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Category: Pop cultureBy anthony balderrama on Sep 29, 2009 in Career Advice, Featured, Fun stuff, Office Etiquette, Pop culture | 77 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 Featured, Fun stuff, Job Search, Networking, Pop culture | 9 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 [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Aug 24, 2009 in Featured, Pop culture, Work | 9 Comments
One of my Saturday morning rituals is catching up on my reality TV filled DVR and this Saturday was no different. I was especially excited because the new season of Bravo’s Flipping Out — about obsessive-compulsive, junk-food eating house flipper Jeff Lewis and the people who work for him — debuted this week. This season, Jeff [...]
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 [...]
By anthony balderrama on Jul 31, 2009 in Career Advice, Featured, Fun stuff, Pop culture, Work | 1 Comment
Admittedly, I don’t watch Grey’s Anatomy, nor do I pretend that I know the every move of Katherine Heigl. On a personal level, I don’t care all that much because I don’t know her. However, news items keep coming my way about a recent issue and I figured it’s worth discussing. This article from LA Times sums [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Jul 22, 2009 in Featured, Interviews, Pop culture | 2 Comments
It’s just a few days away from Jillian’s final rose on The Bachelorette. Who will she choose: Ed, Kiptyn, Reid … or no one at all? Why are we talking about this on a job blog? We’ve often compared the job search to dating. Our friend and frequent contributor, Joe Turner, has written a guest blog for [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Jul 15, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff, Pop culture, Video | 12 Comments
Today, the latest installment of the Harry Potter movie franchise “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” hits theaters. I admit, I’m a fan. I’ve read all the books, own all the DVDs and spent a good part of this past Sunday watching the movie marathon on ABC Family (I did have a bad cold). Hey, [...]
By anthony balderrama on Jul 7, 2009 in Career Advice, Featured, News, Pop culture | 6 Comments
First and foremost, I realize plenty of people are looking for a job and can’t imagine leaving a job right now. I realize the idea of resigning from a paying job seems foolish in this economy. But I also know that many people are leaving jobs for several reasons. New parents are opting to stay [...]
By anthony balderrama on Jun 26, 2009 in Careers, Featured, Fun stuff, Job Descriptions, Pop culture | 1 Comment
With the release of the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, we got to thinking about what it would be like if Transformers were walking around among us. I suppose that’s the premise of the show and movies already, but our minds still raced. As a child, I was all about the TV show. I [...]
By CareerBuilder blogger on Apr 9, 2009 in Featured, Pop culture | 5 Comments
This morning my trusty TweetDeck alterted me to a tweet that read: “Hmm. Fox is creating a reality show based on small-business layoffs.” *Cue record-screeching-to-a-halt noise.* Sure enough, I followed the tiny URL to an article with the headline “Fox to make reality TV show about company layoffs.” The article goes on to describe how [...]
