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		<title>The 14 unicorns of business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember writing a position paper as an undergraduate philosophy student, which, I suppose in some way, epitomizes how philosophy is sometimes characterized by popular culture: arcane, esoteric, and utterly preposterous (or bizarre). My target? I sought to expose the epistemological faults latent in empirical observation. My foil? The unicorn (its single antler does, after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/02/20/the-14-unicorns-of-business/</link>
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		<title>Are you in love with your employer? 10 companies worthy of your affection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can already hear the objection. “Ryan, don’t you know that the title of this blog post inadvertently personifies employers by implying that an employer (an abstract concept) can be made the object of one’s attention?” Alright, so maybe that’s not what you’re thinking at this precise moment. In fact, I don’t think anyone would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/02/16/are-you-in-love-with-your-employer-10-companies-worthy-of-your-affection/</link>
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		<title>Finding focus in your work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As someone who works from home quite often, I have an acute sensitivity and awareness of distraction—things which could derail an otherwise productive day. While I have been able to reduce or eliminate most distractions from my day, there are still two, seemingly inexorable forces that, every day, try to pull me into an abyss [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/02/13/finding-focus-in-your-work/</link>
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		<title>Three tips for new job-seekers from the Oracle of Omaha</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To a certain extent, Warren Buffet bewilders me. Although seemingly embodying all of the attributes of a good leader (and a track record bearing signs of financial wizardry), Mr. Buffet strikes me as somewhat of an anomaly. Lacking some of those deficiencies we sometimes like to ascribe to captains of business—in addition to his prescience, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/02/10/three-tips-for-new-job-seekers-from-the-oracle-of-omaha/</link>
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		<title>Odd jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I start, allow me to draw a distinction. What I intend to talk about are not “odd jobs”— shorthand for irregular, perhaps short-term work. Rather, I want to talk about odd jobs. Have you ever watched the television show Dirty Jobs? Although I realize the intention of the show is to showcase jobs which, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/02/07/odd-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Why simply doing your job just isn’t enough anymore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In one of my earliest blog posts, I characterized the job search as a ruthless war of all against all. Suit-clad, briefcase wielding, warriors battling it out, constantly attempting to eke out the competition through an adept application of cunning and practiced professionalism. Although we have always found signs that this war exists in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/02/03/why-simply-doing-your-job-just-isn%e2%80%99t-enough-anymore/</link>
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		<title>Saying goodbye to the resume, RIP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s the last vestige of our antiquated, analogue past. A symbol of a bygone era. Putting it in really dramatic terms, it’s the last, remaining remnant of an Ancien Régime. You know, Ancien Régime: the old French socio-political order that was upturned by the French revolution. Although “Ancien Régime” may seem like a rather obscure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/01/31/saying-goodbye-to-the-resume-rip/</link>
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		<title>What not to say when you’re late for work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some time ago, I published a list compiled by CareerBuilder detailing some of the most ridiculous excuses ever used be employees to get out of work, my favorite of which was “chicken attack.” Although, I fervently believe that Occam’s Razor—the simplest explanation, ceteris paribus, is the most likely—is a less than useful tool for judging [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/01/27/what-not-to-say-when-you%e2%80%99re-late-for-work/</link>
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		<title>Who’s hiring? 2012 edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As assured as the earth will make one full turn on its axis every “day,” so too is the publication of “Who’s hiring” lists and “our labor market in review” articles at the outset of every New Year. Each New Year, virtually everyone with a horse in the “jobs” game—from blogs, to multinational corporations, like CareerBuilder, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/01/23/who%e2%80%99s-hiring-2012-edition/</link>
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		<title>How to tell job spam from job offers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I first graduated with my master’s I posted my resume everywhere. I saw my job search as a numbers game. Hedge funds “hedge” themselves, spreading their investments out much in the same manner a gambler playing roulette might place a chip on each number (and multiple chips on numbers promising better odds), guaranteeing a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/01/20/how-to-tell-job-spam-from-job-offers/</link>
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		<title>Bllamas, New Year resolutions, and your job search this 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We do it every New Year: ring in January 1, proclaiming change. Feeling refreshed, optimistic about the promise of a new year, we commit ourselves to a series of resolutions, regardless of whether we possess the will to follow through with them. Growing up, my proclivity for the absurd was put on full display each [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/01/17/bllamas-new-year-resolutions-and-your-job-search-this-2012/</link>
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		<title>The office holiday party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A popular seventeenth century political theorist once surmised that social order derives its stability from the innate ability of individual citizens to effectively dissimulate. Dissimu-what? Dissimulation relates to our ability to hide how we truly feel about something beneath a veil of pretense. Although our propensity for dissimulation may not seem like a positive trait—dissimulation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/01/12/the-office-holiday-party/</link>
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		<title>“Personal Internet use at work: a year-round problem on the rise?”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever surveyed the cubicle jungle around holiday time? Employees’ eyes are rigidly fixed on their computer monitors, mesmerized as they swiftly flash from screen to screen, each of which depicts a different, unique corporate logo: Zappos, NexTag, OverStock.com. While holiday shopping at work may not be pervasive, it is widespread. With one out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/01/09/%e2%80%9cpersonal-internet-use-at-work-a-year-round-problem-on-the-rise%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>Resolutions for your career health, part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Courtney Sprague, Guest Contributor While continuing with your 2012 career resolutions, these last suggestions are intended to aid you with your job search. Hopefully, these suggestions you will help you conduct a more seamless and manageable job search. It is also important to remember that searching for a job can be a full-time job, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/01/05/resolutions-for-your-career-health-part-ii/</link>
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		<title>Resolutions for your career health, part I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Courtney Sprague, Guest Contributor 50% of Americans set New Year’s resolutions each year, with many being focused on the physical self rather than the inner self (Norcross &#38; Vangarelli, 1988, as cited by Saad, 2009, para 2). Why not take a break from the norm to focus on your career health and make the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://apus-csb.com/2012/01/03/resolutions-for-your-career-health-part-i/</link>
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