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		<title>How to Choose and Hit Job Search Targets Creatively</title>
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This guest post about some creative thinking for jobseekers is by Kevin Donlin, courtesy of Recruiting Blogswap.
Be Creative In Your Job Search
Ever want to slap your forehead and say, &#8220;Why didn&#8217;t I think of that?&#8221;
You might, after you discover how one New York man found the right job, largely as a result of blind luck [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/how-to-choose-and-hit-job-search-targets-creatively/</link>
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		<title>Part II: ADA Amendments &#8212; What Difference Will They Make If They Become Law?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, we began this series with a brief introduction to <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-3195">the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (“ADAAA”),</a> passed by the House at the end of June.  In this post, we continue the series by examining how the ADAAA would alter the substantial-limitation-of-major-life-activities element of the ADA's definition of disability.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/part-ii-house-approved-ada-amendments-what-difference-will-they-make-if-they-become-law/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Blind Hiring&#8221; to Avoid Bias: Wave of the HR Future, or &#8220;Blind Alley&#8221;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is a hiring manager named "David" more likely to give an edge to a job candidate also named "David"?

Recent academic research suggests that the answer is “yes,” even for other names with similar sounds, like "Dan" or "Dustin."  

What does this say about a company’s ability to develop a merit-based, non-discriminatory hiring model?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/blind-hiring-to-avoid-bias-wave-of-the-hr-future-or-blind-alley/</link>
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		<title>Unemployment Benefits Extension: Effective Counterweight to Slowing Economy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 30, President Bush signed a $162 billion war spending bill that included a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits.  Attaching this unemployment extension to entirely unrelated war spending sought by the White House was effective in getting the extension passed despite significant Republican opposition.  This post describes the availability of the extended benefits and the economic and political considerations affecting the decision to undertake this significant additional domestic spending. 
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		<link>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/unemployment-benefits-extension-effective-counterweight-to-slowing-economy/</link>
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		<title>Bulletproofing Employment Investigations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post on workplace investigations that hold up to scrutiny emphasizes the importance of vertical and horizontal consistency and reasonableness in the investigation of allegations of workplace misconduct, such as harassment.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/bulletproofing-employment-investigations/</link>
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		<title>House Widely Approves ADA Amendments, But What Difference Will They Make If They Become Law?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 25, the House of Representatives passed an act amending the Americans With Disability Act ("ADA").  As compromise legislation approved by important business groups who had opposed a previous version, it stands a good chance of becoming law. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/house-overwhelmingly-approves-ada-amendments-what-difference-will-they-make-if-they-become-law/</link>
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		<title>Lunchtime Advice for Success &#038; Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good suggestions about using your lunch break at work most beneficially. (No -- that doesn't mean eating at your desk while you work!)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/lunchtime-advice-for-success-health/</link>
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		<title>Hiring Managers Slow to Accept Online Degrees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent survey, it appears the growth in online education is outpacing the acceptance of the quality and legitimacy of such education by hiring managers.
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		<link>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/hiring-managers-slow-to-accept-online-degrees/</link>
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		<title>Benefits Crippling Large and Small Businesses Alike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two New York Times items today create a useful, if discouraging, overview of the way the American reliance on employers to provide health and pension benefits hurts our economy (and health).  One explores how collectively-bargained benefit commitments hampered GM and left it vulnerable to collapse.  The other discusses the massive lack of health coverage in the small business sector and how states are attempting to remedy it.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/benefits-crippling-large-and-small-businesses-alike/</link>
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		<title>Interviewing Skills: Starting with the Phone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This guest post on the role of your voice mail message in your job search is from <a href="http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress/">the Medical Sales Recruiter,</a> <a href="http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress/about-2/">Peggy McKee.</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.employmentblawg.com/2008/interviewing-skills-starting-with-the-phone/</link>
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