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'Likeonomics': How Being Liked Gives You A Job Market Advantage

Ever ace an interview only to find out you didn't get the job? If so, you likely asked yourself a lot of questions about what went wrong: Did I talk about myself too much? Was my handshake too aggressive or too weak? Did I wear the wrong outfit?

The painful truth is that it probably wasn't any of those things. It's more likely that another candidate was simply more likable. That can be a painful lesson to learn, but like it or not, being likable has become a bankable and powerful...

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