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"Up in the Air" Overweight! Then Chances Are You Need Two Seats On Southwest Airlines! What Are Your Chances of Landing a High Paying Job?

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Stephen Viscusi Recently the headlines were filled with the story about movie director, Kevin Smith, who directed "Cop Out". He was asked to l...

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Conan O'Brien calls, The Jobs Whisperer, Stephen Viscusi for career advice, and hears these words: "Think Katie Couric": The Grass Is Not Always Greener!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Stephen Viscusi I sit and daydream about the number of celebrities who have been calling me lately for career advice. Ever since "Up in the Ai...

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Conan O'Brien calls, The Jobs Whisperer, Stephen Viscusi For Advice on His Next Career Move!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Stephen Viscusi I sit and daydream about the number of celebrities who have been calling me lately for career advice. Ever since "Up in the Ai...

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Warning to the Boss: Think of Having Sex with Your Employee as the Same as Incest!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bosses..does that make the point any easier to remember? At least once a month, I get a call from a TV producer or reporter, who is covering a stor...

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How To Find a Job in 2010

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is time, to figure out how to re-invent yourself for 2010. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

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Happy Thanksgiving! This Year It Is No Longer Humiliating To Be Explaining Your Unemployment Around the Thanksgiving Table!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Losing your job is dreadful, no matter what the reason. In this journalist's mind, it is still better than health issues, divorce, or death -- but t...

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Did Katie Couric Fire Walter Cronkite's Voice...Or did the Cronkite family, make his voice "quit" Katie's show?

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Stephen Viscusi Although I work on TV now myself, preparing for my own TV show "The Job's Whisperer" I started my career as a headhunter, then ra...

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When Your Friend Becomes Your Boss: Do you become a Rogue or Stay a Friend?

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Friendship" is just a word. It's like the saying "blood is thicker than water." Your superior may have "boss blood," but you still have subordinate "water in your veins."

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10 "Bulletproof Your Relationship Tips" for the Unemployed

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 11.17.2011

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Are these questions familiar? How many resumes did you send out today? Did you call so and so? How about going back on the search engines? Why is the house such a mess if you are home all day?

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Part Two: Will Barbara Walters Tap Sarah Palin to Replace Elisabeth Hasselbeck on The View?

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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The former governor of Alaska tells me her goal is to get her own T.V. show, something like The Rachel Ray Show.

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Just Fired or Downsized? Feel Like Getting Revenge on the Boss? It Seems You're Not Alone

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lately, it seems that bridges are built to be burned. The internet has made getting revenge easy today. Lose your job, start a blog. Hate your boss, shout it out on Facebook or Twitter.

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It's a Spanxless Job, But Someone Had To Do It: Preparing Sonia for Her Supreme Court Interview

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sotomayor should be a role model for all the less-than-glamorous men and women who are always ready to blame their appearance for their job woes.

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Job Fairs or Job Fairy Tales?

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today's career fairs seem anything but "fair" to me. Approach those companies that don't appear to be looking. Another secret if you're unemployed is to offer yourself to employers on a "per-project" or "temp" basis.

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