Reverse recruiting, my bridal shower, and Wuthering Heights

People are paying recruiters monthly retainers to apply to jobs on their behalf, Charli XCX crushed the Wuthering Heights soundtrack, and (sorry to be boring) I’m making you get started on your taxes now.

Let’s get into it.

Reverse recruiting is in, and I’m scared

Are you part of the growing contingent of job hunters? So many white-collar workers are on the hunt that some recruiters are charging applicants more than $1,000 per month to apply to jobs on their behalf. Reverse recruiters are popping up on sites like Fiverr, where they promise to “help you land your dream job faster.” The hiring slowdown is also responsible for plenty of job malaise: many are staying put in jobs they don’t like, because they can’t find anything new. This of course means fewer roles are opening up, less hiring is happening…and so it continues.

Olympians are being chased by drones (less freaky than it sounds)

If you’ve noticed UFOs following this year’s Olympic athletes, they’re actually drone cameras, operated by remote teams with specific sport expertise. These are supposed to provide top-notch footage of high-speed sports (like skiing), but some athletes are complaining that they’re loud and visually distracting, and even present a safety hazard. Other athletes love them; skier Elin Van Pelt says she’ll know she’s made it once a drone follows her.

Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie draw huge crowds for Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights, which premiered on Feb 13, is crushing it with Jacob Elordi fans (so, all of us). It raked in $77 million during its opening weekend, cementing its place as the biggest opening of the year so far. The film has gotten some backlash for its departures from the original novel (including some very rated R scenes), but plenty of others are praising it for some super sexy rain makeouts and an original soundtrack by Charli XCX.

This weekend I beat everyone I love my favorite moms in the world hosted a pickleball tournament for my bridal shower! I played SF tour guide, sang my heart out at an Italian restaurant (apologies to the other patrons) and cried happy tears in many public places. Taking all waterproof mascara recs for my wedding day.

No better sport to love in your bridal era than pickleball, because there are a million and one cute white outfits to buy. And if you’re not matching your socks to your set…are you even a type A bride? Might wear this exact look walking down the aisle.

Tax season has this fun little habit of sneaking up on you right when you finally felt like you had your life together. And while none of us became corporate girlies to spend our evenings hunting for receipts and password-resetting our way into old accounts, getting ahead of it by even 20 minutes now will save you a genuinely embarrassing amount of stress in April.

The actual hack: Create one folder on your desktop (or Google Drive, if you're fancy) called "Taxes 2025" and spend 15 minutes this week just dragging things in. W-2s, 1099s, that charitable donation receipt you emailed yourself in November. You don't have to file anything. You don't have to understand anything. You're literally just corralling.

For the girlies with a side hustle: log into whatever platform you freelance through and screenshot your annual earnings summary now, before you forget it exists.

For the "I'll just use the same login as last year" crowd: go find that login now. Do it before you're doing it at 11pm on April 14th with a glass of wine and feelings of dread.

Bonus micro-hack: check if your employer offers any free tax filing perks through your benefits portal. A shocking number of companies do and approximately no one uses them!

Thanks for reading!