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Escape from Corporate America

You will search far and wide to find someone who doesn’t hate their job. Yes, the majority of us truly hate what we do, and only continue working because we can’t afford not to. Pamela Skillings looks at people in that predicament and offers them a way out in her book Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams.. It’s a well-written book that should give you all the help you need to start making choices and decisions to change your current situation.

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Weighing down your career

Being overweight or obese is not only bad for your health but can also be bad for your career, according to a US study. Cort Rudolph, a researcher at Wayne State University looked at over 25 years of research on weight-based bias in the workplace to see whether being overweight hindered the chance of getting a job or moving up the work ladder.

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Don’t forget your parachute?

What color is your parachute by Dick Bolles is arguably the best-selling job-hunting book in the world. A favourite of job hunters and career changers for more than three decades, it continues to be a mainstay on best-seller lists. The 2008 version has just been released with some timely advice to job seekers.

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