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SharePresident Bush signed a war funding bill today that included an extension of unemployment benefits.
The extension covers workers who use or have used all their unemployment benefits between November 2006 and March 2009. So, if you’ve already used your benefits, you might need to re-apply.
The part I find interesting is that this could actually be [...]

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ShareDoesn’t it kind of feel like all sort of bills are coming due lately?
I’ve written before about how at ResumeWriters.com we’re seeing the cost of the commute become a major factor in job searches for the first time ever. I’ve been helping people find jobs for more than a decade now, and until this year, [...]

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Sharedigg_url = ‘http://digg.com/educational/The_6_Most_Effective_People_To_Use_As_References_For_A_Job’;When a job opening asks for references, who should you use? This is a part of the job search process that calls for absolute calculation and cynicism. Use the best, most effective people you know, not necessarily the people you like or are closest to. Listed in order of effectiveness…

Someone the hiring manager [...]

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ShareIt’s well known that business tends to slow down during the summer months. Wall Street traditionally experiences slow trading days in the summer (though maybe not this year) for the simple reason that traders and brokers are all out in the Hamptons enjoying long weekends.
Perhaps you’re in an office where the bosses are starting to [...]

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ShareUntil last weekend, I had never heard of PaycheckCity.com (h/t NYTimes).
But I’m glad I was turned on to them. They have 3 free and insanely useful online calculators and assistants that are designed to help the average worker.
The most impressive to me is the W-4 form assistant. Isn’t it confusing every time you start a [...]

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ShareThere’s a lot of literature out there along the lines of: “The 50 Most Common Interview Questions and How To Answer Them.”
I’m not sure I’m a big fan of these articles. I mean, they’re a good exercise… they help you get a sense of the kind of questions that might come up. But an interview [...]

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ShareI’ve written before that I’m worried people chained to underwater mortgages will upset the supply and demand balance in the job market.
One of the unique things about the American job landscape is the ability of workers to easily go to where the jobs are. If you can’t find decent work in New Jersey, you can [...]

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ShareThere’s a new site for job seekers that has gotten a fair amount of press recently.
Glassdoor doesn’t offer job ads (yet). Instead, the focus is on trying collect and disseminate the inside scoop about a company or a given position. They do this on a give-to-get basis. Dream of being a software engineer at [...]

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ShareJust a quick note before I get the comments: there’s no Obama or Hillary bias intended here. I’ve not been a supporter of either candidate.
1) Experience is not always a trump card. There are times when all the experience in the world is not what people are looking for. Because…
2) Sometimes people are looking for [...]

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First, take the sick day. Stay home. You don’t get any bonus points for being a martyr and trying to work through a cold. And you’re just going to get everyone else in the office sick, thereby destroying the productivity of your whole team. You know how much you hate it when the guy in [...]

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