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Career Center | Career Q&A: Is this a job-search faux pas?

By Karla L. Miller / Special to The Washington Post Q: I am a college junior. I was applying for internships and had only heard back from one place. They told me the position was mine if I wanted it.

Career Center | Think twice before taking employer's counteroffer

By Brian Hyslop / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Of all the hurdles in the path toward finding a new job, perhaps none is as fraught with emotion as telling your current employer that you are leaving. You know you have to give

Career Center | Job hunting while pregnant? Mum's the word

By Karla L. Miller / Special to The Washington Post Q: I am in the early stages of a job search and in the early stages of pregnancy. If things go well, when do I need to let potential employers

Career Center | Worth the haggle: Why -- and how -- you should always negotiate salary

By Phyllis Korkki New York Times News Service Negotiate your salary? In this economy? Many job seekers would be thrilled to be offered a job at all. How ungrateful and even risky, they may feel, to haggle over salary when