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Wired: Google’s Secret to Hiring the Right People

Read story on publication’s website here. “YOU NEVER GET a second chance to make a first impression” was the tagline for a Head & Shoulders shampoo ad campaign in the 1980s. It unfortunately encapsulates how most interviews work. There have been volumes...

NYT: Out of Work, but Staying a Strong Candidate

Q. You have been out of work for a long time and believe that potential employers are holding that against you. Even though many people lost jobs during the recession for reasons unrelated to performance, you fear that your long-term unemployment is sometimes equated...

Don’t be a LION (LinkedIn Open Networker)

Author: Lavie Margolin, Career Coach The main value of networking on LinkedIn is connecting or reconnecting with the people that you know. Why? Because they in turn can connect you to the people that they know.  What if you add someone that you do not know to your...