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• A look at what jobs are growing in VT - BurlingtonFreePress.com

  26-08-2015 23:50 via
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  A look at what jobs are growing in VT
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  Last week the Vermont Department of Labor released its monthly report on the state's labor market, a good proxy for the state of the economy. If I had to describe how the Vermont economy is doing in one word based on the information in the report, that ...and more »
  

• Dozens pack meeting to learn about Solar City jobs - WGRZ-TV

  26-08-2015 22:40 via
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  Dozens pack meeting to learn about Solar City jobs
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  Dozens of Buffalo residents packed a meeting Wednesday to learn more about jobs at Solar City. Loading… Post to Facebook. Dozens pack meeting to learn about Solar City jobs Dozens of Buffalo residents packed a meeting Wednesday to learn more about ...and more »
  

• Review: Alex Gibney's Documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Pulls ... - TIME

  26-08-2015 18:03 via
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  Review: Alex Gibney's Documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Pulls ...
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  The ultra-prolific documentary maker Alex Gibney swings at cultural and political icons like they're piñatas at a lawn party. Some of his smack-downs are painful than others (i.e. the Oscar-winning Taxi to the Dark Side and its indictment of a morally ...
  

• How to Neutralize Common Interviewer Objections and Close the Deal, Part 1

  26-08-2015 16:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Every now and again in your career, you may deliver a perfect (or nearly perfect) interview performance, but things rarely work out this way. In all reality, you're more likely to rate a 7 on the interviewer's 10-point scale than you are to stick your landing flawlessly.In that situation, it means that you have done well, but the interviewer still has some lingering concerns that are holding them back from giving you their ...
  
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• Why Independent Contractors Are Good for Business

  26-08-2015 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Allow me to editorialize for a bit: I was pretty bummed when the whole Zirtual debacle went down a couple of weeks ago.For starters, I have a few friends who worked as virtual assistants at the company, and it was upsetting to see them taking to social media, wondering aloud if anyone had any job opportunities for them.I was also, in a way, ...
  
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• Jobs Forecast Is Another Reason for the Fed Not to Raise Rates - New York Times

  26-08-2015 14:48 via
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  Jobs Forecast Is Another Reason for the Fed Not to Raise Rates
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  There was a bit of good news buried in an update of the Congressional Budget Office's economic projections released Tuesday. It has increased its estimate of how many Americans are going to look for work in coming years, and how many of those people ...and more »
  

• How one Chicago kid is escaping a life of dead-end jobs - CNNMoney

  26-08-2015 13:19 via
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  How one Chicago kid is escaping a life of dead-end jobs
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  jesus larios job fair Jesus Larios pushed himself out of his comfort zone and into a job as a ball boy for the Chicago Bulls. Growing up in Chicago, Jesus "Jessie" Larios figured he'd end up working a dead-end job just like everyone else he knew. His ...and more »
  

• 4 Ways Passive Candidates Can Attract Recruiters to Their LinkedIn Profiles

  26-08-2015 00:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As more and more recruiters utilize social media platforms like LinkedIn to connect with candidates, job seekers find themselves in an interesting position. Nowadays, a dream interview opportunity can easily land right in your inbox with little effort on your part. If you're part of the 75 percent of the workforce considered "passive job seekers," it is important to always ...
  
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• Millennials Are Transforming Recruiting as We Know It

  26-08-2015 00:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As you know by now, I'm a millennial. My not-so-unique perspective has helped me to realize that my peers and I are straying further and further away from phone calls. The conundrum for me is that making and taking phone calls is a central part of my job as a recruiter. How will this shift in behavior impact the future of recruiting as my superiors have known it?We millennials prefer quick and efficient methods of just about everything. We'd ...
  
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