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• Money is nearby: you can find it

  16 Sep 2009

  Dear readers and job-seekers, We're told the Recession is over, but it seems to me that lots of people still need cash. I've found some ways that people are making money locally. Scrip - Some local communities printing their own money (true!), sometimes 95 cents on the dollar: Detroit, MI Cheers, Ithaca...
• 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...
• 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...