Welcome to the Carnival of Job Hunting. For regulars you'll note that this is the second carnival of the day and the third in the last two weeks. What can I say, I like hosting carnivals. Of course it's good exposure, it's good for traffic and and increases the number of links. But there are other benefits. I learn a lot more than I expected about interesting topics, I learn about a number of good blogs that I should be reading (the list keeps on growing) and I pick up a number of good ideas for future posts of my own. That's a lit of benefit for so little time and effort invested. Enjoy the selection!

• How to Keep Your Resolve | David Maister | Passion, People and Principles
  David Maister offers some very helpful advice for a reader who asked this question: ""how do we remind ourselves (and others) on a daily basis, why we're going thru the discipline and discomfort of doing things differently in such a way that the resolve is renewed and refreshed and consistent?"
• Job search: When to ask for salary information | Claire | Tired but happy
  Claire is rightly concerned about when is the appropriate time for a job applicant to bring up salary: "Everybody knows it can be off-putting when prospective employees to appear too focused on money. It's taboo to talk about money too early in the game, and it has to be handled delicately when it finally comes up. It's ironic, considering most of us are not working for the fun of it. We're working because we want or need to get paid." Her last comment is interesting because we academics prefer to concentrate on workers who work for self-realization, not primarily for money. That could be a problem for some of our theories.
• Adverse Selection | Starling Hunter | The Business of America is Business
  Your host examines a Japanese company who held interviews with job applicants at the top of Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain. The applicants were all young and healthy college students and the interviews were held in the summer. Gives a new and unfortunate meaning to the phrase "climbing to the top.
• Are you climbing to the top when there is no top? | Katie | Aridni
  And speaking of climbing to the top, Katie knows how to spot a situation where prospects for advancement are limited. Her advice is particulary helpful for younger workers, i.e. those in their first one or two jobs after college. I wish I had know to think of these things at that age.
• Growth Is a Natural Process | David V. Lorenzo | Career Intensity Blog
  David have three observations that every employee should remember while setting and executing their career strategy: Opportunity is ever present; Growth is a natural process; and Value Begets Success.
• GM Auto Workers Deadline | Chuck | Buy an Auto
  Chuck's short post deals with a dilemma many workers are now, have had to, or one day will face:whether to keep working at a job that is uncertain or take an early buyout.

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