17 billionaires were before poor country

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By Jacquelyn Smith and Rachel Gillett

These 17 stories of rags to riches remember that by determining, sand and a little luck can overcome their circumstances and extraordinary success.

Russian billionaire and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich was born in poverty and at the age of two orphans.

Net Worth: $ 8.2 billion

Abramovich was born in southern Russia, in poverty. After orphaned at the age of two, he was raised by an uncle and his family in a subarctic region of northern Russia.

During his studies at the Moscow Institute of Transportation in 1987, he started a small business of manufacturing plastic toys, which eventually helped found an oil company and make a name in the in the oil industry. Later, as the only leader of the company Sibneft, he completed a merger that has the fourth largest oil company in the world. The company was sold to Gazprom state gas Titan in 2005 to $ 13 billion.

He bought the Chelsea soccer club in 2003, and is the largest yacht in the world, the cost in 2010 almost $ 400 million.

To get 4 tips to rid your nerves and appear more confident in a job interview

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By Esperanza Restle

There are an infinite number of signs of nervousness at work or in a job interview: sweats, rapid blinking, stuttering, and the list goes on. But the good news is, there are ways these signals and "hide" to fight their fear.

Body language experts say the trick is to take your mind and focus on the things that do not make you nervous.

Here are five tips to do just that:

Deal How Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and 5 other Super successful people with stress

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By Esperanza Restle

Everyone feels stressed from time to time. In fact, according to a new infographic by making them cheaper, 47% of people feel stressed every day.

But the most successful in finding ways to cope and to stay cool, calm and collected on the labor market.

> Finding a job with Virgin Mobile

The following infographic shows the lessons executives and entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Susan Wojcicki and have famous learned and shared, after years of successfully managing the stress that comes with running a business.

Read and observe.

Psychologists say something scary happens when you are a long time unemployed

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From Shana Lebowitz

If you have a regular appearance, you can let your imagination sometimes fired or quitting and freedom that accompany them.

Instead of strangers pushed during his daily commute and reprimanded by his boss to typos in its recent report on the project, you can take a walk in the park and bake a batch of your favorite cookies.

But if you think about it realistically, be unemployed for more than a few weeks is not so much fun. In fact, research suggests that long-term unemployment has a significant toll on the physical and mental wellbeing.

Now, a new study shows that unemployment actually change some aspects of his personality. Over time, there may be less to be open less favorable, less complicated, and for new experiences.

8 things that you look like a personnel manager Weirdo

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By Alison Green

Getting a job is evaluated not only a strong rating. He also tried someone hiring managers want to rent and with each passing day. This means that on the attention, how to use, and if you understand the business rules at all stages of the procurement process, from the first contact.

There are some things that some job seekers like flashing neon signs uncommon for employers to work. Here are eight of them:

1. Send flowers, candy or other gifts for the hiring manager. Some candidates still think it's a good way to work, but there is probably no quicker way to make a personnel director unpleasant. If you are not qualified for the position, send a gift, it is not going to change. And if you are qualified for the job, he now has the interviewer uncomfortable with the suggestion that you think that you are not your skills enough to own Faust, but it could be affected by a chocolate. It is tacky and inefficient.

Facebook is at the forefront of a radical change in the workplace - and all companies should take in the United States for their information

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By Rachel Gillett

After five hours of power to his daughter are in the first few months after birth, Adam Isserlis in bed with her newborn son on his chest, and the two went to bed together. Thanks to the policy of parental leave for Facebook, the father for the first time, he said enjoyed countless times "magic" like this that promote bonding with her new daughter helped.

"I say it all the time, but at least from my perspective, I think, is one of the best benefits that Facebook provides," says Isserlis, Corporate Communications Manager of Facebook that after the birth of her daughter in December rely-2013.

From US It is the only industrialized country that is not required to provide companies mothers or fathers, paid parental leave, the recent initiatives by some of the biggest high-tech companies in the country have taken a radical change in the work that dictate the future ,

At work too much is not a badge of honor: the difficult reality of workaholism

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For sugar Rachel

It's Friday night shortly after 6 and Chapter Manhattan Anonymous executioners work finished reading the 12 steps and moved to the sharing of the evening event.

A woman peeking around talking at night as a child, on tiptoe around the house of his parents would never know that he was doing more time hours in their school work.

As an adult, she still has trouble stopping. Lately he won in 10 hours, but it is hard to maintain.

Based on the nod in the room, she is not alone.

