According to The Los Angeles Times, the business of culinary schools is on the rebound after being hammered by the recession earlier this year. The article cites several schools in the L.A. area that have experienced high sales growth due to people looking to save money by cooking for themselves, and the unemployed who are […]
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The composition of the nation’s work force is approaching an unprecedented benchmark, reports The Wall Street Journal. Due in part to deep layoffs of men, women are poised to become the majority of workers for the first time. As of September, women held 49.9% of the nation’s jobs, excluding farm workers and the self-employed, a
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Emily Shankman of Chicago graduated from college earlier this year with plenty of hope for her career. The 22-year-old had studied vocal performance and was learning how to turn her passion for music into a paying career, reports The Wall Street Journal. As a way to get hands-on experience in arts administration, Shankman, who graduated
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The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) released a study which shows that net employment losses are expected to rebound in the first quarter of 2010, the Associated Press reports. The survey predicts that employers will start adding to their payrolls shortly after that. But don’t expect them to ramp up fast enough to replace
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photo credit: pena2 With the holiday season approaching, there are many people looking into work from home jobs to make a little extra spending money for the holidays. The problem is that the true work from home jobs can be very hard to find through all the scams and hustles that are going around. Look
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Lauren Berger knows a thing or two about internships. The Countryside High grad, who bills herself as the “Intern Queen,” completed more than a dozen of them before she graduated college, reports TampaBay.com. Berger, 25, parlayed her intern status into an expanding brand that includes college speaking engagements, endorsements and an online site that boasts
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Small Business Startup News reports that a new survey of hiring expectations brings good news for small business owners looking for signs to expand again – about 44 percent of small businesses say they plan to hire new employees in the next year. The Intuit Payroll survey finds small business owners expressing greater confidence in
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KOMO News: On a tree-lined street in the city’s Madison Park neighborhood filled with fancy cars and million-dollar homes, Jeff Soule stands out. “I used to live here,” he said. Soule is no longer a neighborhood resident, but he returned to his old neck of the woods in search of work. And he came prepared
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WalletPop: Soaring unemployment has plenty of people wondering how to improve their odds in today’s ultra-competitive job market — and do something constructive with all of their extra free time. The National Association of Colleges and Employers’ Job Outlook 2009 report found that among the traits that employers want the most in a job candidate,
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The Star-Ledger: Mike Velez always starts his day with a bedside prayer, followed by a descent to the kitchen to reheat the coffee his wife has left for him. With the “Today” show on in the background, Velez, 51, begins the numbing process that has defined the past eight months of unemployment: He logs onto
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