You’ve sent your resumé and applied for a job you really want to land. You want to make a good impression in your interview. What do you wear?

Some industries, such as manufacturing, don’t have strict fashion rules but the safest rule to follow is to be fairly conservative in your attire.

You want to create a good impression but avoid having your wild nail polish or multiple piercings be the focus of the interviewer. A conservative look will keep the attention where you want it: on your skills and qualifications.

Monster dot com has enlisted the help of Anna Soo Wildermuth, an image consultant, to point out 10 dressing faux pas you need to avoid when interviewing for a new job.

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An article at Consumer Affairs warns that scammers are pulling out an old con to fleece unsuspecting investors. The scam is called the “pump and dump”.

The scammers buy up stocks that are selling for pennies a share. The scammers then send out millions of emails that encourage victims to invest in the company’s stock. The result is that trading in the stock increases, rapidly driving up the share price. When the stock hits a high point, the scammers sell off their shares and the price of the stock falls dramatically. Those who invested on the advice of the email lose money as the stock’s price falls to its original worth.

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The IRS is making it easier for some who owe delinquent taxes to make payment arrangements by making the application available online.

The OPA (Online Payment Agreement) is now available at the IRS website and allows taxpayers to file a request for a payment arrangement and receive immediate notification of approval.

Taxpayers who wish to use this tool must have already filed all required tax returns and have the following information available:

* Balance due notice from the IRS.

* Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number.

* Personal identification number, which can be established online using the caller identification number from the balance due notice.

Three payment options are available when applying online:

* Pay in full — Taxpayers who pay within 10 days save interest and penalties.

* Short-term extension — Receive a short-term extension of up to 120 days. No fee is charged, but additional penalties and interest will accrue.

* Monthly payment plan — A $43 user fee will be added to the amount owed, and interest and penalty will continue to accrue on the unpaid balance.

The application is available Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 12:30 a.m., Saturday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 4 p.m. to midnight (all are Eastern Time).

Online Payment Agreement Application

The housing market is looking a little lopsided these days. While the selling prices of homes have gone down by 2.5% over the last year, the price tags on celebrity mansions has doubled, tripled, quadrupled and beyond.

Your average homeowner isn’t going to realize the same kind of profit when selling his home as in previous years, and housing prices are expected to fall further. Buyers are waiting cautiously, hoping to get a better deal a little further down the road.

But celebrity homes are wearing high-blown price tags. The asking price for the 10 most expensive homes rose by 23% in the last year and the average price is $71.5 million.

The gap between “us” and “them” ever widens.