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job hunting , Training

• Clean energy jobs: training and opportunities

  9 Sep 2009

  Dear readers and job-seekers, Clean energy is our future, for jobs and a better quality of life for everyone. The good news is that Recovery Act money is flowing faster out the door to manufacturing jobs, with a 30% tax credit for energy manufacturing industries, namely to green energy. Not sure about...
• Internships: not just for students any more

  12 Aug 2009

  Dear readers and job-seekers, We've all had to reconsider our career paths. It's not easy to leave a familiar place, but there are ways to learn about a new path, or get needed help: Internships. These days age doesn't matter, in fact, mid-career folks are sought after as much as the twenty-somethings...
• In-demand occupations: jobs for your future

  17 Jun 2009

  Dear readers and job-seekers, Good news: your tax dollars are being put to good use by the US Dept of Labor and US Dept of Education, which collaborated to generate a list of the top-50 occupations that are expected to be needed for quite some time. These are the top ten: 1. Registered nurses (RN) -...
• Where the jobs are

  10 Jun 2009

  Dear readers and job-seekers, there is work to be found in the US of A! This week I've conducted semi-scientific investigative work to see where work can be found and in what industries. Where are the jobs? Looking at maps on Web sites that show job postings per 1000 people, you can see that Washington...
• Women empowered with career change

  15 May 2009

  Dear readers and job seekers, the women in my life amaze me. I polled all my friends for stories about how planned or unplanned career changes turned out to be positive. Women replied with brave, interesting, and compelling stories. Today is part two of a five-part series: Pat (Seattle) - Four of us...
• Another 240,000 and counting. Worried about your job?

  13 Nov 2008

  The October employment news was not good. Another 240,000 people lost their jobs. The unemployment rate reached a 14-year high of 6.5 percent, with 2.8 million more people unemployed than at this time last year. The double whammy of mortgage woes and unemployment is hitting home. How can we help? Over...