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...particular mix of qualifications that an employer prefers will depend on the job being filled. The more you know about what the employer is looking for, the better you can tailor your presentation...

Author: By Martha P. Leape, | Title: Describing Your Qualifications | 10/11/1991 | See Source »

Computer advances that enable companies to gather vast amounts of consumer data have helped advertisers track down their targets. Marketing firms can now identify the customers most likely to buy a particular product, tailor advertising content for them and even track which ads actually lead to a purchase. More and more, advertisers are pressing agencies to prove that their ads deliver customers and market share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marketing Feeling a Little Jumpy | 7/8/1991 | See Source »

...wealthy Arabs, and Madras, a center for patients from Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Renal patients in India and Pakistan who cannot find a relative to donate a kidney are permitted to buy newspaper advertisements offering living donors up to $4,300 for the organ. Mohammad Aqeel, a poor Karachi tailor who recently sold one of his kidneys for $2,600, said he needed the money "for the marriage of two daughters and paying off of debts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trading Flesh Around the Globe | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

...economic reform drew outraged protests from Lithuania's Russians. Prunskiene, , a moderate widely admired for her ability to cool tensions with Moscow, also came under fire from ardent Lithuanian nationalists who consider her too soft on the Kremlin. The result, as liberals saw it, was a breakdown of authority tailor-made for Moscow to exploit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: The Iron Fist | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

...social problem in America looked so easy and proved so hard to solve. Having at last cleared away the myths about homelessness, communities across the country are moving to embrace the programs that work -- tailor made, cost effective, time tested. -- A collision in Detroit raises alarm about on-the- ground safety at airports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: Dec. 17, 1990 | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

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