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My Uncle Rahm Suggested I Write

The Obama transition team's collection of 300,000 resumes online is touted as a symbol of change. So why do so few candidates have a shot?

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You may be applying for a job in the Obama administration via Change.gov, but most people hired will get their jobs the old fashioned way: They know someone.

While widely touted as symbol of Barack Obama's commitment to transform government and Washington the transition team's massive resume-gathering operation is both methodologically...

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