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How to Guarantee a Good Impression in a Job Interview

  There is one thing that always makes a good impression in a job interview.  However, this thing is almost always overlooked and taken for granted, especially in situations where a solid first impression is a must. This one thing, is a smile. Even though a smile seems to be such a simple thing, it [...]

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Will Groupon’s Billion Dollar Valuation Soon Be a Flop?

  With copycats launching their own version of the Groupon concept in every U.S. city, will the company soon be sorry they didn’t take Google’s six billion dollar offer? Even Facebook, with its Facebook Deals launched in April, is stealing the idea. (Since Facebook is on a roll stealing ideas anyway….cough, cough…why not?) By now, [...]

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What Jobs Will Eventually Become Globalized?

Forget about going to college to study graphic design or computer programming anymore! These are just two of the thousands of jobs that now face cutthroat, global competition, even from companies based in the U.S. Of course this comes as no shock.  We all watched companies like Dell outsource nearly all of its technical support [...]

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Interview With a Banker: The Truth About Banks and Lending

I convinced a banker friend to submit to an anonymous interview with me.  I agreed to keep the dialogue in the interview completely confidential and anonymous.  For this reason, he was able to admit some pretty shocking things to me. Things that bankers just can’t talk about or admit, without the risk of losing their [...]

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Seth Godin Prophesizes About the Future of Your “Job” (You Should Read This)

Seth Godin gave a powerful presentation in Salt Lake City on February 12, 2010.