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Pants or no pants? Tips for virtual job interviews from home

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
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If you have the good fortune of scoring a virtual job interview in the middle of a pandemic, the initial euphoria of potential employment may soon be replaced with anxiety over what to wear – as well as putting your home life on display for a potential employer.

And with good reason. Social scientists have...

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