Topic: Career

Dear ‘Deranged’ Sorority Girl, I Would Love To Hire You

Dear âDerangedâ Sorority Girl, I Would Love To Hire You

Dear Rebecca Martinson (a.k.a. “Deranged” Sorority Girl),

Today I read that you officially resigned from your post at Delta Gamma after an e-mail lambasting your fellow sorority sisters for “FUCKING UP” on the sorority job went viral last week. I’m not sure what your scholastic plans are at the University of Maryland, or if perhaps you already have that trusty college summer internship already lined up. I’m hoping that the publicity from last week has derailed your summer plans and that Delta Gamma’s loss is my gain. I would love to offer you a paid internship at Mommyish. More »

Bullish: Why Working From Home Wins

Bullish: Why Working From Home Wins

Earlier this year, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who tells us she’s not a feminist (and that feminism has become “a more negative word”), both built herself a nursery in the office and also canceled everyone else’s work-from-home situations, because water cooler discussions are apparently more valuable than the people who live far from a Yahoo office, have disabilities that make commuting difficult, have babies but aren’t CEO, etc. More »

Bullish: I’m Starting 12 Businesses in 12 Months, And This One’s About Cats

Bullish: I'm Starting 12 Businesses in 12 Months, And This One's About Cats

Jennifer Dziura writes career and life advice weekly on TheGloss. Here is an archive, and here is an archive of Bullish columns from our sister site TheGrindstone.

This December, I spent two weeks in a hotel in Florida, mostly by myself, periodically transferring myself from a chaise lounge by the pool to a spot at the hotel bar, wrapped up in thought.

(See Bullish: How to Have a Staidcation).

I was partly rewarding myself for churning out another educational book last year (I did a lot of work on this), but I was mostly churning away on a BIG PLAN THAT I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT NOW:

This 2013, I am starting 12 businesses in 12 months. More »