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• HR manager Sylvia Giltner has seen many different kinds of responses to the dreaded 'tell me about yourself' question— and some answers were more effective than others.
• Prepare your story ahead of time by thinking about positive experiences at your previous jobs, she writes.
• It's best to begin with a quick statement about your profession and then move into a strength or quality you believe you have developed or a lively anecdote that reveals something telling. 
• Remember to keep it short. 
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"Tell me about yourself."

It's hard to find a more stressful question during a job interview. The funny thing is, this is usually the interviewer's "opener." Maybe it's their attempt to get you to relax; maybe it's their way of discovering your priorities, or perhaps they just want to see how well you can communicate verbally.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• For some administration officials, the coronavirus outbreak could present an economic opening in the US.
• As President Donald Trump vies for re-election in November, it could advance an "America First" agenda.
• The administration has renewed focus on ways to "strategically" move certain supply chains back to the US since the outbreak in late 2019, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told POLITICO on Wednesday.
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Despite growing fears about how the novel coronavirus could disrupt American business and financial markets, the Trump administration has maintained an rosy outlook toward the economy in recent days. 

Administration officials have appeared hesitant to align with independent forecasts saying the fast-spreading respiratory illness could chip away at global growth. And for some, there is even a potential tailwind: that the outbreak could advance an "America First" agenda as President Donald Trump vies for re-election in November. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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Millions of Americans across the country took to the polls Tuesday to make their voices heard in the 2018 midterm elections.

Engagement this year seems to be higher than usual for midterm elections, which are generally less popular than presidential election years. Even before polls opened on Tuesday, more than 35 million Americans had already voted.x

From Georgia to New York City on Tuesday, lines stretched out the door and around the block as Americans carried out their civic duty.

Here's what Election Day 2018 looks like in America.

Many committed voters got up in the pre-dawn hours to cast their votes before work, like at this polling station at a recreation center in Columbus, Ohio.

The line at the Columbus, Ohio rec center appeared to continue even once voters got inside the gym.

Voters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida also had to stand outside, though the weather was more favorable.

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