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...reason to volunteer now, while you're too busy, is that you're more likely actually to go ahead and do it. You're in a good frame of mind and your sense of self-worth is, justifiably, high. It's amazing how a little gloom can paralyze you. Meet new people? Work for free when you've just been laid off? You may not feel like it. First things first, after all. Yet, far from interfering with your job search, a volunteer job is apt to buoy your spirits -- possibly even teach you new skills or establish new contacts...
...something--a recent study by researchers at Michigan State University concluded that this year's graduating seniors will face the worst job market in at least two decades. Career advisors here, however, promise that Harvard students won't feel the pinch too much. "In what seems to be a gloom and doom year for recruiting, the Harvard students definitely seem to have an advantage," says Judy Murray, recruiting coordinator for the Office of Career Services...
...what seems to be a gloom and doom year for recruiting, the Harvard students definitely seem to have an advantage," Murray said. "Most all of the firms who interviewed here last year are coming back--and some new firms, such as CNN, will be here as well. The students here should realize that they are quite fortunate...
Interstate 75, a four-lane divided highway that crosses the Hiwassee River 35 miles north of Chattanooga, is notoriously prone to sudden fog. But the warning signs and flashing yellow emergency lights did not help last week when a gigantic chain-reaction pileup developed in the highway's gloom. Vehicles smashed into each other in all four lanes. "We couldn't see, but we knew there was something terrible happening around us," recalled motorist Sylvia Fine, who could hear the crunching sound of steel striking steel...
...take long-term growth for granted, but we have too much gloom and too little hard work to enhance our chances to grow," said Boskin...