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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

The job-hunting experience can be a stressful one: sending out resumes, interviewing, sending out more resumes and interviewing again. It can take weeks, even months, to nail the job you want. But before you begin to feel too comfortable in your little cubicle, are you sure you’re doing everything you can to hang on to that job?

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

While you might believe you’d like to dish out a little payback like some extra work or longer hours, it actually can be an opportunity to help boost your standing within your company and help your career. Come up with an innovative idea that supports the company’s overall mission strategy. Baldoni says you should: 1.

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JUNE 1, 2009

I feel like I can jump from cubicle to cubicle across the world, being a fly, er, spider on the wall. He was not surprised to hear how many people were willing to leave jobs -- even entire careers -- and join the job hunt. “A Its sort of like being an invisible Spiderman, without the goofy costume.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Such statistics become even more important as companies are keeping only key performers and are scrutinizing ways to trim healthcare costs. However, there are new provisions under that law, and while it has not yet been tested, workers who lost their jobs because they were overweight may find an easier road to suing employers, she says.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Then, I did what I always did: I picked up the phone and started asking experts on how job seekers could succeed in this tough market. Phil Haynes says it’s these kinds of blunders that can prevent a job seeker from finding a position, but he says a revamped strategy can help bring success. Do your homework. Do walk out the door. “Go

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

After he spent many years on the road traveling for his job, we have found we are making up for lost time apart. We met working together many years ago, at the mid-point in our careers we worked for the same Fortune 500 company and now we have started a small local business together.

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