5 Reasons a third cycle courses can work for you

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By Becca Lundberg

The figures confirm the persistence of his teachers and parents to identify internship opportunities at school. From 2011 to 2014 were the graduates who interned more likely to get full-time jobs at least once, that graduates who have no courses, depending on the class of 2014 report of the National Survey of Student Association of Universities and employers.

Companies and organizations want employees who already have professional experience to rent under his belt. The practical training is that universities offer courses that encourage, and sometimes require, internships while studying, but the chances are not only for students. Here experts weigh if it's worth your time to devote to to practice after graduation.

How are these 2015 goals in his career?

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By Vicki Salemi

It's hard to understand how quickly this year goes, is not it? It may seem like just now that the new year was thresholds seem, but now that Labor Day and the end of the third quarter 2016 approaches is just around the corner.

There is no better time than the present to reflect the goals by 2015 - instead of rolling resolutions next year with. Your unused vacation time Here are five ways to end the year on a note full of achievements:

How to stop wasting time on e-mail

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Marcelle Yeager

In 2012, the McKinsey Global Institute conducted a study to find out how much time employees spend on social technologies during the day. He found that employees spend about 28 percent of their day reading and responding to emails. While email is a tool of communication and meaningful collaboration, it absorbs a lot of time that could be spent doing to get the job.

Some jobs require a very large amount or the almost exclusive use of e-mail. However, if you do not fall into this category of case, it may be time to re-evaluate how and when e-mail is used. In a world in which everyone expects an immediate response to the texts and e-mails, it's hard not compulsively check your e-mail. However, if you do not change your approach, you could cut a lot of time out of your day job and go faster desktop.

5 Reasons third cycle courses work for you

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By Becca Lundberg

The figures confirm the persistence of his teacher and parents to identify internship opportunities at school. In 2011-2014 were graduates who interned at least once more full-time jobs that graduates to have the meetings, depending on the type of student survey received 2014 report of the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

Companies and organizations want employees who already rent professional experience behind them. The practical training is that universities offer courses that encourage, and sometimes require, internships while studying, but the chances are not only for students. Here experts weigh when it comes to devote your time worth to practice after graduation.

How will 2015 career goals?

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By Vicki Salemi

It's hard to see how quickly this year goes, is not it? It may seem like just now that the new year was thresholds appear, but now that Labor Day and the end of the third quarter 2016 approaches is just around the corner.

There is no better time than the present to reflect the goals by 2015 - instead of rolling resolutions next year, your unused vacation time . Here are five ways to end on a strong note performance that year:

Advantages and disadvantages of working for a start-up

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By Hannah Morgan

They say the thrill and excitement that want to start, but more than that? Working for a company can experience a career building and a training camp for his their entrepreneurial dreams . However, it is a dark side of the attractiveness of the starter culture.

You may have heard stories that sound startups like savages make the Wild West,: exciting environments, fast-paced, where few rules. There is something appealing about the camaraderie that happens as part of a small dedicated team while working. It may seem a packet of sweets from until you see the belly of the beast at home.

How to stop time on e-mail

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Marcelle Yeager

In 2012, the McKinsey Global Institute conducted a study to find out how much time employees spend on social technologies during the day. He found that employees spend about 28 percent of their day reading and responding to emails. While email is a tool of communication and meaningful collaboration, it absorbs a lot of time that could be spent , the work that .

Some jobs require a very large amount or the almost exclusive use of email. However, if you do not fall into this category of case, it may be time to re-evaluate how and when e-mail is used. In a world in which everyone expects an immediate response to the texts and e-mails, it's hard not compulsively check your email. However, if you do not change your approach, you could cut a lot of time out of your day job and go faster desktop.

Seven daily habits that can make you even more successful at work

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By Robin Madell

It's your job, and then there's the way you do your job. While even (and adjusted as their experience and passion) position definitely plays a role in the success of his career, his routines and rituals in the office can also affect to your happiness and productivity. This includes what you do before and after work and during the working days.

Here are seven daily habits, which, if practiced regularly, can increase your success at work:

1. Focus on strengths, not weaknesses. Sometimes, in an effort to be perfect, we channeled valuable time and energy trying best to make things that are not to be part of our natural ability. Charlotte Crivelli, co-founder of Klick Communications, believes that it would be a mistake. "In my business, convey a culture that people should work in jobs that utilize their strengths," he said. "We do not get to kill in the time people think to improve your weaknesses. Someone else will be strong when they are weak, and it is my duty to make sure everyone is on what not what excited and exhausted. Work "to follow this advice seriously, make a habit of prioritizing its many sets as possible faithful daily skills.

