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staff doesn’t say thank you, reference checker only wanted to hear about “exceptional” candidates, and more

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But this is still business and so business norms, not social ones, still govern.). It feels too soon to put them on a resume (one of my life improvement goals is to get out of retail work), but when would be the appropriate time? It’s always worth asking.). All of these habits I’ve been keeping up with for about a month.

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my abusive ex works at the company where I’m interviewing, friends keep trying to lure me from my job, and more

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On one occasion, after months and months of nagging, I applied at my brother’s company as a retail sales rep. The hiring manager seemed baffled that I would be willing to give up being my own boss to come and work retail. He wrote that one of his patients had her dog die five months in a row because of his use of this.).