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What Does Your Facebook Page Tell A Prospective Employer?

There is legislation now in Maryland where it is illegal for an employer to ask a job candidate for his/her Facebook password! This leads to the...
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Dealing with rejection in the job search

For many people actively looking for work, it may be hard to understand why you were not considered for a job or perhaps evenreceived a response to...
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Grab a seasonal job now

Although it will probably not help the nearly 10% unemployment rate in the U.S., there will be 550,000 to 650,000 temporary job openings during the...
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Does going on Facebook count as job searching?

Social Media sites are popping up almost as fast as your Facebook "friends". I won't say No, it doesn't beat face to face...
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Epidemic etiquette

From hardcopy headlines to top stories on internet news sites, we are inundated with swine flu warnings. H1N1 has infiltrated almost every aspect...
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Bossy neighbor ruins trick-or-treat for others

Q: Around my neighborhood, we usually go trick-or-treating in groups. It is a very casual, "hey-what-time" kind of thing. A family moved...
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Sept. 11th-a day to remember.

Today is a day to remember...I'm going to respect this. Here's a story that appeared today www.abc.com/worldnews. This shows the spirit of the...
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Mother-in-law no longer welcome at vacation home

Q: My mother-in-law, her husband and their dog stayed in our vacation home for a week. When we arrived after their stay, I found a pet stain on the...
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Keeping up with friends — without the boyfriend

Q: I am home for the summer from college and in between my summer jobs have been hanging with my friends from high school. One of these friends,...
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Gracious good-byes - careers in transition

It is rare nowadays to hear about anyone retiring after working a whole career for just one company. Whether you are leaving because you found a...
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