Career Confidential: Maren Murphy

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Full name?:

Maren Murphy

Position / Job title?:

Parks & Recreation Planner, Blogger at Bureaucrachic

1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I love animals, so I wanted to be a veterinarian when I was younger. That was until I learned that vets have to take care of sick animals—sometimes very sick. My heart couldn’t take it.

2. Fast-forward several years/decades.

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3 Things I Wished I Had Known In My 20s: Bogumila Sobiczewska

st_1768_rgbWhen I travel, there are two things that I always want to do: eat and shop. It is pretty easy to find information about all the best local restaurants, but it can be challenging to find boutiques and local shopping spots. In May of this year, Bogumila Sobiczewska came up with a solution to the latter problem in the form of a website called, ShopTrotter!

The navigational shopping site makes shopping trips stress-free by finding the stores you would be most interested in. Even

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What I Wore: Sweaters + Sandals

I LOVVVVEE TEXAS. The main reason I love living in Texas = no real winter! Yes, it gets cold for a few days, just long enough to bust out my favorite coats and boots, but then it is back to warm temps. This time of year is perfect because its cool in the mornings, but warm in the afternoons. This allows for my favorite fashion combo: sweaters and sandals.

When I lived in Boston/NYC, I hated the winters. The snow was pretty for a few days, but the appeal wore off quickly. The thing that annoyed me most about winters

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The End of Conde Nast’s Internship Program

Well folks, I am sure you have heard the devastating news: Conde Nast (publisher of Vogue, Glamour, GQ, etc.) is ending their internship program at the end of the year. After a handful of lawsuits filed by ex-interns over violations of minimum wage and overtime laws, the company has just decided to not have interns anymore. Here is the full article on WWD.

To me, this seems like an extremely drastic move. The fashion industry can’t survive without interns!! They do all the grunt work that everyone else is to glamorous to do. The end of internships

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What I Wore: Sweatshirt Dress

Ok for anyone that knows me, I get obsessed with things really easily. Most of the time, I get obsessed with really stupid things that no one cares about. Case and point this new sweatshirt dress that I bought at Old Navy over the weekend. I can’t stop talking about it because it is the most perfect specimen of clothing. It feels like you are wearing your favorite over-sized, worn-in sweatshirt only it looks like a normal dress, so it is socially acceptable to wear to work. I wore it meet with a potential new client yesterday.

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Career Confidential: Sarah Blaine

DSC_8391This is the first time we have had a POP STAR fill out our Career Confidential Q&A. I was pretty stoked when Sarah Blaine sent me back her answers. She definitely offers a new/different perspective on doing what you are passionate about, and figuring out a way to make it work financially. Her life is never dull, that is for sure! Last week she opened for Demi Lovato at The Dignity Gala, which

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What I Wore: New Client Meeting

I keep promising more fashion posts, and then it basically doesn’t happen. Why doesn’t it happen? 1) I was not born to be a model. I had a very short lived, awkward career trying to break into the world of “plus size” modeling (definitely a story for another time). I hate poising and I laugh when people take my pic. Yeah, thank god I am good at PR because my modeling career would have never worked out. 2) I love fashion, but I hate getting dressed. I have been this way my whole life…I would much rather get that extra

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3 Things I Wished I Had Known In My 20s: Jennifer Tress

So, I am REALLY excited about this post. I know, you are probably thinking, she always says she is excited about every post. Ha! Fair enough, I am usually pretty into everything I post, but that is the benefit of having your own blog. Anyways, I think this is post is extra special because we got to chat with entrepreneur, turned author, Jennifer Tress!

Her new book, “You’re Not Pretty Enough” (YNPE), is a compilation of hilarious, relatable stories based on her life. She came up with the title for her book (and platform) based off of something

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Should You Go To Law School?

292949_649531459520_1510848763_nI definitely had an “oh shit, I am old moment” when one of my closest friends, Sally Bage, recently started law school. When we were in high school, we did debate together (don’t be a hater; it was awesome), and we would talk about law school as a hypothetical goal that seemed too distant to actually be a reality.

Now, that she is actually in law school, it freaks me out

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Advice on Being Successful (from NY Times Article)

I was going to wake up early, and get work done…didn’t happen. It is a rainy Sunday morning, so I have an excuse! I have just been sitting here for hours surfing the web, and I came across this NY Times article, “Four Executives on Succeeding in Business as a Woman,” by Adam Bryant.

It is a long article, so I am here to make everyone’s life easier, by giving you the Cliff Notes version. I think each of the four women interviewed gave killer advice, so below are my favorite tidbits.

Amy Schulman (Pfizer): Executive

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