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The Difference Between Tattling and Reporting a Concern at Work
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Let's face it: Not everybody acts appropriately in the workplace. From a co-worker updating her Facebook page on company time to a colleague fond of making comments about the boss behind his back, sometimes we encounter less-than-ideal people.Dealing with such problems can be tricky. Confronting an offender is scary, and going to a superior may make you feel like a snitch. But doing nothing can
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The Formula for Selling Anybody, Anything, Any Time
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Here's the thing: Sometimes we're selling our ideas, sometimes we're selling our products and, these days, many of us are selling ourselves as the best candidate for the job. With this in mind, here's the proven formula for selling your best self to anybody, anywhere, any time.First: Yale University did a study of the 12 most persuasive words in the English language. They discovered that the mo
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The Gulf Oil Spill and Job Loss: By The Numbers
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Experts have already deemed the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as the worse environmental disaster in U.S. history — but when all is said and done, the catastrophe might also be considered one of our nation’s worst in terms of its effect on employment.Since the Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010, dozens of professions have been affected. From fishermen, to lifeguards, to those in the of
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The Best Metros for Job Growth
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Where you live affects every aspect of your life. The cost of your rent or mortgage. Whether you drive everywhere, take a bus or walk. How much you pay for groceries. The availability of jobs. You could say that location really is everything.Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its employment findings for metropolitan areas for April. Many metros have worse unemployment figures than they
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Social media guidelines in your job search and workplace
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Last week I was in a café when I overheard a conversation next to me. At a nearby table, a supervisor from a child care agency was interviewing a young job seeker. The interviewer asked the young college student a series of questions about her experience, education goals and schedule. From what I gathered, she had already gone through a phone interview and this was the first in-person meeting bet
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Learning From Rejection: The Questions to Ask When You Don’t Get The Job
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When you got cut from your high school chess team, you asked your mom if you could transfer schools.When you thought that you and that awesome guy were more than just friends — and thought wrong, you spent the next three days in your pajamas.When you went on an awesome interview, but the job went to another candidate, you vowed to learn the pots and pans and spend the rest of your life as a
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Where are all the Jobs? A how-to uncover the Hidden Job Market
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Meeting ON Thursday AT 10amUnemployment is running rampant in California and the Nation. Where are all the jobs goings?Believe it or not, people are still getting hired. We need to come together and educate each other on what are proper avenues ...
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