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...that are really important to help you get another job," says Rusty Rueff, who used to run HR for video-game maker Electronic Arts and was also a senior HR executive at Pepsico. Rueff also suggests making sure you're listed in your company's HR system as a person whom the firm would rehire: a potential employer may call and ask. And keeping your employment status as "active," even if you're no longer collecting any money or benefits, can help too. Rueff knows of one recently laid-off worker who negotiated that addition so that he would have...
...fine idea - but there's no need to mention to your employer that you've done that unless talks take an uncivil turn. Creating a paper trail is always a good idea: after each meeting, summarize what you were told and send an e-mail to the person who told it you, asking for confirmation that you understood all the points correctly...
...Wouldn't Moondance with Him Re 10 questions with Van Morrison [March 9]: It's disenchanting to have spent a chunk of your life admiring and being moved by someone's creative work and then discover that the person who created the work isn't nearly so likable. Asked "Are there any musicians or groups today that excite you?" Morrison responds, "No. Absolutely not. It's all been done, you know?" In that and other responses to TIME's questions, Morrison comes off like a bitter old man - not the soulful troubadour I imagined him to be. Holley Aufdemorte, Murrells...
...contradictions inherent in contemporary Western feminism. Grounded in Simone de Beauvoir’s notion of “becoming women,” today’s feminists maintain that being a woman is not a natural consequence of having a female-sexed biological body; rather, a person becomes a “woman” through assimilation into a socially constructed category defined in opposition to “man.” Yet the ambiguity of the verb “becoming” invites both passive and active interpretations of Beauvior’s concept. Passively...
...person of curiosity and integrity?" asks one spot. "Are you ready for a world of challenge ... a world of ambiguity and adventure...