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Send your resume to Rahm Emanuel

By Sun-Times Wire

Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago 2011 transition team launched a website on Tuesday: among the features, a place to send a resume to work in the Emanuel City Hall.

The Obama White House also gathered resumes during the transition after the 2008 election. Some people in the White House and agencies got jobs that way–but many plum spots went to folks who worked in the campaign and big fund-raisers, who helped the 2008 bid.

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