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Get By With a Little Help from Your Friends
Although 2008 has been pretty good so far, 2007 was a doozy, and it has taken me a little while to recover. I’ve experienced a crisis of confidence, and only recently started talking to my friends about it. My radio show co-hosts, Christine Hassler and
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Fight Back Against Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Out of sight, out of mind is one of my least favorite qualities of human nature. I can’t tell you the number of relationships, which I thought were real and lasting, that went bust because I used to see the person every day at school or work and then
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What if YOU are the Jerk?
Bob Sutton’s book, the No A**hole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't , has been generating buzz since it was published last year. Sutton, a professor of management science at Stanford University , argues that a**holes—those
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Did Your Interview Questions Break the Law?
My friend Chris Russell over at Secrets of the Job Hunt reported on a recent study by global HR consulting firm Development Dimensions International and Monster that examined the most inappropriate questions job seekers have been asked during an interview.
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