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Everyone, at least almost everyone, is on Facebook and a lot of us spend a good amount of time there.  What better way than to put Facebook to good use than to help your friends find a job?  There’s a new Facebook application – Hire My Friend  -  that lets you leverage the power of your network to help your job searching friends.... 

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