In Internships Go Bad: Stories of World apprentices Worst

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Alison Green

When summer internships wrap yourself in the coming weeks, losing most of the students at the end of office - but few will be easier to see how they go.

I recently had the reader manager Ask share their worst experiences with the students, and they delivered. Here are eight of the scandalous stories that they badly divided the last actual practices. Of course, as you read this, keep in mind that the horror stories like this are the exception rather than the rule; Most students are eager to learn and want to do a good job. (And if you treat the students, their market share is to offer advice and mentoring , so that they can avoid such a disaster!)

As leaders should (and does not) Apologize to work

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By Hallie Crawford

"I'm sorry, can I borrow for a moment?"

"I'm sorry, this project overview page 13 is not"

"I'm sorry, could you speak?"

If you pay attention to how many times you say "sorry" to work, you say, you can achieve a lot. This is especially likely if you are in a leadership position to handle too many employees , and try not to be too bossy or demanding. Studies have shown that women tend to be more likely than men to apologize as a way to be friendly. Many of us remember the campaign "no regrets" ad Pantene, to help women to be aware, to be putting unnecessary excuses.

Amazon executive, said the company will be used on the ground to burn a lot of people ", but no longer

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By Alyson Shontell

The head of infrastructure development Amazon Ciubotariu Nick pick up a chicken with the New York Times . Jodi Kantor Saturday and David Streitfeld wrote that the work environment in the Amazon is "bruises".

"Workers are encouraged each other long break (arriving emails after midnight, followed by messages asking why not answered) ideas at meetings, hard and extreme work and comply with the standards, the company has" too high ", Kantor and Streitfeldstraße written.

How to find a job without the help of the Employment Councils

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Would not it be nice to wake up and find that the Powerball ticket bought you immediately rich beyond your wildest dreams in the morning? Knowing that the odds of winning are infinitesimal, the dream of quick wealth continues to push people to spend millions of dollars on lottery tickets every week.

The same mentality transfers for job seekers who can not do much more than apply for many jobs on job boards . Each of these online presentation is simply a way to gain remote viewing for a job. The sad reality is that only about 5 percent of job seekers to get jobs through advertising, according to Randall S. Hansen, founder of Quintessential Careers.

> Find a marginal employment

Here are five job search significantly improve your chances of success career advancement:

4 things that employers want candidates

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Have you ever wondered how hiring authorities about the process go the determining whom to interview and what to ask candidates when they meet you? Leslie Gurka and Joel Brodsky can tell you. They spent their career as head of education in the public school system of New York. Now they are with school systems in the United States on a variety of topics, including how to effectively recruit the best teachers and administrators as part of the Executive Leadership Team of the Institute consult.

While the focus is on the education system, their concerns, methods and ideas generally apply to nearly all work situations. , A large group into a manageable pool of candidates, the first screen of the main components are missing CV as approval powers trim. Eliminate candidates whose writing regularly shows poor grammar or punctuation and all critically evaluate the appearance and format a resume and cover letter and writing sample.

7 psychological traps that can undermine your success

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By Shana Lebowitz

There are many external factors, which may include a copy of the success at work - a gloomy economy backstabbing colleagues.

But when it comes to career success, it can easily be his own worst enemy. Silent in the meetings if you have a different opinion or work in a draft report after midnight, you can actually work on their own interest.

Here is a list of seven ways people sabotage their own professional success, often without realizing it.

To buy top companies employee pensions Boomer Bosses

AP In this July 29, 2015 file photo, Chris Goodrich, left, and the parades, stand in the offices of his company, Ewing Sports, the uniforms sold in Ewing for most football at school and other equipment, New Jersey, employees in key positions within the company, Goodrich and motorcades bought Ewing Sport bosses who in July to retire. They are part of a trend that is gaining momentum with increasing company sales.

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NEW YORK (AP) - As baby boomers retire small businesses that sell and ran for many years, is often the best people the boss.

The new owners are likely Managing Director, superintendent and foremen, who work for the company for many years and have a good feeling to be working fine now.

14 of the most ridiculous things that put people in their CVs

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From Esperanza Restle and Jacquelyn Smith

No CV is 100% perfect.

Many are minor errors - a misspelled word, a missing digit in your zip code, a little buzzwords - and not in the eyes of the Director of Human Resources, which can be easily forgiven if the candidate is favorable impressive and for the job qualified.

But what can not be forgiven (and certainly not forgotten) blatant lies, e-mail addresses or links to inappropriate sites, ahem, adult. However, actual employment candidates are all these ridiculous things, among others, on their resumes, as hiring managers who participated in a recent survey by CareerBuilder.

