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Joe Grimm, visiting journalist at the Michigan State University School of Journalism, tackles the toughest recruiting questions.
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First impressions
How much time do you have to make a first impression?

Not to scare you, but the latest word is that interviewers and others make up a substantial part of their mind in less than a tenth of a second.

The Observer, magazine for the Association for Psychological Science, reports on Princeton research that says job candidates -- and speed daters, I guess -- have less than the blink of an eye to make a good impression.

Posted by Joe Grimm 12:00 PM Jul 17, 2006
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