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Several years ago, I was at dinner with a man and his wife, both of whom used to work for an advertising company that did business with Ralph Lauren. Since Lauren was their main account, they had spent years getting to know him and his staff and observing his business. And since Lauren is such a famous man, I was interested in their impressions of him.

The Recruiters Role
When you initially apply for a position at a mid to large company, you can expect to be contacted initially via a recruiter. Companies hire recruitment companies in order to free them from having to do the initial screenings and paperwork. Many recruiters will see the applicant through several interviews, drug screenings, and background checks.

If you are looking for a job, trying to improve in your current job, or simply wish to experience a better life, there is one thing you need to do: You need to be friends with everyone you meet in business, and stop competing and seeing differences. This is a statement that falls on deaf ears for most people. In fact, this is the exact opposite of the way most of us think. Instead, we view others as competitors and the slices of pie as limited. We view opportunities as few and limited, and feel the need to compete for what little there is.

After a good interview, you're eagerly awaiting the call, the one that offers you the job you've been waiting for. But, are you ready? Read on to learn what to do when the call comes in.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.

Richard P. Feynman, Nobel-Prize Winning Physicist

After giving your official two weeks' notice, it can be easy to be complacent and ''coast'' along during the last days of your employment. But in reality, this is the time that you need to work harder than ever, because this is the lasting impression that you will leave with your employer. You never know when the ''ghosts of employment past'' will come back to haunt you, so be sure that you leave on a positive note. Read on for what you need to do during the last two weeks at your job.

To define prosaically, a job fair is an employers' trade event where companies attend an event both to search for potential employees, as well as to exhibit and establish their presence in the job market. But, there's more to a job fair beneath the surface and most of it is good for any aspiring candidate.

It seems that there are always people out there who love to take advantage of others during an already-bad situation. Case in point: with the large numbers of job searchers in today's economy, some are being scammed by ''potential jobs.'' Unfortunately, job scams are on the rise, so searchers need to become more ''search-savvy'' to decipher between a legitimate job and a scam.

The police pulled in behind us the second we turned into my mother's driveway, and turned on their lights. I was very frightened. I thought I might be going to jail that evening. I was not sure.