Taking Control of Your Job Search

Alan E. Willner

Alan E. Willner advocates for an “ABC” approach to job hunting that maximizes opportunity and minimizes regret.

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One of the worst feelings in life is regret—missed opportunities, paths not traveled. In job searching, one of the toughest things to do is to reject a mediocre job offer when you don’t have another, better offer waiting for you. Worse still is if you didn’t even get a chance to find out if that better company might want you.

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