36 books
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2 voters
2004
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Susan’s and Jennifer’s job searches are likely made harder by the color of their skin. In the early 2000s, researchers in Chicago and Boston mailed out fake résumés to hundreds of employers, varying only the names of the applicants, but choosing names that would be seen as identifiably black or white. Strikingly, “Emily” and “Brendan” were 50 percent more likely to get called for an interview than “Lakisha” and “Jamal.” A few years later, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin conducted a s
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― $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
― $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
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They taught me in the Army to make plans based upon the other guy's capabilities, and not based upon his stated intentions. And an employer is capable of firing you at any time.
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― How to Start a Home-Based Writing Business
― How to Start a Home-Based Writing Business
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