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Came across this article on Yahoo! Personal Finance, “10 dumbest job-interview moves”, by Anne Fisher.
Put some humor into your job search this week with the top ten the article lists. Here are a few of my favorites:

“…brought his mother to the interview and let her do all the talking.”
“…delivered his entire cover letter in the [...]

What email address are you using for your job search? Have you thought about it helping or hindering your search?
Recently, I started working with a young engineer whose email address is “hiremike@xyz.com.” Great choice, clever and definitely caught my attention.
On the other hand, it amazes me how many professional candidates will use an [...]

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