Working from home is more common than you think

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The ability to appear on their work in the comfort of your sofa can turn like a dream - and increasingly this dream becomes a reality to be for the professionals in the United States.

According to a new infographic from High Five there was an increase of 79.7% in the number of teleworkers 2005-2012.

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By Matthew Speiser

Harvard graduate student Robert Manduca created this cool interactive map down that each job in the United States breaks for companies on the basis of census data of 2010. A point represents a job. A red dot indicates a job in manufacturing and trading, a blue dot shows a professional job, a green dot indicates a job in the education, health and government, and a yellow dot indicates a work in retail commerce , catering and other services.

Reduce, it looks like a map of the population density. But once you zoom in the map shows the economic identity of the US cities. Here's how jobs in different cities spread:

Adobe is a doubling of paid maternity leave for similar ads Netflix and Microsoft

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By Richard Feloni

The software company in California based Adobe announced Monday that from November 1, is to double its paid maternity leave and the strengthening of their paid paternity leave.

The announcement comes a week after Netflix announced it one year offer of paid parental leave and Microsoft announced that they offer 12 weeks of paid paternity leave, but Adobe has told Reuters that his own plan was in development long before it aware of any is Netflix or Microsoft plans.

10 jobs that make you happy and rich

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By Jacquelyn Smith

Most people think "a happy race" and "a fat content" are mutually exclusive, but the jobs of the online community CareerBliss.com noted recently, two things sometimes go hand in hand.

Career Bliss put together his new list of jobs that can make you happy and rich in the analysis of more than 25,000 independent reviews of the company from 2013 to 2015.

Comments are employees in the US, the 10 factors that rated the happiness on a five-point scale: the relationship with your boss and colleagues, work environment, work equipment, compensation, growth opportunities, cultural enterprises, the company's reputation, daily tasks and work control over the work on a daily basis.

How will be the main favorites

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By Alison Green

Your manager has a big impact on people's quality of daily work. If you hope as the manager and that the chances are you will find the most fun and rewarding work life, and will probably go faster, too. On the other hand, if your manager does not like you, the consequences can range from everyday stress misallocations are likely pushed out of his job.

Although not click every manager out there, here are seven things you can do that will greatly improve your relationship with the vast majority of managers - and make the favorite loved by many.

That's the biggest challenge "Unlimited parental leave" New Policy Netflix - and the operation

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Tuesday, Netflix announced its new policy of unlimited parental leave. The idea, wrote Chief Talent Tawni Netflix Cranz the company's blog, is new, so that parents - mothers and fathers - to "take as much time as they want in the first year after the birth or adoption of a child".

Instead of a fixed number of consecutive weeks was followed into the office of a final return - the standard model, although the number of weeks may vary - Netflix allows employees to leave and then "part-time back, full-time, or back and then as needed back ".

If the plan works, as it is assumed that each employee only "figure [s] what is best for them and their families" "with their managers to cover work absenteeism." And

Here is another reason, Pretty people to be economically better

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By Shana Lebowitz

Researchers have long suspected that people who are more attractive than the average to make more money.

They call it the "path of beauty", and found that the good-looking people are more likely than their peers to be hired and promoted Format.

In recent years, some researchers have begun to study such factors of beauty through donations. A new study highlights the role of the attraction of investor behavior at the point of Kiva micro peer-to-peer.

How does it feel to his start for President Obama to ride

President Barack Obama meets AP Luis von Ahn and Gina Gotthilf Duolingo.

By Richard Feloni

Rugs Language learning Duolingo got an invitation to the opening party of the White House US contractor Demo Day on Tuesday that Duolingo leaders are expected to meet other founders and catch a closing speech by President Barack Obama.

Instead, co-founder Luis von Ahn was invited, and Vice President of Marketing and International Development Gina Gotthilf to present your business directly to Obama, as if a potential investor.

My desk Romance in marriage

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By Jacquelyn Smith

Once I went to a colleague.

Quick background: There are at work - we've been together for almost four years before we started working together (which was not planned by the long history step ...). But for about 11 months, we were three cubes of each other and our relationship kept secret.

That's right: no one knew we were a couple.

"No one knew?" "Was not it hard to hide?" "Is not that illegal?"

These are questions often asked me when I tell people the story of my office romance.

My answer to all three: "No - because we followed the rules."

The truth is that office romances are difficult and generally not recommended. But happen all the time, and when they do, there are three possible outcomes: The relationship turns sour and his reputation and his career takes a beating; It ends, however, you are mature and friendly time and do not let the break affects their work; or the way things work.

