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Managing Sticky Situations at Work

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<strong>Sticky</strong> Romantic <strong>Situ<strong>at</strong>ions</strong> in the Office 139In the next chapter we look <strong>at</strong> sticky situ<strong>at</strong>ions th<strong>at</strong> happen duringthe interview process. Interviewing for a job is one of the most difficultthings any of us must do. As we put ourselves out there for others tojudge, we become the commodity for sale. Candid<strong>at</strong>es for jobs oftenfind themselves in very vulnerable positions. When sticky interview situ<strong>at</strong>ionsarise, being able to say it just right gets tougher.NOTES1. Susan Bixler and Lisa Scherrer Dugan, 5 Steps to Professional Presence:How to Project Confidence, Competence, and Credibility <strong>at</strong> <strong>Work</strong> (Avon,MA: Adams Media Corpor<strong>at</strong>ions, 2001), 159.2. Bureau of Labor St<strong>at</strong>istics, February 2000.3. Mad Men, AMCtv.com, www.amctv.com/originals/madmen.4. Rachel Pomerance, ‘‘You Want a Piece of Me?’’ Pink Magazine, July–August 2008: 61.5. Bixler and Dugan, 158–61.6. ‘‘The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Facts AboutSexual Harassment,’’ http://law.freeadvice.com/resources/gov_m<strong>at</strong>erial/eeoc_sexual_harassment_facts.htm.7. Bixler and Dugan, 162.

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