “And?” because you’re not big on dressing up. At least not on the job. Normally I’d be with you. When colleagues chase me around the office on St. Patrick’s Day, threatening to pinch me if I’m [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Oct 16, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff | 4 Comments
I think “The Office’s” Michael Scott best described the role of a boss when he said: “I’m a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third.” Whatever kind of boss you have, today is National Boss Day (and annual review time is just around the corner).
If you haven’t gotten the chance to [...]
By rachel zupek on Oct 8, 2009 in Employment Trends, Featured, Fun stuff, Job Surveys | 4 Comments
Have you ever woken up in the morning and thought, “I don’t feel like going to work today”? I know I have. Immediately, I start to think about what excuse I could give that might allow me to stay home and just relax. More often than not, my conscience gets the best of me and [...]
By rachel zupek on Oct 1, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff | 0 Comments
Black and white are classy colors in any situation, but according to new research, British workers are wearing the color combination more than ever to be viewed as leaders at work. At least that’s what was revealed in the 2009 Travelodge discarded clothing catalog, which is the hotel chain’s annual clothing inventory report.
The 2009 data [...]
By anthony balderrama on Sep 29, 2009 in Career Advice, Featured, Fun stuff, Office Etiquette, Pop culture | 48 Comments
I fully admit that I’m not the reality TV junkie that many of my friends and co-workers are. In fact, I can only think of two non-scripted shows I watch. (Well, “non-scripted” is used loosely here.) Regardless, one of those shows I’ve found myself drawn to is The Rachel Zoe Project. Go ahead, judge me. [...]
By anthony balderrama on Aug 25, 2009 in Career Advice, Fun stuff, Job Search, Jobs, News | 0 Comments
The last 24 hours have been full of big news. Bernanke’s staying on as the Fed’s chairman. Obama said the deficit’s going to be worse than he anticipated. Michael Jackson’s death is a homicide. Whoa.
Here’s what you should be reading today:
Not sure that these sorts of findings really change much, but they’re fun reads, nonetheless.
Testosterone [...]
By anthony balderrama on Aug 25, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff, Job Search, Networking, Pop culture | 4 Comments
Oh, social media, what did we ever do before you came along? Worked more diligently, I suppose…but that’s not the point.
This whole Twitter business is still makings its way across the country. Facebook was quick to catch on with the college crowd, and as the site was expanded to more universities and then eventually anyone, [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Aug 14, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff, Pop culture | 0 Comments
Ain’t it swell? Don, Peggy, Roger, Joan and the entire gang from Sterling Cooper are back for another season of Mad Men on Sunday night.
From the six martini lunches to the fabulous clothes, I just love, love, love this TV show set in an advertising agency in New York City during the 1960s.
Sure, there’s a lot of things [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Aug 12, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff, Job Surveys | 6 Comments
I have to admit, I got pretty lucky in the co-worker department. It’s rare that I have any major complaints about them, I count a few among my best friends, and I sit one row away from my sister Mary, who writes for our sister blog The Hiring Site. (There’s a rumor going around we are [...]
