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My name is XXXX, and Im 24 years old. Ever since last year i have been applying for different jobs in the field of fashion, I used to work and still do as a Fashion Stylist, which means I do a lot [...]

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I have a question about a touchy/socially taboo subject: nursing mothers in the workplace.  A woman that I work with who is still on maternity leave, comes into the office at least [...]

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Reader Cee has a question very in tune with our times.
I landed a job after a lengthy search in Feb. Having been a high flyer and self employed for 15 years I needed a change, but [...]

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ShareI originally published this post series more than a year ago, when this blog was very young. It occurred to me that these post have even more relevance today. Click through to read the entire series.
How To Save Your Job

“The Weatherman Technique”
“The Lifeboat Technique“
“The Late Surge Technique“
“The Ninja Technique“
“The Zen Technique“

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ShareLast year, we had a post about surviving the year-end holiday office party without embarrassing yourself too much or putting your career in jeopardy.
Ah… the good old days!
Now I guess you’re just lucky if you’ve survived to witness the year end party with your job intact!
And that leaves aside the fact that a lot of [...]

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Sharedigg_url = ‘http://digg.com/educational/Who_Survives_Layoffs’;Layoffs are coming fast and furious. The employees of Citigroup got absolutely clobbered today.
Who survives when jobs are on the chopping block? Let me use a car salesman(person) analogy here.
Let’s imagine you are the owner of a car dealership. A recession is in full swing. No one is buying cars. (And let’s leave [...]

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ShareHere’s a different philosophical take. From the make lemons from lemonade department…
A bad job market might mean you’re not going to get your dream job for a while. But maybe you should take this time as an opportunity to figure out where you want to see yourself when the bad times end.
The storm will pass. [...]

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ShareI’m not a big fan of motivational posts. I much prefer to give you tangible tips and hacks, so this is probably as close as I’m going to get to this sort of thing.But the proper job search attitude is important, and I’ll tell you why. You can’t land the sort of job you [...]

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ShareMaybe I’m old fashioned.
(The further into my 30s I go, the more old fashioned I feel.)
But I really don’t feel there is a place in the workplace for three things: your religion, your sex life and your politics. I don’t want to hear about any of them. Keep it to yourself.
So, given the fact that [...]

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ShareWe’ve spoken in the past about strategies you can employ to anticipate and avoid layoffs.
But what happens if you survive a round of layoffs? What should you do if you look around and you’re one of the last men standing?
Here are some quick tips:
Figure Out The Company Game Plan, and Get On Board
If you’ve just [...]

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