The ads to most watch out for are those pretending to offer a job but are really trying to get you to give up personal information, such as a bank-account or Social Security number.

WSJ: Fake Job Postings Dot Popular Job Boards

EarthLink needs to do a bang-up marketing job or offer some amazing service perks to get them on board.

FORBES: EarthLink's Wireless Play

In fact, foreign-born students in high-tech disciplines should have green cards embossed on their diplomas: If--when they graduate--they have a job offer, they should automatically get to stay.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

But no one, it seems, had thought about what to do with people who might be offered jobs in both places, or the possibility that the best managers would get snapped up before slower regions had a chance to offer them a job.

ECONOMIST: The World Bank

For instance, if you have a vision problem that would require you to use a special computer screen or a bad back that makes it impossible to sit through long meetings without getting up, she recommends keeping quiet until you get a job offer.

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Truthfully, the writing was on the wall -- after all, we've seen Verizon hit unexpected shortages on HD STBs, run completely out of Sharp AQUOS LCDs for its signup offer and create 335 new job openings in an attempt to get a handle on FiOS growth.

ENGADGET: FiOS TV service is great, Verizon customer service -- not so much