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Ask LH: When Should I Use My Current Boss As A Reference
3Dear Lifehacker, I’ve been having a back and forth with a prospective employer about moving over for a new role. Two interviews later and things have stalled at the reference checking stage because they want a reference from my direct manager at my current role.
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Ask LH: How Can I Create A Searchable Archive Of PDFs?
This week we answer a burning question we have all asked ourselves at some point, ‘how do I sort through pdfs?’ The answer is simpler than you’d think, all thanks to something called “Optical Character Recognition”.
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Ask LH: How Can I Train Myself To Be More Punctual?
Dear Lifehacker, Lots of people are chronically late, and one big reason is the habit of always trying to do ‘one more thing’ before heading to an appointment. I suffer from this, and I’ve asked enough people to know that I’m not alone. Such people plan their day carefully, they know what time they have…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Why Everyone Is Talking About Her
Newly-minted US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a bartender when she pulled together a scrappy populist campaign and stunned the political world by unseating a powerful incumbent Democrat. Her combination of charisma and radical politics has triggered the right wing and is striking fear into the Democratic Party establishment, with whom she’s already pledged to do…
