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Helpful Career Advice From Gwyneth Paltrow: Modeling Is The ‘Perfect Job’

Gwyneth Paltrow has graciously told us how to eat, dress, and parent. Now she’s also handing out career advice! It’s super-duper practical. More »

The Best Time Of Day To Schedule A Job Interview

Is it smart to volunteer to go first? In sports and negotiating, it’s often thought of as a disadvantage. When it comes to job interviews, however, a recent study finds that interviewers are significantly influenced by interviews they conducted earlier in the day. So what time should you schedule your interview for if given a choice? More »

The One Tweet That Got This Woman Fired And Made All Of England Hate Her

Emma Way just wanted to drive in peace. Is that too much to ask? Instead she ran into a bicyclist, knocked him to the ground, drove off without stopping to help, and tweet-bragged about doing so. It could happen to anyone! More »

Charming Brokerage Instructed Salesman: ‘Don’t Pitch The Bitch’

Charming Brokerage Instructed Salesman: 'Donâ��t Pitch The Bitch'

BuzzFeed has a pretty amazing inside look into how bro-tacular brokerage John Thomas Financial Inc. made sales: With a secret handbook instructing its Red Bull-fueled salesmen how to seal the deal by tossing around promises of millions, belittling potential clients who hesitated to buy, and never, ever “pitching the bitch.”
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The Student Who Mailed His Pants And Snagged An Internship

Here’s a brand-new way to snag a prestigious internship: Take off your pants. Wait, that didn’t come out right… More »

Why This ‘Princess For Hire’ Needs A Secret Identity When She’s Not At Work

Meet Amy Demoff, a mother of one whose job is playing princess for children in the greater Detroit area. More »

These Amazing Doodles Express What We’re All Thinking During Meetings

Meetings: Often necessary, even more often awful. That’s why we loved these doodles from a Tumblr called notes from meetings. More »

Here’s The List Of The Most Obese Professions

I’ve always assumed the job with the highest obesity rate would be sumo wrestling. The slimmest workers? Vogue editors. More »

Is This Woman ‘Too Pretty To Work’?

Leave it to the Daily Mail to spin a story of egregious, persistent sexual harassment into a story about a spoiled, delusional woman who needs to be put in her place. More »

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Check Your Network: How Networking Perpetuates Racial Discrimination

If you pay attention to career advice — from Sheryl Sandberg or Warren Buffett or from or from this website, for that matter — you know that networking is crucial to finding a job, keeping it, and advancing within and beyond it. But of course, not everyone has access to solid career networks through friends, family members, or college. And a new study suggests this is a major factor that helps explain why the black unemployment rate is so high. More »

Could President Obama Have Avoided Umbrella-Gate By Asking A Female Marine To Hold His Umbrella?

Yesterday some corners of the internet had a conniption because President Obama asked a Marine to hold an umbrella over his head as he spoke at a press conference in the rain. No, really, people are upset about this. It makes sense because this has been such a slow news week. More »

Old People Are Like Vampires Who Want To Suck Your Career Blood

If a 50-something coworker asks you out to lunch today, beware. They’re not just being friendly. They read an article in Money magazine and they want to suck ~~your blood~~ up to you. More »

Kelly Rowland Admits Being Jealous Of Beyoncé, Like Every Other Woman On Earth

Kelly Rowland Admits Being Jealous Of BeyoncÃ©, Like Every Other Woman On Earth

Breaking news: Former Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland apparently admits in a new song that she was jealous of Beyoncé. News flash, Kelly: Literally every single woman on this earth is jealous of Beyoncé. Still, the song is pretty intense! More »

Women Need To Stop Hugging At Work And Start Shaking Hands

When it comes to getting dressed in the morning, men have it easy because they keep things simple: Put on a suit. They keep it similarly simple on the question of hugging or shaking hands at work: Shake hands, always. No muss, no fuss. Ladies, we cannot rule the world until we stop hugging at work. More »

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