You don’t want just a nibble or an interview — you want an actual job offer! Get your foot in the door and kick it wide open with these expert tips:
1. Be a great match on paper
“Getting the job offer is often a function of the quality of match between you and the job requirements. [...]

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No matter how much you try to look your best and spit shine your car for that extra gloss, you are only as good as what you have to offer. This means that the slickest and smoothest talker has to follow up with fun and original first date ideas.
Remember the saying, “Actions speak [...]

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Are you carrying extra weight that could make you seriously ill? Do you have only “those last five pounds” to go, but they’re driving you crazy? Are you already working out, but it’s not exactly working? Pamela Peeke, MD, assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Lluminari member and [...]

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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a press conference at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 9, 2010, to announce her plan to introduce a bill to rename the U.S. Post Office located at 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE the “Dorothy I. Height Post Office Building” when Congress reconvenes next week. Also speaking will be [...]

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After a summer of speculation, CNN and Piers Morgan have finally reached a deal to bring the “America’s Got Talent” judge to the network to replace Larry King in the 9PM time slot.
Morgan will host “a candid, in-depth newsmaker interview program on CNN beginning in January,” CNN said in an announcement.
“Piers has made his name [...]

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Wednesday that “a new American moment” had arrived in international relations–”a moment when our global leadership is essential, even if we must often lead in new ways.”
In a wide-ranging speech at the Council on Foreign Relations defending the Obama administration’s foreign policy approach, Clinton said, “This is a [...]

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“I wish my younger sister would visit me,” the woman I was interviewing said. “We see each other pretty often,” she explained. “She lives near my parents, so I always visit her when I visit them. But I want her to see where I live and where I work, so she’ll better understand me and [...]

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I have a friend who describes herself as “a controlling type of person,” a single mom who tends to worry about money and germs. A practicing Muslim, she says that fasting during Ramadan helps her to feel more peaceful, despite the physical difficulty. Self-denial, daily prayer, and heightened compassion for the poor change her. “It’s [...]

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Discussing compensation and benefits with a potential employer when the economy is humming can be nerve–wracking; in a recession, it can be downright scary. But applicants should be ready — and willing — to bring up the topic with hiring managers. In fact, more than half (56 percent) of senior executive surveyed by Robert Half [...]

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If you’ve got a young child who wanders into your bedroom at night — and are wondering what to do about it — you’re not alone. Plenty of toddlers, preschoolers, even school-aged children nationwide are sleeping with their parents at least some of the time. As many as 24% of parents have their children sleep [...]

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