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Why Employers May Not Be Hiring Veterans

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says after mining its data, the most popular industries that attract vets include information technology, telecommunications, financial services, law, computer software, government, higher education, health care, retail and management consulting. LinkedIn Corp. If that means they stay until 9 p.m.

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Don't Kid Yourself: Your Private E-mail May Be Anything But When You're at Work

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Laws about e-mail are still a bit fuzzy as they are being debated in board rooms and court rooms around the country. Tags: e-mail at work privacy rights what should i fired e-mail policy e-mail can i be. Does an employee have the right to privacy more than a company has the right to monitor e-mail that affects them legally?

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Don't Blow It When the Boss Asks for Your Help in Making a New Hire: How to Ask Great Interview Questions

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The score of last night’s game, the latest technology or if they have a family? It’s against the law to ask about sexual preferences, religious affiliations, disabilities, age, race, marital status, child care arrangements, citizenship and memberships. What are you supposed to talk about? Avoid legal minefields. Motivating factors.

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The Internet has created a generation of great writers | Penelope.

Penelope Trunk

Posted by Wil Butler on October 21, 2009 at 1:48 pm | permalink | As a librarian who is a frequent user of online technologies I have been trying to articulate this idea for quite some time. That quibble aside, I think people read and write more now than ever, though I'd agree that Sturgeon's law still holds.

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Check-up for self-delusion | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

Here is the female experience for married women (from a survey from PayPal ): 37% of arguments are about money 24% are about household chores 15% are about in-laws 13% are about sex Heather does not write about any of these arguments, except, maybe, chores. The equipment is crucial and advances are made in the technology every year.

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Workplace news you cannot use | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

Law firms are making concessions for women. One of the top law firms in the world, Allen Overy, just announced they are letting people become part-time partners. But many firms that have already done this in response to the extreme brain drain in the legal profession due to women leaving law firms because they are so inflexible.

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We're nearing the end of email, maybe | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

We're entering a new world here, and I am finding it useful to narrow rather than expand my bandwidth in terms of technology and content. The result is that nearly all my mail arrives in my inbox already tagged and ready to archive. You can't even tag Facebook messages as important. It is so quick. She is my boss.

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