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Save your job, or least try to

The latest edition of Fortune magazine features its annual Top Companies to Work For. This year's edition is timely with its content about the struggling economy and job market.

One of the features includes tips for keeping your job, a list of do's and don'ts advice for employees who fear being laid off.

Do's include: taking credit for a job well done, staying late and arriving early, and volunteering for more work.

Don'ts include: asking for a raise or promotion, being too high maintenance, and not fitting it to the workplace.

Also, consider these tips:

- Do be productive and use your time wisely.

- Don't multi-task to the point of making mistakes.

- Do be a conduit for good information.

- Don't assume you know the right answers. Your assumptions could be wrong.

- Do find new solutions to old problems.

- Don't keep status quo.

Keeping your job is never a guarantee, especially when times are tough, but you can put your best foot forward and give your boss a reason to throw away your pink slip.

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