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Raise your business' profile on the cheap

(NEWSER) - Most of us can't afford to hire a PR firm. Forbes offers tips for self-promoting with the best of them.

1. Know your audience. Spend some time researching the best way to put yourself out there.
2. Make a (useful) press kit. Not just more fodder for the recycling bin.

Even polite fibbing can hurt you in the daily grind

(NEWSER) - Lying at work, even to be polite, can hurt you in the long run. CNN suggests we all try cutting out these too-tempting lies:

1. I'd be happy to. If you've got too much on your plate, speak up before you drown yourself.
2. No questions. Preface your questions as clarification, but do ask them.

Failing industries, new technology and outsourcing are killing these careers

(NEWSER) - Getting a job is hard enough—you don't want one that won't be around in five or 10 years. Forbes pulls out its crystal ball to see which jobs are not long for this world:

1. News analysts, reporters, and correspondents
2. Economists
3. Radio announcers
4. Travel agents

(NEWSER) - Don't shoot yourself in the foot in your next job interview. A Fortune poll of hiring managers uncovered some anecdotes about the dumbest pitches they'd heard: The interviewee:

1. "...told me to hire him because he was allergic to unemployment."
2. "... said that we should hire him because he would make a great addition to our softball team."
3. "...said he should get the job because he had already applied three times and he felt that it was now his turn to be hired."

(NEWSER) - Doctors and lawyers are so old-school—CNNMoney lists the movers and shakers of the future:

• Disease Mapper: Use satellite technology to track and predict epidemics.
• Robot Programmer: Today's robots can analyze blood samples and mix cocktails—if someone shows them how.