Job Seeker questions

Okay, so I didn't get the job. I got the interview, but no job.
This has led me to several questions about the job hunting process, and I'm hoping to get a lengthy discussion going and pick the brains of Neil, Paul and any others who may have advice.
Question 1 (more to follow)
The people interviewing me seemed surprised by the fact that my current employer did not know I was looking for a job. And now I'm wondering if that hurt me. Is it proper etiquette to let your company know you're looking?! I thought that was a bad idea since, if they know they might just fire you and find someone to replace you to cover their own ***.
Question 2
Is it better to move where I want to live and THEN look for a job? (I'm trying to relocate from Northern California to SoCal about 400 miles)
Question 3
Can a male designer design like a female? By that I mean this. THe company I interview for was a hotel type company. Very elegant, delicate designs. My designs are fairly hard-edged, very 'guy like'. How do I design like a woman? I have a feeling I lost out on this one to a female designer...
more will follow, as they come up

Hahah, yeah Paul, my last name is Polish. The Wicz ending is usually a dead giveaway.
So does anyone else think I should move first? What about money? I've got some saved, but I don't want it to disappear while I'm job searching. I'd thought about getting a bartender or waiter job while I'm looking, but they aren't going to like that I may only be there a few months, or less if I'm lucky.
My current job may transfer me if they know I'm dead set on moving. They want to keep me bad enough that even though it would be inconvenient for them, they would do it. (probably) BUT I'm not sure I want to be here for another year, and so it goes, it doesn't seem fair to let them go through all the hassle of working with me on a transfer and leaving in 6 months.
It costs 250 dollars to fly down to So Cal on short notice. So if I get one interview a month, that's 250 a month on interviews, plus time and trouble to get transport to and from the airport. That is a pain, but at least I have a job and can make money while I'm looking. So even though I'm putting a lot of money out, I'm still making money you see? But if I move first, I'm completely not making money, yeah I'm saving money by not flying down, but think of all the money lost by not working.
I got an interview after about 5 resume submissions. Which seems pretty good, like I'll be getting interviews often. I've heard for most it's like 3 out of 100 apps submitted. So if I'm getting interviews often, I should probably be close. I just can't decide....

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The main reason im asking for help here is because I'm not happy with the quality of the cutline Photoshop exports to illustrator (the ai file) after i make it a work path. The anchor points and handle's are often in need of a lot of adjustment despite the fact that my selection in Photoshop was right on the money.
One side note that might be a direction for me to head in,...
I recently was given a jpg file from a guy who said he had already made the selection for me. I wasn't quite sure what he meant but when i saved the image as a tif, opened it in illustrator, and hit CTRL-A to select everything i noticed a cutline was already present. After further examination of the jpg in Photoshop i noticed a "Path 1" on the paths tab, and more importantly that cutline when opened in illustrator was nuts on! Meaning none of the anchor points and handle's needed to be adjusted at all.
Now the person who sent me this file was a customer so i can't rightly ask them how to better do my job :-) lol ...but maybe someone here can tell me how they (for lack of a better word) embedded a cutline or path i guess it's called into a jpg file like that? This would at least save me the step of exporting my selection to illustrator as an AI file and im wondering if however they did it is more accurate then the "Make Work Path" option i currently use.

...useing File | Export | Paths to Illustrator is what i outlined above that i currently do...
My apologies for not catching that. Honestly, my eyes glazed over at about step 2 of your procedure.
I'm not happy with the quality of the cutline Photoshop exports to illustrator (the ai file) after i make it a work path.
A couple of possibilities come to mind. What Tolerance value are you using when you first make a work path out of your selection in Photoshop? 0.5 pixel is the highest precision available, and that's what you should use if you want your path to accurately reflect your selection. Be warned, however, that your path will likely end up with a lot of points, making for an unnecessarily complex path. (Try it with a simple circle.)
Another possibility is that you're working with a low-quality, low-resolution JPEG as your source image. JPEG compression artifacts can affect selection accuracy (with automated tools, like the magic wand or eraser), and overall resolution, of course, will limit path precision. Not much you can do about that other than to start with better-quality images.
After further examination of the jpg in Photoshop i noticed a "Path 1" on the paths tab, and more importantly that cutline when opened in illustrator was nuts on!... maybe someone here can tell me how they (for lack of a better word) embedded a cutline or path i guess it's called into a jpg file like that?
Using a low tolerance (high precision) value make a path from your selection in Photoshop and save the path. Save As a JPG, and the path will be saved along with the image. Do not use Save for Web to create your JPG file.
As others have pointed out in earlier posts, learning to use the pen tool is your best bet... and an absolute necessity if you're going to be doing a lot of this stuff.
Regarding the creation of clipping paths in Photoshop, slap me silly, but I'm going to refer you to the manual (online Help) for that. And if you think that unkind, try posting the question over at the Photoshop forum. Wear a helmet.

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Hi
I'm Advanced Oracle Application Express Developer (certified), I have almost four years experience in working in this field, I'm living in UAE (United Arab Emirates) , I would ask if there is any job opportunity in US or Canada
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Hahah, yeah Paul, my last name is Polish. The Wicz ending is usually a dead giveaway.
So does anyone else think I should move first? What about money? I've got some saved, but I don't want it to disappear while I'm job searching. I'd thought about getting a bartender or waiter job while I'm looking, but they aren't going to like that I may only be there a few months, or less if I'm lucky.
My current job may transfer me if they know I'm dead set on moving. They want to keep me bad enough that even though it would be inconvenient for them, they would do it. (probably) BUT I'm not sure I want to be here for another year, and so it goes, it doesn't seem fair to let them go through all the hassle of working with me on a transfer and leaving in 6 months.
It costs 250 dollars to fly down to So Cal on short notice. So if I get one interview a month, that's 250 a month on interviews, plus time and trouble to get transport to and from the airport. That is a pain, but at least I have a job and can make money while I'm looking. So even though I'm putting a lot of money out, I'm still making money you see? But if I move first, I'm completely not making money, yeah I'm saving money by not flying down, but think of all the money lost by not working.
I got an interview after about 5 resume submissions. Which seems pretty good, like I'll be getting interviews often. I've heard for most it's like 3 out of 100 apps submitted. So if I'm getting interviews often, I should probably be close. I just can't decide....

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we currently have a requirement to allow some of our user to copy other users jobs. the catch is that we need to perform this action without using the S_BTCH_ADM = Y authorization.
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