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...glowing letter of reference in hand helps in interviews. "Those are things 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...
...Throughout it all, just make sure to keep a pleasant, professional tone. In negotiations, a threatening posture almost always backfires, says Ury. Hiring a lawyer or other adviser is a 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...
...gaps in regulatory oversight, and the global coordination of any actions that are undertaken. The most aggressive of Geithner’s reforms would establish a systemic-risk overseer—possibly the Federal Reserve—that would serve as a super-regulator in charge of making sure no firms took on too much risk. The plan would also raise capital and risk-management standards, ensuring that firms safeguard a larger proportion of their assets to protect against unexpected losses and more tightly manage their links to other financial bodies. By forcing big hedge funds to register with...
McDonalds. Sure, the voiceover is kinda weak. But we're just suckers for a bitten...
...fans: Twitter. During Sunday's inaugural game between the Freedom and the Los Angeles Sol (the Tinsletown team features Brazilian phenom Marta, the top female player in the world), one reserve player from each team will blast their 140-character-or-less observations over the web. Antonucci isn't sure if the league's coaches will sanction player "tweets" during every game. "The question is how far do you push the medium without disrupting the integrity of the game," she says. "We're a major league. We don't want to become a sideshow." (See the top 10 female sports...