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Bloggers Need Not Apply

Job seekers need to eliminate as many negatives as possible, and in most cases a blog turns out to be a negative

What is it with job seekers who also write blogs? Our recent faculty search at Quaint Old College resulted in a number of bloggers among our semifinalists. Those candidates looked good enough on paper to merit a phone interview, after...

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