I was awakened by a phone call one night at about 2 a.m.; it was one of my closest friends. She'd lost her job that day and was feeling hopeless. So as not to wake my husband, Phil, I jumped out of bed and ran to another room. I talked (and listened) for two hours. Julie's story was classic: She'd been an ad agency executive for 13 years, but her boss's nephew had come in for an interview, and that was all it took. The kid was in, and my friend was out. … Back to Article
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