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Q: We have been looking to hire a professional with experience in certain areas. So far, we have received resumes from candidates who are either overqualified or underqualified, but nobody has the exact experience needed that does not require training. ...

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Q: A company called to schedule an interview with me and I accepted the time. Something came up last minute, so I called to change the time. I got the person’s voice mail so I kind of left a long message explaining I wanted ...

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Q: I am inundated by emails at work, and it can take me up to two to three hours some days to get through them. Some need immediate responses, some can wait. Sometimes a person thinks it’s urgent when it ...

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Q: I work for a pest extermination company that services numerous residential buildings. We mainly inspect for bedbugs and cockroaches because their presence can give a building a bad reputation. My problem is that if I discover pests in an apartment, I ...

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        Q: A friend and I were talking about what we had thought we wanted to be when we were in high school. Her goal was to be a history teacher, so she got her bachelor’s and ...

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         Q: I met with the assistant manager of an apartment complex and applied for a rental unit. She was helpful and polite and reviewed the documents that I needed to provide. I wanted to move in ...

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Q: I’ve read articles about how job candidates dress and behave in job interviews: how they ask petty questions that should never be asked in the beginning or say things that show they have no common sense or poise. I ...

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Q: We have a new office arrangement in which I have been assigned to share a small office with a co-worker. This person has vile breath that spreads through the office the minute they talk or even breathe heavily. The ...

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Q: I grew up knowing I would have to work to support myself. I have no problems with that. I have a college degree, and I interview well and get the jobs I want. What haunts me is the feeling ...

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Some think career changes are made based on burnout and emotional decisions, like a librarian quitting and turning into a home renovator for the excitement, or a construction worker becoming a furniture designer to express his creativity, or a home ...

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