Editor’s note: Wednesday we started our series — in partnership with public radio’s Marketplace — about the history and limitations of the U.S.’s patchwork unemployment insurance system. Today we’re looking at how state unemployment trust funds are financed — and how that contributed to the current crisis.
It used to be,
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It’s a small world. Now it is becoming smaller. Especially the professional side of it. Technology is engineering a new small world in a small web where zillions of people collaborate across time, space, and organizational boundaries. There is a whole
new workforce lingo. There are geographically dispersed teams and virtual
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If employed or self employed? This is an interesting question that has been debated for a long period of time. It is very likely to get ten different answers when you propose this question to ten different people.
There is no right or wrong answer to this question. Each person is
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It is very hard to get into voice work today without the tools to market yourself to work in the voice over industry. It used to be that a good voice over agent, a car and having the pipes (your distinctive and winning voice) to do them was all a
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CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER — AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people on the unemployment insurance rolls fell slightly for the first time in 20 weeks, while the tally of new jobless claims also dipped, the government said Thursday.
The Labor Department report provides a glimmer of good news for
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Looking for part-time work? You’re in luck. Here are three companies with lots of part-time openings available right now:
Sheetz What They Do: Sheetz is a chain of large convenience stores and gas stations open around the clock. They offer a made-to-order menu of specialty coffee and foods like hoagies and
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While striving to reach your goals and achieve career success your focus should always be on the long term benefits, and not on immediate advantages. It will take time to succeed and prosper in any career. Just make sure the path to success does not detract you from your needs.
Wanting
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If you have experience or skills in an area that you think could help other individuals, you might make a great mentor. Sometimes you become a mentor without even realizing it, while other times the situation is arranged. However it happens, being a mentor can affect another person’s life
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Emergency Room (ER) nurses have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of patients while working in a fast and challenging environment. ER nurses have excellent trial and able to make split second decisions in spite of working under pressure.
Education
ER RNs are usually nurses (nurses) who have completed
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THE SINGLE MOM’S GUIDE TO LOSING HER JOB: PART ONE
Let me begin by clarifying that I am writing based on real-life experience, not as some kind of theorist or “self-help guru.” I have lost a job I loved, my house, and, most recently, my car. But I have not lost
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