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Wall Street's $25,000 Matchmaker Talks About Who's Hot
In the good ol' days, finance types had a leg up on the competition by simple virtue of their monetarily rewarding professions. Now, according to matchmaker Samantha Daniels, the playing field is a bit more level because of the economic changes during the past year. Daniels' services can cost upwards of $25,000 and, despite the recession, she says her business is booming because people are yearning for stability in their personal lives.
I'm Asking: Did Hollywood Influence Your Career Expectations?
Hollywood tends to spotlight professions that are perceived as hip, adventurous, or respectful. The doctor looks like a rested rock star, the shopaholic journalist becomes a successful finance columnist, the young lawyer cracks the case and still has time to sneak out whenever she wants to have lunch with her gal pals. I love watching the lighthearted big-screen versions of what I know to be taxing professions, but the unrealistic depictions and instant career success that fits within the 90-minute romcom plot can be agitating.
Have You Ever Regretted Taking a Promotion?
You know that promotion you’ve been gunning for? Turns out that go-getter attitude could be detrimental to your health. According to a recent study from the University of Warwick, a leading university in the UK, promotions give people an average of 10 percent more stress.
Maxed Out: $78,000 in Debt and No Mortgage
This episode of Maxed Out is about Christine and Ross, a couple in so much debt that it's extremely difficult for them to keep things afloat. Christine can't even speak without crying because she's so distraught and stressed over their financial situation. They are the only couple among their friends who are still renting, and their dream is to have a home and children.
The Most Ridiculous Excuses For Missing Work
There are two main points that I took away from reading the results of a recent Careerbuilder survey: Some bosses actually drive by employees' homes when they've called in sick, and some people will say anything to get out of going to work. Both parties are guilty, but the boss might be doing more damage than the employee in this case.
Thirty-one percent of the employers surveyed said they follow up with employees who call in sick, some require doctor's notes, others check in by calling, and a creepy percentage drives by the employee's home.
College Degrees Pay Off, Especially For Women
There are plenty examples of people who have made a name (and billions) for themselves without a college degree, but The New York Times argues that the progress women have made over the last 40 years goes to show that higher education is not overrated. The statistics they note are remarkable: Only 25 percent of women received a college degree in the 1960s, while today almost 40 percent will end up with one. During the same time period, between 30 and 35 percent of men graduated from a four-year college.
Oprah and Lisa Ling Go Freegan
If freegan were a Balderdash word, I probably would have scribbled down a definition like 'a dietary group that restricts the consumption of anything that lives freely,' or something else equally insensible because I'd have no idea what it actually meant. But thanks to our mogul friend Oprah, I'll always know the definition of freegan if needed (I can already picture being carried on the shoulders of my teammates at trivia night!) To find out what exactly a freegan is just read more
Flab Checking Workers For Costly Waistlines
Over the next month Japanese firms will start performing "flab checks" on their employees over age 40. A health ministry led initiative is requiring firms to reduce the number of overweight employees and their families by 10 percent by 2012, and if they fall shy of that target the firms will be penalized.
"Flab checks" involve measuring the waistlines of about 56 million men and women to see if they're at risk of metabolic syndrome, and men "with girths of more than 85cm (33.5in) will be given exercise and diet plans and, in urgent cases, told to see a doctor."
Stressed Out CEOs Turning to Booze
New research shows that British chief executives of big companies and public sector organizations are drinking the equivalent of almost three bottles of wine each week. The findings suggest that a higher position on the totem pole corresponds with drinking more alcohol. Men with the most hefty titles drink an average of more than 11 medium glasses of wine, weekly.
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