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8 Ways Losing Your Job is Like Losing Your Lover

by Lauren Berger February 1, 2008

Everyone always says that first dates are a lot like job interviews, so I have to wonder whether the opposite is also true. Here are 8 ways losing your job is similar to a bad breakup: As with exes, in the long run, rarely does anyone look back and wish they still had their old [...]

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Home Is Where The Heart(burn) Is: 4 Ways to Visit Family Without Losing Your Mind

by Lauren Berger November 21, 2007

I can’t begin to express how much I love having a few days off from work to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday! I’m getting some housework done and putting my baking skills to the test (score: one delicious success, one horrendous failure) but mostly, I’m psyching myself out for my imminent return home to mom and [...]

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Staying in Touch is Just as Hard in Your Career as it was Back in High School

by Jovie Baclayon November 16, 2007

Think back to your old jobs: Do you stay in touch with any of your former coworkers? I don’t mean the ones you use for networking purposes; I mean the ones with whom you regularly ate lunch, grabbed drinks after work, discussed your love life, played basketball or hung out on weekends – the ones [...]

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Weekly Poll: Could you work with your mate?

by admin September 18, 2007

Every week we post a question for anyone and everyone to answer. Leave your answer as a comment, or post an entry on your own blog and leave us the link! This week’s question is: Would you want to work at the same company as your significant other? Tweet

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The Great Baby Debate

by Jennifer Kushell August 22, 2007

  At YSN we spend most of the time talking about your life and career, but for a lot of people, there’s a big white elephant in room any time career plans come up: What about starting a family? Whether you are not even thinking about parenthood, starting to consider it, seriously contemplating it, working [...]

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