Quick Tips: Get the name right

Hello, my name isAs someone with an apparently long, rather-difficult-to-spell-even-harder-to-pronounce-full-name that is often butchered, I can fully appreciate the desire to have one’s name pronounced and spelled correctly. 
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Gimme a side o’ GRUMPY with that CRABBY!

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This ever happen to you? You’re in a pretty decent mood when all of a sudden you encounter someone who clearly woke up on the wrong side of the continent – maybe a co-worker, a roommate, a family member, someone in the checkout line. You interact with them for all of 1 minute and the next thing you know, you’re feeling crispier than burnt toast. How did that happen? Why did it happen? Did it even need to happen? Like an infectious disease in those scary outbreak movies, that individual’s bad attitude has infected you. What’s even worse is now you’re going to infect the people around you, likely in your workplace. Fortunately, there is an antidote.
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Quick Tips: 10 assumptions you SHOULD be making

If you’re starting out as a new professional, changing jobs, or changing careers, the following list of assumptions can help make your transition a bit smoother.

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Whatever you do, DO NOT accept a job offer…

Whatever you do, DO NOT accept a job offer unless you’re certain it’s a job you really want. Once you’ve accepted the offer, remove your application from other searches.

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