A report from NorthJersey.com: Councilman Jim Martocci is one of several hundred people benefitting from the local support group Neighbors-helping-Neighbors (NhN), which helps its unemployed members connect with fellow job seekers as a way to reenter the job market. Out of work since last July, Martocci is a lead facilitator of the NhN program at [...]
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A report from New York Times: Ayman Oghanna for The New York Times Cadets at the Baghdad Police College in 2010. An upgrade of the college was abandoned. BAGHDAD — In the face of spiraling costs and Iraqi officials who say they never wanted it in the first place, the State Department has slashed — [...]
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A report from WXYZ: WXYZ – Focus Hope is now offering job training programs in Detroit. The organization is enrolling students for three career training programs. This is for adults between the ages of 18 through 24. This is all part of new funding through the Southeast Michigan Talent Enhancement Program to let Focus Hope [...]
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A report from Patch.com: Those in the job market looking to tweek their resumes or brush up on employment search strategies can join a job search support group at The Wesley United Methodist Church, 55 North Main Street, East Windsor. The group meets every Thursday, beginning May 17 at 7 p.m. The Thursday Group is [...]
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A report from The Republic: Why is it so hard to ask people in your network for help to find a job? — In a lot of situations, job seekers do not know what networking really is, how it is done effectively and what kind of help they are asking for from others. They may [...]
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A report from Atlanta Journal Constitution: Print E-mail By Tammy Joyner The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Clayton County school board has decided to postpone any decision on budget cuts after learning this week that some teachers in the district’s Career Technical and Agricultural Education program are not getting their contracts renewed for next year. After learning [...]
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A report from WKBW-TV: Cuomo Announces $ 10.3 Million Grant to Help Unemployed New Yorkers Accelerate Job Searches May 10, 2012 Updated May 10, 2012 at 12:05 PM EDT (WKBW release) New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday announced that New York State has received $ 10.3 million from the U.S. Department of Labor as [...]
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A report from Politico: Staffers in Sen. Dick Lugar’s office woke up Wednesday with the stark reality that they were all now job seekers. For most of his nearly 36 years in the Senate it would have been unthinkable that the people of Indiana would fire Lugar — and in a blowout primary, no less. [...]
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A report from San Jose Mercury News: If you’re one of the millions of Americans looking for work, the Internet can be a key resource, albeit a daunting one. Spend time searching through Monster.com job listings, and you may even argue that the Internet is counter-productive to your job hunt. However, a discussion paper written [...]
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A report from Wall Street Journal: President Obama was on the stump in Ohio last month claiming to have discovered a successful federal job training program in the town of Elyria. This deserves congratulations. As millions of unemployed Americans can attest, a federal job training program that puts people back to work is hard to [...]
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