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All Time Favorites

• The dirty secrets of performance review
• Cover letter for laid off worker
• An in-depth look into MBA Admission Consulting
• Microsoft laid-off employees spoke up! Layoff Satisfaction Survey Result
• Seven Lessons I learned from attending business school during recession
• Your relationship with your parents have a lot to do with your career success
• Are you interested in a lot of different things, but not sure what exactly you want to do about your career?
• The anti dot com path to success: A different way of living and working
• Should parents pay for the full amount of their kids’ college education expenses?
• How to deal with bullies at work

Recruiting & Job Search

• “I just got laid off. I’m shocked. What am I going to do now?” — an inspirational video for you!
• A book that I always turn to when I’m looking for job
• What should you do if you’re laid off today? A 5-day Personal "boot camp" to beat layoff
• How my friend got a high-power finance job by walking his dog
• GeekMBA360.com publishes How to get a job at amazon.com: A definitive Guide
• Seven things you should do immediately after layoff
• How to convince employers to hire you even though they don’t have job openings
• Eight tips for job hunting in a difficult economic environment
• Don’t try to get a job and make a career transition at the same time in bad economy
• A good recruiter is your personal sales person

Career advice

• Job Hopping is good for you: Career Lessons from Lane Kiffin
• 10 Professional Development Actions that you can take to make you more competitive in today’s job market
• Don’t work for the same company for too long
• The good, the bad, and the ugly of management consulting
• Sometimes all you need is one class to jumpstart your career
• Ten things you should do before layoff

Start-ups & Entrepreneurship

• Don’t get screwed! Stock option questions you should ask before you join a start-up
• You should understand Liquidation Preference and Preferred Participation before joining a start-up
• If I can pick and choose any start-up to work for, I’ll pick … Part 1
• If I can pick and choose any start-up to work for, I’ll pick … Part 2
• Why I don’t like Sequoia Capital’s "R.I.P Good Time" presentation
• Is this ethical? Or even legal?
• IPO shouldn’t be the goal for a start-up
• Is starting a company in Silicon Valley stupid?
• The Hot Dog Guy
• Go ScooterGirls!!! – An inspiring entrepreneurial story of starting a business during the current financial crisis and finding a way to beat layoffs

Personal finance advice to beat Recession

• Who are making a lot of money from the economic downturn and where do they get their financial news and analysis?
• A great investment book that teaches you how to think
• How much should I deduct for 401K, HSA, and FSA during recession?
• Should you buy California bonds
• Protect your 401K money Series (post #1): What lessons I have learned (so far) from the current economic crisis?
• Protect your 401K money series (post #2): should you still put money into 401K now?

MBA Admission

• 7 tips to improve your chance to get into a top business school
• Should you go back to business school to hide from recession? (Part 1)
• Should you go back to business school to hide from recession? (Part 2): 4 compelling reasons and 3 overrated reasons
• Preview: How to Get Into Top MBA Program After Layoff
• Preview: How to Get Into Top MBA Program After Layoff
• A brief survey of the MBA admission consulting market
• An in-depth look into MBA Admission Consulting
• Should you apply law school if you are rejected by business school?
• Will someone with a perfect GMAT score make a great GMAT coach?
• Seven lessons I learned from applying business school while I was unemployed