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Ask A Manager

Ask A Manager: What should you do if you're overqualified?

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Sep 22, 2017
Alison Green answers your questions on being overqualified and credit checks.
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People who have jobs are searching for better ones … in Hawaii

by Jana Kasperkevic
Sep 20, 2017
Is this a sign of a stronger job market?
Palm trees are silhouetted before the sunset sky at Waikiki beach in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Ask A Manager

What's the best way to find a job? We ask a manager

by Lizzie O'Leary
Sep 15, 2017
Tip: Hand delivering a resume is not OK.
How do you stand out from the crowd when you're applying for a job? Gimmicks don't work, Green says. A solid resume and compelling cover letter do.
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For companies, bad reputations come at a cost

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 21, 2017
Most people don’t want to work at companies with bad reputations — unless they get a big paycheck.
It would take more than a 50 percent pay bump for people to go work at a company with a bad reputation.
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Why are job interviews getting so complicated?

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Jul 5, 2017
The U.S. is at close to full employment, but companies are getting pickier and less responsive at the same time.
Job seeker Christopher Tan gives a resume to a potential employer during a job fair on December 17, 2008 in Concord, California.
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Graduating into the Economy

How to land a great job as a recent grad

by Molly Wood and Eliza Mills
Jun 9, 2017
Alison Green of Ask A Manager lends her advice for recent grads hunting for jobs.
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Trump to call for slashes to the federal workforce

by Andy Uhler
Apr 12, 2017
The federal hiring freeze may be ending, but there's a big stipulation attached.
President Donald Trump speaking during a meeting about the federal budget in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C. back in February.
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College students consider what it would mean to work for Homeland Security

by Emma Jacobs
Mar 2, 2017
Traffic is heavy at the agency's table at a Temple University career fair.
Criminal Justice students at Temple University attend a job fair Wednesday, at which Homeland Security recruited for the agency's investigative branch.
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Hiring freeze ordered by President Trump

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 24, 2017
Blocking federal hires produces questionable results.
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Amazon to add 100,000 jobs as companies increasingly outsource fulfillment operations

by Adam Allington
Jan 16, 2017
Amazon has announced plans to add more than 100,000 full-time jobs over the next 18 months. The news comes as U.S. companies try to burnish their credentials as a job-creator — a priority of the incoming Trump administration. Amazon’s growth isn’t a complete surprise, however, for a company expanding into so many different product categories. […]
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