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  1. weflyhigh

    interviewed for promotion - now what?

    long story short, on june 21 someone from a different department requested to interview me for an opening on his team (no idea how he found out who I was). the position would be a big promotion (I have like 1/4th the experience of people normally in that role). he told me about the job, asked...
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    help me arrange furniture in my new room? (paint drawing)

    here's a really rough floorplan of my room. queen bed. what do you think would be the best way to arrange furniture? my biggest concern right now is where I am going to place a 32" TV. the closet is pretty big - I can fit all of my shirts/pants on hangars and since the ceilings are very...
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    buying a new mattress, need help

    recently moved and need to buy a new mattress that I'll probably use for the next 4 years or so. will probably move apartments 1-3 times in that time period. so, two questions: 1. need to decide between getting a queen vs full size - is a queen that much harder to transport? 2. what should I...
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    what would you choose? living situation

    let's say you recently graduated college, got a job, moved to NYC, and needed to live somewhere for just 6 months and you have 3 options: 1. 1 br apt to yourself $1700/month, 3 blocks from work (midtown manhattan, right near everything) 2. 1 br in a 2 br with a random person you just met...
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    after you move to a new state do you have to get a new license?

    tried to Google with no luck, but two questions 1. if I move to a new state permanently do I have to get a new license within a certain amount of time? 2. I just got a new job (NYC) and put down my parents` address (PA) since I didn't even know mine at the time (temporary sublet). How...
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    do you tip the laundry delivery person?

    got my laundry/dry cleaning picked up last week (didn't tip) and it's being dropped off in a few minutes. do I tip?
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    just got hired, but lost birth certificate and SS card. do I have any options?

    PSA: this is an old thread. admin allisolm hey, so I just got hired and started work today. I couldn't find my birth certificate or social security card this morning or tonight. no idea where they would be because I can't remember the last time I would have even used them (maybe to get my...
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    what's a good alcohol to give as a gift?

    my friend helped me out big time on something, so I want to get him something and I figure a bottle of alcohol would be the best bet. he is a big fan of Jameson, so I was thinking about getting that - but what's something nicer? Johnnie Walker? I want to spend $100 or less. doesn't have to be...
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    finding a sublet/temporary apartment in NYC?

    finally got offered a good position that I want in NYC! haha anyways, start Dec 3. I live (15 minutes) outside of philadelphia right now and thought about buying a month pass for Amtrak's Acela (express) train ($1300) and taking that for a while while I get settled in. the company is a very...
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    what port is this?

    above the mini-USB edit: wait, what is the bottom one? mini USB?
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    just got a job offer (voicemail) - what do I do now?

    was waiting to hear from 2 companies (one small, but better job; other huge company, but harder/less desirable job). woke up at 11 today (lol) with a voicemail from job A saying that he would like offer me a job and to give him a call back. when I call back, what can I expect? will he tell me...
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    can someone give a general overview of the current world financial situation?

    what's going on with the general global economy? I have several important interviews coming up and while I have been trying to catch up on financial news through reading WSJ/NYT, most of it is very specific and I'm looking for a more broad look. (basically so if an interviewer asked "what do you...
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    final round interview! but...

    early this summer (end of May) I just started looking around slowly for jobs. applied at just a couple of places, but still wasn't sure what I wanted to do. month or so later a hedge fund near me got in contact. we had a phone interview, two/three weeks after that had a couple face-to-face...
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    anyone good with regressions/statistics?

    can you help me interpret this table: Standard errors appear in parentheses below the coefficient estimate. they were testing to see if golfers scored lower if they were playing with a more talented partner I'm just lost looking at it, statistics were never my thing. thank you
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    when you got your job, did they ask you to send in an official transcript?

    basically, I have two Fs in classes that should have been withdrawn (easy fix, but not until August and I'd have to drive 4 hours to my college) and I have two classes from a different university that were not transferred correctly. I have been submitting resumes with what my GPA would be...
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    interview monday; don't have a suit...

    just graduated, left my two suits at college, and I'm not able to go back to get them until later next week. Applied to a job Thursday, had a phone interview yesterday and was asked to come in Monday at noon for an one-on-one interview. I have nice dress shirts, ties, and slacks (grey) at home...
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    Suits

    might be the best show on TV. season 2 started today. if you haven't watched it, watch season 1 and then start watching this season - it's incredible
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    sandusky: guilty until proven innocent?