A survey conducted by CareerBuilder last year showed that 40% of employees admitted to having an affair with a colleague, and nearly a third of office relationships in marriage. (Remember, I came with a colleague? We're getting married in two months.)

It is up to you if you can for a relationship Search Office consequences, good and bad. If you choose, there are a few "rules" that you can follow to make sure that things do not want to go wrong:

20 Warning Signs You are burned at work

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By Steven Benna

If you think of the wear condition of chronic stress leads to burnout, you probably think of someone on the stage of your mid to late career.

Usually this is not the case, however, after the specialist Ben Fanning exhaustion.

"With the demands of the global economy, conference calls with colleagues around the world, and the endless emails, it is more likely to reach the point of exhaustion at the beginning of his career," Fanning said.

The good news is that there are clear signs that you burn, and knowledge of them, "you can avoid burnout, or start your career," says Fanning.

He presented the following list of the most common habits of the workers suffer from exhaustion.

This is what veterans want in their civilian careers

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By Peter A. Gudmundsson

Smart entrepreneurs know that military veterans often have the solution to their ongoing struggle to attract and retain high quality talent . You understand that military experience have the skills, attitudes and skills on the most people who have not served. Therefore disproportionate veterans value for each team or organization add.

But as the veteran unemployment is falling on one of the lowest levels in years (now 4.4 per cent), hiring managers are aggressively competing for this group of worthy talent. To compete effectively, companies need to accelerate their Veteran employment strategies. Brand image and awareness tactics that are clearly communicated develop on the veterans, why the employment opportunities of attention should value. At the center of this effort companies need to understand that most veterans seek their transition to or further develop their civilian careers.

Veterans examined essentially the same characteristics in his career all but two factors besides veterans. One factor is the will, focus and commitment to the search for these benefits. The other is that, because of his military experience, veterans tend to certain specific sets of requirements to concentrate. Executives and selected setting Recruiter special attention to these needs as they write their veteran recruitment and retention strategies .

One way to conceive and remember the needs of the universe is a summary alliterative - The Four M: Mission, momentum, money and mentoring. Companies that reliable and consistent in the four million dollars to find to meet the teams, the pool of the greatest talents of America - his veterans.

The CEO of a $ 2800000000 output explains why it is a "bad manager '

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By Jacquelyn Smith

Nobody is perfect. The Super successful people like Stewart Butterfield, Flickr co-founder and CEO of Slack, have weaknesses.

The 42-year-old Canadian-born entrepreneur recently told Adam Bryant of the New York Times is not good when it comes to a head.

The researchers found a linguistic trick that will help you negotiate all

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By Shana Lebowitz

In the negotiations of each day, you can, as they are offered as important as the products or services your suggestion frame.

The delivery of the most recent research suggesting that on that which is held with the other person what they concentrate where lost. In this way, your partner is likely to grant.

Born August Science Mind Tricks to overcome procrastination, and do what you set now

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For sugar Rachel

If you are reading this right now, there is a good chance that you are doing something else actually. (Is not that what the internet is for?)

But the thing to do about things? It's hard - especially if you actually do is daunting problems, unpleasant or especially high.

And as we have written above, there are reasons you might have trouble getting started. But bills must be paid, the work needs to be done, and not enter side projects of its own.

Here we have eight rounds of the mind collected support research to help to deactivate Netflix and do it.

Nudge recessions help women in scientific research

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By Liz Weston

Encourage more women to pursue a career in science, technology, education and mathematics - the so-called STEM subjects - is a worthy goal, given the profit potential for our economy and for women who are better paid jobs in these areas.

Surprisingly, there are: to suffer a recession.

New research has shown that rising unemployment leads men and women to associated in areas with better results and job prospects to move, and that women are more likely to change their career in this direction than men.

5 things you never do, waiting to hear while up to a job

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By Alison Green

My interview went very well, and the employer said you soon hear something. But it was a week, has the phone does not ring and you get excited to hear it. If you are waiting to hear back a job , time often seems to go very slow, and every day of silence may be spoiled.

But as eager as you hear anything, make sure that fear does not lead to your chances of actions that really hurt. Here are five things you may be tempted to do, while waiting to be heard a little - but you should never, ever do.

22 undergraduate majors with the highest starting salaries

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By Jacquelyn Smith

Wages potential should not be the only thing that attracts more college be - things like passion, interest and ability should also be considered. But it's always good to know what you pay for degrees faster. (And we can not let him because he attracted to them guilty.)

PayScale, the creator of the world's largest database of compensation data, which recently examined the starting salary for millions of professionals and sorts the results by major university.

Here are 22 majors with the highest starting salaries: