careers

The ‘Writing About Yourself’ Trap

12:13AM Hamilton Nolan | Remember Lena Chen? She was big on the internet a few years back for being a compulsively oversharing sex blogger while she attended Harvard. Anyhow, she graduated, and stopped sex blogging, and we forgot about her. Now she’s back! And we’re going to use her story as a peg for some completely unsolicited advice-giving. More »

Bristol Palin Gets Her Own Reality Show

5:29AM Brian Moylan | Bristol Palin, daughter of Sarah, former star dancer, do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do abstinence advocate, and facial shape shifter, has her own reality show. No, it’s not Extreme Makeover. It’s some crazy project for the Bio channel. More »

Marc Jacobs Is Using Twitter To Hire Someone To Tweet For Him

4:16AM Brian Moylan | Want to break into the competitive world of fashion, be relocated to New York, and get health insurance, a good salary and a generous clothing allowance? All you have to do is impress Marc Jacobs on Twitter and you can be his professional Twitter slave. More »

Don’t Get Too Excited, But Jon Hamm Used To Work In Porn

5:00AM Brian Moylan | Mad Men‘s Jon Hamm worked in porn. He wasn’t an actor or a director but a set dresser on a soft-core movie. Not as racy as we’d hoped, but still “Hamm” and “porn” in the same sentence sure is something.

Are Dirty Privates Holding Back Your Career?

7:16AM Hamilton Nolan | Ladies: need to ask your boss for a raise, but unsure how? This Summer’s Eve ad has a step-by-step plan for you. Step One: “showering with Summer’s Eve feminine wash.” More »

Australian Penis Bottle Opener Cop Offered Job As New York Bartender

4:53AM Brian Moylan | The producers of Puppetry of the Penis, the Australian show that re-opened off-Broadway last night, want a new bartender: Andrew Lawrance, the Aussie cop who might get fired after opening a beer bottle with his penis piercing. More »

Jesse Who? Some Non-Marital Career Advice For Sandra Bullock

5:17AM Richard Lawson | The likeable, coltish actress has just won an Oscar but all anyone can talk about is hissy Jesse James gossip. So let’s take a moment to discuss not her marital woes, but how she can keep the career buzz going. More »

Hey, J.Lo, Don’t Let The Door Hit Your Famous Arse On Your Way Out

9:38AM Brian Moylan | She hasn’t had a good song or a hit movie in years, and now her record label dropped her and the opening of her new movie has been repeatedly pushed back. It’s official, J to the Lo. You’re done. More »

Chicks Don’t Know How Good They Have It

5:46AM Hamilton Nolan | In a new survey, male and female business professionals both agree that entry-level jobs are gender-neutral – but about twice as many men as women said executive-level jobs are equally open to both sexes. Among those men: your boss. [WSJ]

The Unemployed’s Newest Enemy: Cheap Credit Reports

6:43PM the cajun boy | As if America’s jobless weren’t screwed enough — more employers are running credit checks on potential employees for jobs that involve no financial decisions, so you’d better pay your bills on time even if you don’t have a job! More »