Nov 07, 2009 -
Vent about your job, brainstorm your next big move, and share your personal and professional success with other readers in the SavvySugar Community! What do you do? Find like-minded savvy friends in some of our hottest groups.
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Oct 28, 2009 -
Vent about your job, brainstorm your next big move, and share your personal and professional success with other readers in the SavvySugar Community! What do you do? Find like-minded savvy friends in some of our hottest groups.
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Oct 25, 2009 -
When it comes to workplace drama, Mad Men has it all: high-stakes accounts, employees fighting for promotions and power, interoffice affairs, drinking on the job, and professional talent clouded by shenanigans, secrecy, and even sexual harassment. Whenever I watch the show I am both captivated by the saucy situations and characters and thankful for how far we have come as professionals since the 1960s. Obviously, the characters' antics spark all kinds of career questions for us modern women.
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Oct 22, 2009 -
Colin Nissan and Sean Farrell of Don't Be That Guy fame have graciously agreed to answer some burning questions we women folk have about men. So check out their answer to the first question and stay tuned for more!
Today's question to Two Guys: "Why, if men get regular sex from their girlfriends or wives, do some of them still need to masturbate?"
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Oct 02, 2009 -
It's no secret that social networking sites can cause some serious stress in the workplace. In some cases, there's anxiety over whether you should share your Facebook or Twitter accounts with job recruiters. In other cases, well-crafted online profiles might give you a leg up with potential employers.
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Sep 29, 2009 -
There's a lot to be said about money. Some say it's the root of all evil. Some say 'mo money, 'mo problems.
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Sep 22, 2009 -
Moving to a city that's first-time job seeker friendly can improve your chances of landing an entry-level job, and you're really in luck if you can score a position with a company that treats its beginner workforce especially well.
BusinessWeek compiled its annual list of the best places to launch a career by polling college career counseling directors across the country and collecting statistics from employers to learn about details like pay, benefits, training programs, and retention rates. See which employers took the top 10 spots and the average pay for entry-level hires when you read more
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Sep 16, 2009 -
Working for the government used to elicit groans of expectant dullness, but times have changed. Instead of criticizing working for the ultimate Man, Uncle Sam, more people are drawn to the secure nature of working for the federal government. According to a new report from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, the federal government will have hired 273,000 new workers by Fall of 2012 for jobs the group calls "mission critical" — that's a 41 percent hiring increase over the three previous fiscal years.
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Sep 07, 2009 -
When it comes to workplace drama, Mad Men has it all: high-stakes accounts, employees fighting for promotions and power, interoffice affairs, drinking on the job, and professional talent clouded by shenanigans, secrecy, and even sexual harassment. Whenever I watch the show I am both captivated by the saucy situations and characters and thankful for how far we have come as professionals since the 1960s.
The plotlines that evolve within the powerful Sterling Cooper agency and its smart but unruly ad men and women are dramatized for our viewing pleasure, but it is true that office culture has changed substantially in the last 40 years.
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Aug 25, 2009 -
The new SavvySugar Community is so spiffed-up, I can't wait for you to check it out. It features groups like Ask Savvy, which invites you to submit a question for me to answer while giving other readers the opportunity to weigh-in. Why rely on a Google search to satisfy your concerns when you can get help from your trusted community of Sugar friends?
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