One important step for all job searchers is to run their own background and reference check.

FORBES: How To Get A Job Despite A Less-Than-Perfect Past

Check the 1970s as a reference.

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Next time you enter or leave the U.S., check the customs form for this reference.

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Check most of the third world and a medieval history textbook for reference.

ECONOMIST: Letters

He began the vigils in 1977, after discovering a reference to the Toaster in a local newspaper's archives and deciding to check its veracity.

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