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The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif., Reporter's Notebook Column.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, December, 2002

By Jack Katzanek, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 4--DON'T LET HOLIDAYS POSTPONE JOB HUNT: Most people looking for a new job rarely push the envelope during the holidays. Conventional thinking says it's no use. Companies that do the hiring don't make personnel decisions in December.

This may be a fallacy, say counselors at Dawson & Dawson, a Houston-based job consulting firm. Job-seekers can use these next few weeks well, and maybe those efforts can even lead to a new job to start 2003.

Holiday parties at offices can be an opportunity to get to know a potential employer on a casual basis or catch up on networking. The holiday period is also one of the best times of the year to try to...

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