December 11, 2008

Turn that Pink Slip Into a Golden Ticket

Uh, okay…Carmen Wong Ulrich of CNBC tells us how… I’m going to follow her tips and let you know if they score me a job!

December 11, 2008

Model Biz Sinking

According to Fashionista, one modeling agency, ID Models, is sinking, or er, “relocating” which seems to be in their case, nice speak for “merging”.  While they haven’t cut any of the ladies they represent, who include our favorite party girl Tara Reid, they have cut an unnamed number of agents.  I wonder if Tara Reid [...]

December 11, 2008

Oprah Needs To Pink Slip Her Personal Staff

So I was in line at the grocery store the other day getting my usual rations of seltzer and probably tissues or something and I saw the cover of the new O, The Oprah Magazine. I  wanted to stab my eyes out. There she is proclaiming woe is me, I have a food/life balance problem, blah [...]

December 11, 2008

At Campbell Ewald, Security Guards Throw Out Laid-Off Employees

Wow… This is really something. Mediabistro’s awesome AgencySpy blog, which dishes on the advertising industry, had a real juicy pink slip scoop today. Apparently, the Detroit-headquartered agency Campbell Ewald is firing people so fast that they can’t get them out the door fast enough! From AgencySpy: “An HR person and a member of security went to [...]