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Bordering on disaster: When an employer is sinking, you need a new career...

Commercial real estate companies are struggling – and some may close. Municipalities and states are in danger of default. And Borders Group, the book store...

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With buyouts coming, workers need to get going. Rev research and search

Mentor Graphics just received a buyout bid from takeover artist Carl Icahn. Family Dollar, Twitter and Del Monte may be gobbled up too, while BP,...

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Six ways to make the unemployment stats advance your career

You see the numbers in your Twitter feed or headlines on your mobile phone. Job creation reaches 216,000 last month. The unemployment rate declines. Optimism...

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More signs the job market is warming up

Even in a spring as full of gray chilly days with snow and sleet as this has been, eventually the tulips bloom and we start...

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Step into shortages and create wealth

Today’s thought:  Shortages, whether of talent or time or a resource such as locally grown cut flowers, provide clear opportunities. This idea came to me...

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Some worthy numbers in today’s employment data

By now, most Americans know the U.S. economy created only 96,000 jobs in August, and that the report indicates slower-than-desired job growth. The Bureau of...

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Minimum wage workers: White, a few managers, M.A. types

Fast food worker, retail clerks and hotel maids all over the United States may be rejoicing today So are a few highly-educated people who work...

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Books about work, carefully chosen for a centennial

  We spend eight to ten hours a day at work, and regularly take work home. So how do we see the work world more...

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The truth about sales reaches boiling point

  By Michelle D. Hooks Ian Greenleigh quit his first job after college, a part-time tutoring post he enjoyed, because it didn’t pay his bills....

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Build a new career – in remodeling or construction

Build a career or second career with hammers and nails. Residential remodeling jobs will grow by 26 percent – or a whopping 148,250 jobs in...

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