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News Stories

Looking for a job or planning a career in CALIFORNIA? (JobSmart.com)

Career Coaches Help You Climb to the Top "Personal trainers" for workers new fiscal fitness craze (SF Chronicle, May 8, 1998)

How Changing Jobs Affects Your 401(k) (SF Chronicle, March 16, 1998)

Diploma

• The tyranny of the diploma (Forbes, December 28, 1998)

International

• Landing a Job in France (SF Chronicle, December 11, 1998)

How to File A Lawsuit for Discrimination (SF Chronicle, October 26, 1998)

MBAs: What They Really Want (Fortune, March 16, 1998)

The Job Seeker's Matchmaker (WashingtonPost, April 28, 1998)

More Companies Are Turning to Radio Ads to Reach a Large Audience of Potential Employees (WashingtonPost, April 26, 1998)

Salary

• Salary Guide outlines compensation levels and industry trends for legal professionals. (Affiliates.com)

• It's Unwise to Pad Your Salary When Looking for a Job (SF Chronicle, June 1, 1998)

• The Great Salary Shuffle New survey shows rapid restructuring of pay rates for software profession (techweek)

• 1998 Online Professionals' Salary Survey (zdnet)

Phony firms scam students (CNNfn, May 22, 1998)

In 1997, Small Companies Led Regional Employment Past Estimates (WashingtonPost, March 16, 1998)

Resources Online

Career Guides (The Riley Guide)

Career Resource Center (Fortune)

Daily Advice (interbiznet)

International Salary Calculator (HomeFair.com)

Networking (CareerMosaic)

Net Tools

• Guide to Job-Hunting on the Internet (Dynamic Cover Letters)

• Search Tools: Changing Jobs? Try the Net:The Internet is a far more powerful job-search tool than it was just months ago. Now you can't ignore it. (Fortune, March 2, 1998)