Professional Archive

  • Keep it professional at work

    Tweet When I was single, I had a rule that I would never date anyone at work. It was too messy, kind of awkward if you broke up and it’s like showing your underwear to the whole company, because they can CLEARLY see how into […]

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  • Could your maiden name be worth over $500,000?

    Tweet A recent Dutch study at the University of Tilburg is concluding that women who keep their maiden names after marriage are seen as more professional and more likely to win good jobs and earn higher pay. The University professors estimated that this would equal […]

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  • A professionally kept woman

    Tweet Just read an interesting article over at The New York Times called: Keeping up with being Kept written by a Ruth Padawer on April 10th 2009. The basic premise of Seeking Arrangements (the website) is one of the oldest in the book: Men with […]

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  • Professional Clothing in a Casual Marketplace

    Tweet Reader Mel and Blogger from I’m Not Kidding asked: By the way FB, I have somewhat of a fashion dilemma. I’m starting my new job and the dress is apparently VERY casual, like jeans everyday. When I interviewed I was definitely overdressed in a […]

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