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phantom power

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1. They don't have to. Because it's an employer's market.

Reply to Triana (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2013, 11:33 AM

Apr 2013

Because there are still more applicants than jobs. But hey, the stock market is up with a bullet, so I'm sure it's all great and I'm just an emo-prog.

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