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Do You Know Your Work Email and Productivity Facts?
Love it or hate it, email has become the chief form of communication in the workplace. We apply for jobs via email, we send our reports via email, we communicate with clients, our bosses, our co-workers and even our nonwork pals throughout our busy workday via our special @ address. Have you ever stopped to think about how quickly you react to new messages, or how much time you're actually spending reading emails?
Did You Interview With the Top Boss?
Serena further explores her decision to defer Brown to "find herself" on this week's Gossip Girl and decides to find a job to prove her seriousness to her mother. She puts on a stunning Herve Leger bandage skirt and blazer and scurries around town scoping out prospects.
In one scene, she interviews with designer Tori Birch, who was just one of the many special guests on the episode.
Money Tip: One Woman's Garbage Is Another's Treasure
Over time we each develop a unique saving style, which is why we started the How Do You Save? group for you to divulge your winning tactics. The group offers a place for you to dole out your advice to other SavvySugar readers trying to save a little moolah and learn from their experiences.
Savvy Links!
- How did your college transition compare to the kids on Gossip Girl? — TrèsSugar
- Complaining to the company after a bad travel experience could score you a free ticket for next time. — Glamour
- Twilight has put the spotlight on Forks, WA and the local economy is booming; the restaurant where Edward and Bella have their first date sold 4,500 $17 bowls of mushroom ravioli this year.
I'm Asking: How Much Was Your College Tuition?
Many of the Gossip Girl cast will begin the next chapter of their lives as freshmen at NYU next week, and I can't wait to see what happens when the drama goes to college. If they were really attending the university, it would cost $52,000 a year in tuition and room and board. Approximately how much was (or is) your college tuition?
I'm Asking: Have You Ever Made a Donation to Get Something?
The new show Privileged chronicles a Yale educated writer-turned-tutor of two rebellious and undirected teenage girls in a wealthy community in Florida. In the recent "All About What You Really, Really Want" episode the girls shun a study session to attend a ritzy party, noting that their aunt can make a donation and get them into any university they desire. Turns out the friend they got the idea from didn't get into college at all (despite his father donating millions of dollars), but the scene reminded me that as a society we seem to believe that cutting a large donation check can get us whatever we want.
When Does Advertising Affect Your Decisions?
Advertising must be effective for companies to continue paying the big bucks for commercial airtime, print features, and celebrity endorsements, but many consumers praise TiVo for its ability to skip commercials and wish magazines could exist without advertising covering half the pages.
Brand recognition is the most obvious effect of advertising — first-time buyers of a product are far more likely to choose a brand they know over one they don't. So although most of us don't enjoy having our favorite TV show interrupted by advertisements, they do tend to stick with us in some form.
Your Two Cents: When Should Kids Stop Getting Allowance?
If you watched Gossip Girl this season you probably noticed the characters' drool-worthy clothes, gadgets, limos and upper-crusty lifestyles don't come cheap. Even though it's pure fiction, the show's depiction of a pack of wealthy New York City teenagers raises some questions about our culture's financial ideals and expectations. Namely, how much money should children and teenagers be given and what kind of monthly allowance are these teenagers getting?
Can You Learn More About Interviewing From Reality TV or the Newspaper?
Fortune came out with a he-said-she-said type of questionnaire that posed seven work-related challenges. It asked if the strategies from watching reality TV would be better than reviewing the New York Times, or visa versa. The one that stood out to me as having the least-clear strategy choice was the lesson of what not to do in interviews.
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