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I landed a job at Amazon after 10 months of job-searching. My strategy was flawed in the beginning — here's how I fixed it and landed an offer.

This 'as-told-to' essay is based on a conversation with Jugal Bhatt, a 24-year-old software engineer at Amazon based in Phoenix. Business Insider has verified his employment with documentation. This ...
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I quit my job to pursue a better opportunity, but then I was fired. I'm now forced to rethink my whole career.

I was hoping to grow in my career, so I quit my job when I landed a better position. But that new job fired me, and I was left to search for something new. Now I'm working in a new field and ...
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I quit my job to pursue a better opportunity, but then I was fired. I'm now forced to rethink my whole career.

Late last year, after working at a county government job for 13 years, I accepted a better position with another city. The decision to leave had been simple; the old job had become stagnant, with few ...