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Build an Uber Job-Search Dashboard with iGoogle [Job Search]

With an unemployment rate hovering around 10% in the U.S., every little thing you can do to improve your job search helps. Weblog Freelance Folder details how to create a seriously streamlined job-finding dashboard using iGoogle.

Know What Questions to Ask During a Job Interview [Job Search]

It's nerve-wracking enough worrying about how best to answer interview questions. Unfortunately, it's also important to ask questions during the exchange. Weblog Lifehack.org details how best to turn the tables with a list of seven noteworthy questions to raise. Photo by brymo.

Avoid The "Hedonic Treadmill" Trap If You Want to Be Happy [Happiness]

We recently offered tips on finding happiness in your work as well as how to find the environment where you thrive. New reports also suggest that happiness is related to your intrinsic versus extrinsic motivations and your response mechanisms.

Know the Answers to These Questions Before Your Job Interview [Job Search]

If you've gone on more than one job interview, you know you can count on hearing many of the same questions at each. Make sure you've got these 10 answers down pat before you head out the door to your next interview. Photo by Aidan Jones. Weblog Dumb Little Man rounds up the 10 interview questions you should be ready for, including:

Nail Your Next Phone Interview by Dressing Up [Interview Tip]

Very little in the interview process is more stressful than the phone interview. You can't rely on your charming on-paper skills or your dashing good looks; instead, it's just your voice stepping on the words of the person on the other end. Ace your next phoneterview with these tips. Photo by mistress_f.

The 10 Best U.S. Cities to Live and Work [Living]

Personal finance site Kiplinger has released their annual list of the best cities in the United States to live and work. The key this year: It's all about where you can find—and keep—a good job. View Best Cities for Jobs in a larger map

Are You Looking for a Job? [Reader Poll]

These days, more and more folks are flocking to online job search sites. Obviously, right? But according to the AP, even the employed are looking for jobs. Photo by giarose.

Tech Etiquette for Job Seekers: Maintain Appropriate Boundaries [Netiquette]

With all the great job search sites available to job seekers, it's all too easy to send out email blasts to every hiring manager you can find an address for—but that's not always the best course. Photo by chuckp.

Tech Etiquette for Job Seekers: Maintain Appropriate Boundaries [Netiquette]

With all the great job search sites available to job seekers, it's all too easy to send out email blasts to every hiring manager you can find an address for—but that's not always the best course. Photo by chuckp.

Five Best Online Job Search Sites [Hive Five]

Looking for a new job in a struggling economy is hard work. Make it easier on yourself by getting to know the best tools for the task at hand. Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite online job search sites, and today we're back with the most popular answers. Keep reading for a detailed breakdown of the best sites around for finding work when you need it.

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