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  1. Why Being "Above" A Job Is A Dumb Strategy

    by , 01-09-2009 at 06:51 PM (C@rol's Blog)
    I know someone who has been out of work for four or five months. (He had been a big-wig at a financial/investment firm and got laid off.) I greeted him the other day when we were both out raking leaves and asked how the job hunt was going.

    “It’s been hard. I can’t find anything,” he said.

    “So you haven’t even had any nibbles?” I asked.

    “Oh, yeah. I’ve had a few interviews and one even offered me a job. But none of them wanted to pay me as much as I was making ...