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Get a Great Job When You Don’t Have a Job

guide you to databases of newspapers, reports, reference books,
and other written material that you can peruse until you find the
information that seems most critical to the interview.
In most libraries, you can also use a database with valuable
information on more than 12 million U.S. companies and 1.3 mil-
lion Canadian organizations called Reference USA. If you want to
arm yourself with even more facts, check out Dow Jones Interactive,
Net Advantage, Dun and Bradstreet’s Million Dollar Database, Edgar-
Online, CareerJournal.com, or the Riches’ Guide. You can even log on
to these storehouses of information at home if you have a library
card and a personal identification number.

Initially, research will lower your anxiety level
because you know with whom you’re dealing.

Finally, spouting off facts and educated opinions about a
company are some of the surest ways to win over an interviewer!

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