¨The Awkward Art of the Job Interview¨

We have all had to do them but they probably have not been stellar. I´m talking about interviews. If you want to get a job they are unavoidable. Now as I have gotten older and the caliber of jobs that I am applying for has gone up I see that charm is not the only thing you need to land a great job. It has become a combination of charm, looks, knowledge, and the way in which you communicate your ideas. But some people say a bad interview may not be entirely your fault. The National Public Radio podcast called ¨Money Talking¨ addresses some of the errors interviewers make in a series called ¨The Awkward Art of the Job Interview¨.

If you have 10 minutes during your Monday morning commute it is really interesting. They talk about how interviewers sometimes just do not ask the right questions. Or that interviewers try to ask questions that are too ¨clever¨--in turn making the interviewee feel like they have to come up with a ¨clever¨ answer which may come off as cheesy sometimes. Or sometimes interviewers say they cannot find anybody suitable for the job but sometimes it may be that they are just looking in the wrong places. Sometimes the perfect person for the job is right under their noses. They suggest interviewers ask their current employees about some of the best people they have worked with in the company and start to interview those suggested people.

So this is a great 10 minute podcast for anybody interviewing soon (me!) or someone looking to hire. It rally puts both sides into perspective and adds some clarity to interviewing--which can sometimes be a tricky thing since everyone seems to do it differently and think they have the key to it. Hope you enjoy!
 

Were the internet laws in Owen Labrie´s case misconstrued?

This week we are talking brains because this topic something I have not been able to get out of my head. This week I helped Dateline on a story about Owen Labrie and it really made me think about some interesting points about internet law and made me reflect on what I am doing on that internet that may seem innocent could actually get me in trouble.

Now for those of you that may not know, Owen Labrie is accused of raping a 15-year-old at his elite school called St. Paul´s. There are a lot of details that go into this story but one of the main points was that the victim insists it was not consensual but admits that she ¨froze up¨ when the time came to say no. This was all started by a tradition at the school called the Senior Salute that basically meant that older guys tried to ¨hook up"with younger students.

On Thursday Labrie was found not guilty of the main charge of rape but was found guilty of soliciting a minor online and endangering a minor--which also requires registering as a sexual offender FOREVER. Now despite whether I think Labrie is guilty or not one of the uncertainties comes with the soliciting a minor online charge. Many people believe this law was misused.

That means that this law is intended for people who are tricking minors online in that they are saying they are someone that they are not.  Now it does not seem that that is what Labrie was doing. In fact, the two already knew each other in real life and it seems he did not have any intention of tricking her at all. But this is just some food for thought on this case. Just like many women I heard the word ¨rape¨ in the case and was on the defensive because of course it is wrong. But once I begin to look at the facts and details of the case it really makes me question a lot of things. Feel free to leave a comment on your opinion on this case!

Here is some light reading if you want more on the case: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/08/28/experts-weigh-labrie-verdict/rZ36LlTyJPo6LHKMIptdaM/story.html

Week 9 Lab Project 1: Data Mapping

Dateline Debut

Well this really has nothing to do with brains, beauty, or bods but it is pretty cool. This week I made my Dateline Debut. Now you may have to get out your magnifying glass to see me but believe me I am there! For those of you who do not know I am in New York City this semester doing an internship with the murder mystery show Dateline. It has been such a great experience and this is the first time I have been on a big shoot with the show. Host Lester Holt was even there. Of course there were tons of on-lookers and some could not help but gawk at the camera. So they asked another intern and I to sit on a bench behind the host and play tourists. I am there on the right looking at something.

But it was one of the coolest experiences of my career so far. You can not see very well but the shoot was in the middle of Times Square. We started setting up at 2 in the afternoon, getting the lightning and and angles just right. Then around 7 that night Lester Holt walked on the set and he and the producer started working together to get everything just right.
For weeks we have been working on a story about Johnny Hincapie, exploring the possibility that he may NOT have been one of the several responsible for the attack and murder of an Ohio family on the 7th Avenue platform. The story is great and really worth watching. It is not on the Dateline website yet but here it is. I really suggest you watch it and leave me some comments on what you thought about it. I will put up the link to the official Dateline story as soon as it comes up. And when you watch it just know I am there in the right hand corner and got to experience a big production with an amazing company!

The Infamous Winged Liner Solved

It's taken awhile but I'm finally making good on my promise to you in my post about the "Infamous Winged Liner". I gave you some tips and tricks (even though I'm still struggling with it myself) and promised you a picture of my own winged liner attempt. So here it is:



As you can see this time I chose to go with a nice, thin liner. But honestly I've seen lots of techniques in many Youtube videos for this but they always end up saying sometimes you just get lucky. And that's exactly what happened to me this time. I got eye liner lucky and I'm not mad about it! As always (because I'm not as good yet) I line the lid of my eyes with just a regular black eyeliner pencil then just use my liquid eye liner pen to wing out the edge. Like I said before, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Next time maybe I'll try this really thick look. It's almost Cleopatra-like. This seems to definitely be the look you get when you use gel liner.

 

 But I have been trying many different brands and types of eyeliner on my quest to find my perfect one. The one I seem to like the most right now for a thin liner is L'oreal's Infallible Blackbuster liquid eye liner pen. I love that it has almost a sharpie thick end and is pretty hard to take off (so Lord forbid, you won't cry it off). This liquid liner goes on really smoothly and if I ever make a mistake a wet q-tip will do. Or you can even just go back and adjust it since this liner just goes on so smooth and precise.

 

Now I've used Mac's liner before and you can see that the tip of this one is just way more skinny. For someone not as experienced as me, that just makes it really hard to control. That just basically means you have to really know what you're doing or get it right the first time because it is hard to adjust and correct with this thin brush. Also this liner dried up on me quickly. I had it closed for about a month and when I went to go back to use it it was already dried up. So maybe if liner is your specialty this will be perfect for you. But I have not given up on the gel liner and brush. I am still practicing. Hopefully when I get good enough I can take another picture once I've mastered it and post it on here for you guys. Hopefully by then I'll have some tips and tricks of my own to share for mastering that gel liner. Until then just know I understand the eye liner struggle. Because this couldn't be more true...

 

Faux Bangs

Thought about spicing up your hair look but don´t want to make the permanent commitment of cutting your hair?? My thoughts exactly. So I dove in and started doing some hair research. Now I´ve never used extensions but I am really thinking that faux bangs are the way to go to add a subtle difference in your hairstyle from day to day. I´ve seen some examples of it and it seems with the right color you can´t even tell it´s not your real hair. It seems easy enough to add with hair down or even a romantic curly ponytail could do the trick.
 
 If you´re not sure how to apply them here are some instruction from a professional:
 Now as far as a good brand to use, I watched the video below and they seem to look the most real. The brand is Bellami and the clip in bangs cost $54.99. Bellami has 13 color matches, so pick one out and sport your new look for Fall!