From the Chicago Sun-Times | Johnson Publishing announced today that former White House social secretary and Illinois Lottery director Desiree Rogers is working as a consultant with the company, which owns Ebony and Jet magazines. She will help with corporate strategy.
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i say congrat to her. She may have gotten job due to her connection but lets face it we all do or would do the samething.Iam sure I am not the only person on this blog to have gotten a job or “hock me ” because I knew someone that put in a good word or gave me a heads up.Its called NETWORKING! that is the first thing you learn in business.. network, network, network, network.
Let this be a lesson to the young ladies hard at work in school studying for a career:
it is a far better investment to marry a rich and influential man, even if he is a four-eyed, doofus looking nerd like John Rogers, than all the book learning you will get in school.
How a woman goes from running gift shops in musuems stores to jobs that were way over her head (Peoples Gas, Lottery, Allstate, White House) only verifies what many a young girl’s mother has told them about the value of their “pocketbooks” (and not the one that is worn over the shoulder).
Ladies, you all are sitting on a gold-mine. You just got to make it work for you.
Dez has screwed up every job she has, but her “pedigree” has enabled semi soft landings. However the White House screw-up was costly. Hard to believe that this is the best job she could get (Consulting for a dying magazine nearing bankruptcy) having the White House on her resume.
At least Dad is still able to pay for the the daughter’s Princeton tuition.