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 Huffington Post: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan traveled to a community college in the middle of Iowa to announce Thursday what he called a “transformation” of vocational education. “The Perkins program must be transformed if it is to live up to its potential to prepare every youth and adult to participate [...]
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A report from Mashable: Early on in The Start-up of You, Reid Hoffman takes on the sacred cow of career advice books, making it clear that the timeworn exhortations of What Color is Your Parachute? won’t fly in this economy. “That’s the wrong question,” Hoffman, the co-founder and chairman of LinkedIn writes (with the help [...]
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A report from London Free Press: Jordan Adams Special to The Free Press The closing of London’s locomotive factory will bump up not just the ranks of the city’s jobless, but also the numbers of older people out of work. For many older workers from Electro-Motive Diesel, because of their age, the chance of landing [...]
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A report from Boston.com: (Image courtsey YMCA Training, Inc.) Valerie Ruiz celebrating her graduation with Annie Wardlow, director of YMCA Training Inc. Patrick D. Rosso, Town Correspondent Valerie Ruiz admits when she first started classes at the YMCA’s Training Inc., the only thing she knew about computers was how to turn one on. Now, the [...]
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A report from HeraldNet:The article requested can not be found! Please refresh your browser or go back. (DH,20111015,NEWS01,710159946,AR). Everett in the ’70s Nearly forgotten photos show changing city Homes wanted Updated 10/12: Animals up for adoption in Everett J.P. Patches continues on HeraldNet. ….. Read more Related News: Training For Life: A Practical Guide To [...]
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A report from Houston Chronicle: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ interim higher education director said Friday that he wants the state to look for someone else to take over the position permanently. In a letter sent to Gov. Mike Beebe, Shane Broadway said he’ll continue to serve as interim director while the search continues. [...]
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A report from Washington Post: Man who profited from fabricated military career gets 21-month sentence By Ruben Castaneda, William G. Hillar billed himself as a hero and a patriot, a 28-year veteran of the Army Special Forces who shared his knowledge of counterterrorism by holding training sessions for federal agents and local police. The 66-year-old [...]
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A report from Crain’s Detroit Business: JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced today that it is donating $ 530,000 to six Detroit nonprofits that have hired Detroit youth this summer or will help them during the upcoming school year. “We are addressing the learning needs of Detroit’s youth throughout the year and providing summer work that [...]
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A report from Washington Post: Career Coach: Having trouble finding a job? Take a break from the hunt. By Jeffrey Kudisch, Looking for a job when you are unemployed or want to change positions can be an exhausting, stressful, and challenging process. It’s especially hard to keep up your spirits when your peers are getting [...]
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