    I actually just graduated from PSU and this Sandusky thing was huge. everyone from psu has been calling for his hanging from even before the trial began. I chose to form no opinion on the matter or on the matter of JoePa's involvement (*everyone* at psu is pro-JoePa, everyone else is against it...
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    phone interview in 1 hour...

    hey everyone, I have a phone interview in 1 hour for a "Technical Services Analyst / Problem Solver" position and it's my first real interview like this. For the past couple hours I've been reading other peoples' interview experiences with this company and most said something like this: "the...
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    personality tests before employment

    what are employers looking for? last one I took seemed to have some common themes: - enjoying being around people? - confidence - finishing a task all the way through - reliability - emotions (do you get anxious?) - are you exhausted at the end of the day? - take risks or prefer...
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    would anyone mind reviewing my resume?

    https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3CAk9sNMZQ7eUtfbUx3WlY4aTA (removed most personal information) I just graduated and am going to start applying for real jobs soon. Before I do that, I want to make sure my resume is the best it can be I plan on applying to business positions (analyst...
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    check out this parenting

    http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/82540935/
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    help with formatting my resume

    I have: part-time job for 3 years (assistant manager) part-time job for 4 months (delivery driver) part-time job for 5 months (bartender) babysat for 7ish years (probably won't list?) 1 internship in high school (at an architecture firm) 1 month summer program "exploring a foreign culture"...
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    what can someone do with a degree in economics?

    what are potential jobs/careers with an undergraduate degree in economics? what about graduate school?
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    if you could pick between these places to live after graduation:

    Los Angeles, CA Santa Anna, CA Honolulu, HI Las Vegas, NV Staten Island, NY just outside of Philadelphia, PA Panama City, FL St. Thomas, VI edit, also: West Palm Beach, FL St. Petersburg, FL (near Tampa) Sacramento, CA Atlanta, GA basically living there for about 2 years, working a couple jobs...
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    mom had major surgery told me not to drive home but I did. Now what?

    Found out a couple weeks ago mom has breast cancer and she got surgery yesterday. She told me two days ago to not drive home from school (3-4 hr drive) because she didn't want the extra worry of me driving. Yesterday I decided to drive home anyway since its really major surgery and I want to see...
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    new york to LA in 12 minutes

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/10/us-military-fastest-plane-falcon By the time you finish reading this sentence, the Falcon HTV-2, the fastest plane ever built, could have flown 18 miles. It would get from London to Sydney in less than an hour, while withstanding temperatures of...
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    anyone ever get Invisalign?

    how much was it? how much/if any/ did insurance cover? how bad were your teeth?
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    camera will work on skype for a few minutes then stops?

    sorry if this is the wrong forum every time I go to skype, it will work fine for a while and then stop working. after that every time I open it, it will just load forever until I restart my computer and then it will work for another 15, 30 minutes anyone know what it could be? I think it...
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    anyone ever have a package sent to General Delivery?

    living at home for the summer and want to buy my mom a birthday present online but I don't want her to get it early I've heard of general delivery before... where a package gets sent to a local post office and then you go and pick it up there? Has anyone ever done this? Google said it might...
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    contacts you can wear for a week+ without ever taking out?

    are there any contacts that you can put in and forget about for a week or so at a time? Like sleep, shower, exercise, etc. in without ever taking out. Anyone have any experience with them? If I went to the eye doctor and got an eye contact prescription and then purchased daily contacts, can I...
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    good friend's dog just put to sleep

    really good female friend of mine just texted me that her dog was put down I had no idea what to say, just said "Omg... I'm so sorry :(" ":(" she replied "Yeahhh :( rough day" then right after "Why are you going to phila today?" (she knew from yesterday) so she just changed the...
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    cell phone off for a month, will I get texts during that time?

    In about a week I leave for a month long Army event. I won't have access to my own cellphone during that time (will be off). When I get back and turn my phone on, will all of the texts or voicemails I would have received during that time show up? I ask because a girl I know lost her phone for...
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    if you don't regularly go to the gym

    start going. seriously. It's the best thing that you will start doing in your life no one will judge you in the gym too many positives to count only negative... cost? just don't eat out 3 times a month and there you go
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    which dog got into the trash???

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgeWQz5P6UQ
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    how do you pronounce Feit?

    fight? feet? or other? edit: it's a last name
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    mexican students on floor of classroom after gun shots

    teacher starts singing http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhzEIHmluEX8UgBH2C that's pretty sad
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    ever go to a bar/club by yourself?

    share your experience