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...Recruiters love aggression," says Jan Murray, head of recruiting at OCS. "If you know someone, always give them a cover letter or a copy too, and be sure to call them first...
...Murray describes the first step in hiring someone as "eliminating most of the first group of resumes and cover letters, three fourths of which all look alike. If a colleague refers someone to you, and can attest to their suitability, that it's worth their time to talk to you, then they can certainly be of help. A contact will never get you the job, but a contact can help you get an interview. After that...
...Murray has the backing of the biggest local industries because she's with them on China trade. But she doesn't have all business on her side. "I believe in smaller government, local control, less taxes and more personal freedoms," Steven O'Donnell, an investment-brokerage executive and Smith supporter, said after being thoroughly unimpressed by a Murray speech to the Bellevue Rotary Club. "I like somebody with a lot of fire." But at the labor rally in Spokane, Murray's next-door-neighbor style got a different response. She isn't slick and hasn't been corrupted by Washington...
...problem for each woman is that for now, her strength in Washington State is her weakness in Washington, D.C. Murray is playing softball in a game where they always throw at your head, and Smith's militant independence makes her an outcast in her own party. But to their credit, neither is going to change anytime soon...
McKellen has had tiny roles in flop movies (Last Action Hero, I'll Do Anything), and though he originated the role of Salieri onstage in Amadeus, he didn't get the part in Milos Forman's film; maybe Forman thought F. Murray Abraham was more photogenic. Or perhaps he detected an unease in McKellen's film presence. "I belong on a stage," the actor says. "I feel totally at home. But at a studio, surrounded by other experts who all have their contributions to make, I used to feel a terrible pressure as the person in front of the camera...