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‘Unemployed Need Not Apply’ – Should it be Illegal?

by on Oct. 27, 2011 in Applying for jobs, News, The State of the Job Market

Photo:  姒儿喵喵 An problem with passing any given law is that unintended consequences inevitably follow. I’ve written about this before, like in this letter to the editor in the Financial Times in 2008. In it I draw a parallel between market intervention and time travel, saying both are way too complex and have too many [...]

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Network Your Applications – New Feature on ApplyMate.com

by on Oct. 15, 2010 in Applying for jobs, Getting a job, Getting more, Networking, News

Photo: James Cridland Leverage the crowd to boost your applications Now you can crowdsource your applications by sharing (if you choose) where you recently applied. Once you track an application on ApplyMate.com, you can click to send a Tweet or Facebook message that says “I just applied to XYZ company. Do you know anyone who [...]

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