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| Henry Ford | had five failed business ventures before founding the Ford Motor Company |
| British Prime Minister Tony Blair | spent a year trying to make it as a rock music promoter in London |
| Jerry Springer | At age 33 served as Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio for a year |
| On average, young professionals born after 1982 | change jobs every 13 months |
| Over 75% of jobs | are never advertised |
| Volunteer work | can be a great way of building your profile, confidence and skill |
| Job | specific task done as part of the routine of one's occupation or for an agreed price |
| Career | an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework |
| The average person will | live through 4,200 Mondays in their lifetime |
| One sure way to get rejected in a job application is | greet recruiters with a ridiculous voice mail message, or no voicemail at all |
| Did you know it is actually an offence to | lie on a job application or during a job interview |
| When seeing spelling errors, typos and poor formatting in a resume | it will create a negative impression |
| Your resume is your opportunity to | brag about all your accomplishments and experience |
| Interviewers are looking for someone with | confidence and the ability to speak clearly and listen well, someone who has an understanding of the job and who is motivated and enthusiastic. |
| The best person for the job | does not always get the job |
| On average, most people will move on | after five years with one employer |
| Tuesday has | the lowest percent of absenteeism for American workers—11%. |
| People in the U.S. spend at least | 1896 hours per year at work |
| More people walk to work | in Alaska than any other U.S. state |
| Americans now spend more than | 100 hours a year commuting to work |
