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		<description><![CDATA[You're on your own when it comes to finding true love, but for staying in an employer's good graces, we've got you covered.]]></description>
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		<title>Big Blunders Job Hunters Make</title>
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By SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN
Daphne Batts sometimes wonders if practical jokers with hidden cameras are spying on her as she interviews people for jobs at Bankrate Inc., an online publisher of financial information in North Palm Beach, Fla.
That&#8217;s because job candidates—including experienced professionals—behave so inappropriately that Ms. Batts, vice president of human resources, suspects she&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Body Language Can Make or Break a Job Interview</title>
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Are you looking for a job? You have to use your body!
by Robert Ordona, for Yahoo! HotJobs
Savvy job seekers know how important choosing the right words is when we communicate with prospective employers&#8211;but what about nonverbal communication?
&#8220;You could be saying how great you are,&#8221; says image consultant and &#8220;Hello Job! How to Psych Up, Suit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What To Reveal During Your Job Interview</title>
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Susan Adams,
If you&#8217;re a single parent with five kids, or caring for a gravely ill relative, or dealing with a serious medical condition&#8211;what do you say and when? 
You&#8217;re interviewing for a job and you know you may need time away from the office to care for your children, or for your terminally ill mother, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>50 Worst of the Worst (and Most Common) Job Interview Mistakes</title>
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You may have heard the horror stories—job hunters who take phone calls or text during an interview, or bring out a sandwich and start chomping, or brush their hair, or worse. You wouldn’t do any of those things, would you? Of course not.
But there are tons of other job interview
no-no’s you may not have thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phone Interviewing Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts</title>
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Here are the keys to successful phone interviewing. Follow these simple rules and you should achieve success in this important phase of job-hunting.

Do give accurate and detailed contact information in your cover letter so your interviewers can easily connect with you.
When in job-hunting mode, don&#8217;t have a disproportionately silly or long greeting on your answering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.geckohospitality.com/geckoblog/phone-interviewing-dos-and-donts/</link>
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		<title>Are you engaged with a respected recruitment agency?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As soon as you put your resume on the internet for the world to see, you become a commodity similar to coffee, not Starbucks or Dunkin, just coffee.  If you choose to apply to jobs where no company name is listed then you are applying to a database somewhere in the world that will hold, reuse and possibly sell your information]]></description>
		<link>http://www.geckohospitality.com/geckoblog/are-you-engaged-with-a-respected-recruitment-agency/</link>
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		<title>Is Your Resume Blacklisted in the Hospitality Industry?</title>
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Not getting calls on your resume quicker than you expected?
Are you finding that recruiters tell you they’ll  call you right back only to never receive a call?
Don’t think there’s a blacklist floating around within the restaurant industry? Think Again!
Getting your resume blacklisted is easier than tying your shoes however getting removed is just the opposite. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.geckohospitality.com/geckoblog/resume-blacklisted-hospitality-recruitment/</link>
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		<title>A Very Common Interview Mistake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most common interview mistake is also a missed opportunity. When asked the question at the end of an interview "What questions do you have for me/", it is important to have some well thought out questions prepared in advance. Never say that you do not have any.]]></description>
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		<title>Gecko Hospitality Welcomes Billy Gilson As It&#8217;s New Franchise Partner For Oklahoma And New Mexico</title>
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Gecko Hospitality is pleased to welcome Billy Gilson as its new Franchise Partner for the states of Oklahoma and New Mexico. 
 Billy joined Gecko Hospitality in April of 2010.  Billy started his career at the age of 14 bussing tables at a family owned establishment.  Throughout Billy’s professional career, he has worked up the ranks at well [...]]]></description>
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