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Can Losing a Job Save Your Life?

On The Job

You're stripped on any kind of self-esteem." Who Caprino had become was someone who suffered chronic health problems, a stressed, desperately unhappy woman who felt trapped by her job and everything that went along with it. My prayer is that this (job loss) is a wake-up call. I hated who I had become," she says.

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5 Tips to Survive a Job Hunt / Pandemic / Stress

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I wish I could remember which blogger gentleman wrote at length about this concept of your self esteem coming from more than one source. (I I could get in a breadth of movie history while relaxing and it would help me catch up on iconic pop culture that I was lacking. 1) Diversify your identity. I had read it a few years ago.)

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Like the rest of job hunters, Generation Y has found jobs can be tough to come by, even with their skills. This is now a more grown up generation,” says Dan Finnigan, CEO of Jobvite. There is nothing like real life to wake people up. When hiring picks up,(and it will), I think we'll see a more humble workforce.

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