“Employers do not wish to hire victims, rather they try to hire balanced and flexible people who do not blame others for their situation.”

Source: Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), p.21

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Source: Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), Successful Recruitment in a Week (2012) https://books.google.ae/books?idp24GkAsgjGEC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIGjAA#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, p.119

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