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How to Negotiate Like a Pro

Jill / June 22nd, 2015 / No Comments

I recently relocated to a large city. One of the first things I learned while touring apartments, high rises, mid-rises, condos, and everything in between was this: Everything is negotiable. I never considered myself a savvy negotiator until I was signing my lease papers. As stated in my lease, I was paying $100 less each month than the advertised price, waiving $150 in “application” fees,...

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I can haz jobz?

CF / March 15th, 2012 / 6 Comments

In two more months, I will be finished with school for the second time in my life. And not a second too soon! It’s easy to start wondering: What’s next? Well, in my program, there’s a lot of competition for hiring graduates. In fact, many of my fellow students started interviewing for jobs as early as November of last year! I’ve had a total of 12 interviews for 6 companies....

Posted in: Career and Work Tagged with: Computer Science jobs, finding a job, interviewing, negotiating