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Get and Keep a Job

How an Inheritance Can Get You Fired: Mathematical Proof

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How an inheritance caused me to lose a coworker and how the same trap can get you fired.

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Obesity Discrimination and Job Prospects

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Does your weight or fitness level affect your chances of being hired? BBC reports that Overweight Job Hunters often lose out. Overweight workers find it harder to get jobs than slimmer people, new research has suggested. The Journal of Applied Psychology has a study that strongly suggests that obese people will be discriminated against; particularly [...]

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Teach Me Something Complicated

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Teach Me Something Complicated. That was the question posed to me on several interviews. I had come expecting technical analysis or situational awareness questions. When Microsoft broke out the logic and IQ questions, it felt like a game. This was different. They wanted to know something I knew. They wanted to know how well I could explain it.

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