Writing on the Huffington Post, Friend of STA Brooke Moreland deftly breaks down the main types of holiday party outfits, what they say about you, and what others will think of you for wearing them. Here are a couple of highlights:
- The LBD: You think it’s timeless, everyone else thinks it’s safe and predictable. They’re also all wearing LBDs themselves.
- The Party Dress: You’re the life of the party. However, that means you also run a higher risk of barfing on someone or accidentally hitting on a coworker’s spouse.
- The Business Suit: You just came from the office, which means you’re a workaholic. Your boss thinks that is a good quality, but your coworkers probably think you’re lame.
- The Cute Holiday Sweater: Um, do I even need to mention this one? You may think “festive,” everyone else thinks “loser.” Save it for Grandma’s Christmas dinner.
- The Elegant Dress: Perhaps you’re overdressed, or perhaps you’re just so good-looking that everyone else is jealous of you. Sometimes, risks are worth taking.
You can view the whole post here.
Thanks to several factors – such as the shitty economy, rising unemployment, and the popularity of the vanity internship – it’s now as competitive to get an unpaid job as it is to get a paid one. And, of course, some workplaces are more competitive than others. If you want to intern for The Huffington Post, though, it’s going to cost you. $13,000, to be specific.
The popular website – which Gawker once nicknamed “livejournal for celebrities” – is already known for not paying their writers, setting a free-content trend throughout web media that upset many journalists. Now, they’ve managed to go one step further by asking an employee to pay them for the privilege. Granted, the internship is for charity, but the whole things makes me kind of squeamish.
So far, ten people have bid on the internship. The proceeds from the auction go to the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.
Administrative Professionals’ Day is tomorrow! My lips are sealed, but I promise some cool things for tomorrow. However, because a day is not enough to praise assistants for all they do, the whole week is now Administrative Professionals’ Week. Here are a couple of links you should check out as you prep for the big day:
