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Nalayini Thambar comes from the University of Leeds and she knows … When I grew up i wanted to be… I had no idea what I wanted to be Should you take a gap year? If you have something that you really want to do it is The best skill you can demonstrate is … commercial awareness Top fashion tip…dont dress like I do If youre grades werent as good as youd hoped… think about why and think about what you can add to them Further study or any job going? If you havent got much work experience taking a job to get experience could make a bigger difference than doing further study Best news source for my industry…talking to people that really do the job The cover letter is more important than the CV, true or false? False theyre both as important as each other

It’s hard to find a politician who isn’t eager to “do something” about high unemployment. Turns out California has found one way to save and create certain kinds of jobs—spend like mad and raise taxes. That job-creation strategy has worked quite well for government-sector workers. Problem is the statewide unemployment rate is still among the highest in the nation, and many private-sector employers are heading to states like Texas, where taxes are lower and regulations are lighter. “I would love to have companies calling me saying, ‘We’d like to move to California, can you help us with that relocation?’ I get none of those calls,” says business relocation coach Joe Vranich. “The calls I do get are, ‘Hello, we want to move out of California, can you help us do that?’” Vranich says there’s no one reason why businesses leave. He calls it “death by a thousand cuts,” where job creators get fed up with everything from high taxes to traffic gridlock and legal hassles. Take Rick and Jack Newcombe, the father-son team that runs Creators Syndicate. A long legal battle with the city of Los Angles might end up being their company’s final cut. The Newcombes say the city arbitrarily stuck the company into a higher tax category and officials are applying the hike retroactively. City officials are demanding $400000 in back taxes, but Rick Newcombe calls the whole episode “legalized theft,” adding that a tax penalty of that size would force the company to lay off 10 employees. It’s ironic …

Several arcade video game designers say a few words about how they landed their first job and/or their initial employment experiences… Featuring thoughts from Brian Colin, Darryl DePriest, Laura Kampo and Eugene Jarvis. From the documentary “SO YOU WANNA BE A VIDEO GAME DESIGNER…?”

Find out what advice business leaders, employers and career advisors have for choosing a career plus top tips on how to start your career hunt.

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