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It might seem like clocking crazy amounts of hours at the office at the expense of family - even children - for weeks on end is the only way to get ahead in a flailing economy, but experts say workaholics are harming themselves more than progressing their careers.

Nationwide retail chain Bright House have become our latest employer to sign up with our network of companies advertising job positions online. Specialising in the retail of electronics and appliances - household furniture etc. their niche is ‘rent to own’ affordable weekly payment arrangements.

Today’s IQ tests are largely discredited as a true mark of intelligence, as they don’t measure drive, application or emotional intelligence – which are aspects of a person’s ability to perform. A large body of research over the years has shown that IQ indicates a person’s ability to think in complex and abstract terms and to learn quickly. In terms of a job, however, IQ is a good indicator of how well an employee will perform (you can take the test here).

Best-selling author Karen Salmansohn - who wrote The Bounce Back Book: How to Thrive in the Face of Uncertainty, Setbacks and Losses - gave Businessweek a useful analogy on how to cope with sudden retrenchments or negative developments at work that may be impacting on your productivity.

In these stormy economic times, many people have been cast out into a lonely unemployed ocean. While every person’s experience of being jobless differs, here are a few notes on what not to do with your CV and the task of pitching your personality well:

In times of economic crisis it is always best to avoid the media frenzy. Employers do yourselves a favour and resist the urge to shed as much excess expenditure as is possible in an attempt to save a buck. Redundancy and retrenchment efforts are not always the best ways to protect the profit margins of a company.