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How to Benefit from the Positive Job Market Outlook

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Recruiting consultant CareerXroads reports that new companies find 28 percent of their hires via referrals. Based on a recent survey by economists, the job market outlook is projecting steady growth in employment. Job boards represent one in five applicants, or 20 percent. And career Web sites, about 10 percent.

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3 Basics of Expat Tax Laws That You Must Keep In Mind

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Well no one likes all the nuances that compromise the tax season, and staying abroad and reporting your worldwide income and paying taxes on them make it [.]. Working in some other country when you’re an American citizen can be a tricky situation, especially when it comes to the making tax payment in a foreign land.

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Job Interview Tips for Mature People

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To start with, here are some statistics: Only 28% of workers 55 and older find jobs within one year versus 71% of those aged 25 to 35, reports Career Builder. 63% of workers 55 and older applied for positions at lower levels than their previous jobs. 48% of workers 55 and older found positions at [.].

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Are you getting paid as a 1099 Contractor?

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If you are being compensated this way and you are showing up on site, reporting to someone then you are an employee of that company, which means you are entitled to more than you know. Most employees don’t realize the added expenses that a company has simply to pay an employee.

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The Secret behind Reference Checks

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A comprehensive preemployment check consists of an employer’s examination of court records, motor vehicle reports, credit reports, identity records, possible aliases, and several other kinds of checking. All of those findings warrant companies’ doing such checking prior to employment.

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Feeling Good Is a Relative State of Mind

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What these media sources have in common is that they report on international issues. I fully understand that for those who are unemployed, the rate of unemployment that the news reports is at 10 percent is, rather, 100 percent for them.

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Beware of Career Marketing Firms

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I’ve learned of them either through my circle of acquaintances or because they gained their fame via the media’s reporting that they got sued and soon thereafter closed their doors. There have been in the past, and there still exist today of course, many similar career marketing firms.

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