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The Power of Gratitude in Your Job Search
By Harrison Barnes

Many people who order their lives rightly in all other ways are kept in poverty by their lack of gratitude.

-Wallace Wattles

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Lawyers and Jobs in the Government Have a Fleeting Relationship
By Surajit Sen Sharma

It's no big secret, but lawyers' jobs in the government seem to be under scanner currently by David Kotz, the inspector general of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Apparently, Kotz has stumbled upon the big secret known to the lawyers' employment market for centuries: people in government lawyers' jobs leave to join private practice and consequently difficulties arise in impartial execution of due processes of law. Kotz is reported to have brought the matter to the notice of Sen. Charles Grassley, who is on the Senate Finance Committee.

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What's the Recession? Where's the Recession?

If you go through industry reports thoroughly there are certain things in the current recession that do not match up. While joblessness continues to grow and the earning situation of the average American employee remains unstable, certain businesses continue to show record profits across sectors throughout the recession. While the reasons may vary in each case, there is no doubt that in every sector of the market, competent and powerful organizations show no sign of being affected by the recession.

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Seek The Experience and Knowledge of Others in Your Job Search
By Harrison Barnes

Back in college there were men I knew who would always shadow other men at parties. The first man would typically spend his entire evening drinking and talking to a woman he met at the party. At some point he would have had too much to drink, and would start losing his focus. At that point the shadow would appear, and would talk to the girl and, oftentimes, end up going home with her. Since the woman was usually also a little drunk at this point, she was not processing if she liked the shadow as much, and she was discounting the fact that she really did not know him at all.

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To Get Jobs, You Need To Think and Strategize According To Your Immediate Surroundings
By Surajit Sen Sharma

Just to brighten up your day, before we get into the serious part of this article, two highly respected economists (Matthew E. Kahn and Matthew J. Kotchen) have recently published their momentous discovery that in states where unemployment grows high, internet searches on ''unemployment'' increase (extremely surprising, that) while similar searches on ''global warming'' decrease.

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Attitude Is All When It Comes To Winning Interviews

Whether you admit it or not, an aggressive attitude doesn't work anymore at interviews. With the recession breathing on their necks, both interviewers and interviewees are aggressive enough and there's no cause to add incentives for further irritation. It used to work in the last century, especially in sales, but now, an aggressive attitude would more likely result in a similarly aggressive rejection of your job application.

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Your Job Search and Future Prospects Will Be Determined by the Company You Keep
By Harrison Barnes

I have had the most unusual series of interviews over the past few weeks. Yesterday I interviewed a woman who came in smelling like alcohol-to such an extent that my eyes were watering. I asked her about her record and she told me that she had a DUI but that it was ''all that was behind her now.'' She then wanted to make sure that this was not something that would ''prejudice me'' against hiring her. I must admit that since I was interviewing this woman for a job that involved a lot of driving it sure as hell did prejudice me.

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When You Feel Hunched With Heavy Workloads
By Surajit Sen Sharma

You are not alone if you are handling more work and stress than you expect workers in your position to handle. It is not the story of employees only in America, but all over the world. There’s nothing to be gained by pining over it, but the thing that we need to do is come to grips with the situation and develop habits to make the workloads bearable.

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Interacting With an Interviewer

Interaction with an interviewer is always interesting for at the worst you are still left richer with the experience and a new connection if you can manage that. If you succeed, then you achieve what you went to the interview for - the job. Social interaction calls into play definitive skills and skill sets, which are sometimes more important than what’s on the resume.

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The Importance of Being Well-Liked in Your Job
By Harrison Barnes

One of the most persistent problems people in the work world have is their failure to collaborate with, and learn from, their co-workers. Several factors are necessary for success in any job and in advancing your career. Being well liked and collaborating are two of the more important factors.

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