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Glassdoor: The ultimate bad boyfriend detector?

Glassdoor: Ultimate Bad Boyfriend Detector

  //Photo Courtesy: Chicago Tech// Short answer: No, because the ULTIMATE bad boyfriend detector is obviously yours truly. But hell, I’ll throw this website a bone and say it’s a close second. The truth is, Glassdoor has become a slight obsession of mine ever since graduating college. For those of you who follow my blog you know I’m a die-hard LinkedIn junkie, but Glassdoor has …

Why I never thought I’d date a 20-something

Why I Never Thought I'd Date A 20-something

//Me and my 20-something man playing in LA circa 2013// If you asked me when I was 21 who my serious relationship out of college would be with, I would have told you without an ounce of hesitation: “Well no one my age, that’s for sure.” I had myself convinced I would date older. That by the time I was dating in my twenties, I would have found a …

Teach me how to #hustle

Teach Me How To Hustle

//Photo Taken By Christina Slaton// As some of you know, last week Job Offers & Bad Boyfriends was named “Best #Hustle Inspo Blog” in the online women’s magazine, The Indie Chicks, Annual Badass Blog Awards. I’m sure many of you reading this voted for me (or thought about voting for me – and hey I’ll take it!) so consider this post my official THANK YOU! You all …

Screw experience: Four things employers actually give a shit about

4 Things Employers Actually Give A Shit About

//Photo Courtesy: Gallery Hip// There’s a lot my father said growing up that stuck with me, but the one thing I’ll never forget was his advice about hiring the right people (I know, strange father-daughter conversation). But when he talked about candidates he would say, “Give me the scrappy passionate community college grad over the stuffy Harvard Business School student any day of the week.” At first …

Tips for becoming a badass freelancer

Tips For Becoming A Badass Freelancer

//Photo Courtesy: HerCampus// Full disclosure, I probably watched Sex and the City way before I actually knew what the show was about. At 15, I barely understood every other line from Samantha Jones. But still, the depiction of Carrie Bradshaw’s carefree (and for the record, unrealistic) writing career stuck with me. Even now, when I think of a “freelancer” the image of SJP writing away in her …

When the job you’re dating wants to see other people

When The Job You're Dating Wants to See Other People

//Photo Courtesy: cosmopoltian.com// Companies just suck sometimes don’t they? They work you hard, give you praise, invite you out to happy hour drinks, and make you feel all comfortable with the team…only to what? Decide they want to invest in other people when things get serious? Yea, let’s talk about that, shall we.  I don’t share this experience a lot, but to hell with it, …