What's almost as important as your resume and cover letter, and much more likely to slip your mind during the job search process? A good list of references. (Note that these should be separate from your resume; no need to waste space on that old resume cliché, "References available upon request.")

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Sometimes, no matter how much effort you put into preparing for an interview, something goes wrong. Maybe you've woken up with a migraine; maybe you can't take your mind off a personal event in your life; maybe that day you simply felt under the weather.

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