What has been your experience in looking for work?

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How is your job search going? What books, manuals, or web sites would you recommend to help search for jobs? What has been your experience with employment agencies? What should one take into account when preparing a resume? What do you consider important for a job interview? Why do you think you were hired over other candidates for the same position? What mistakes have you made during job interviews in the past? How do you prepare for a job interview? How do you search for jobs? In your opinion, which are the hardest jobs to get? What was your best/worst interview? Why? What is the most difficult question you have had to answer during a job interview? Have you lied during a job interview? What did you lie about? In what way did your education play a role in the job you have today? In what way did luck play a role in the job you have today? In what way did your job interview play a role in the job you have today? In what way did your resume play a role in the job you have today? Why do you think that you cannot find work? Do you feel that you have been discriminated based on your sex, age, race, or religion? Explain. Why do you think that you have not found a good job? Why do you think that you always find the job you are looking for? What would you recommend to someone who is looking for work right now? I want to tell my story my way.

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