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Friday, February 26, 2010



The 21st Century Workplace -- Are Women the New Men?

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It has been widely reported that for the first time in history, women are less than a percentage point away from making up the majority of the national workforce. The economic downturn has hit men harder. They held nearly 80 percent of jobs that have been lost during what is now being called the "mancession." What's more, The New York Times recently reported that some of the highly educated, high ...

5 Tips to Master Your Debt in 2010

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The world of debt has changed dramatically since President Obama was inaugurated. Whether you are going to be a master of your debt or a victim of your creditors depends on whether or not you take advantage of the opportunities in the marketplace and avoid the pitfalls. Here are 5 steps you can take now to come out a winner: 1. Learn about the new Credit Card Holder's Bill of Rights. This ...

Wednesday, February 24, 2010



Is Your Job Search Driving You Mad?

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As I prepare my March Madness bracket like I do each year I usually take the route of submitting as many brackets into the pool as I can thinking that I'll have a better chance of winning. But given that I have been participating for the past 10 years to no avail, this year I've decided to take care in submitting only one thoughtfully prepared bracket. And I never thought that my love for ...

Tuesday, February 23, 2010



4 Resume Basics You Missed

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So out went another resume—and it is guaranteed to not receive a response. Why not? Because it's plagued with one of the following four mistakes that are easy for anyone to make. Take a moment and review the following four points to ensure you're not making a rookie mistake: SECOND AND THIRD HAD BETTER HIT THE ROAD Implied first person is the correct verbiage for your resume. Second and ...

6 Great Tips for Improving Your Resume’s Format

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Your resume format is quite possibly one of the most important points of your resume. I say this because it is the very first thing a recruiter or employer sees. Therefore, it is your first impression and as first impressions go it should be a strong, positive one. Lousy and hard to read formats will not do you justice. In fact, you will be lucky if your resume gets a second glance never mind ...

Friday, February 19, 2010



Give Your Resume A Competitive Edge Today With This Key Strategy

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Are you telling the employer what you've done, or are you selling yourself to them by showing what you've accomplished? Telling the hiring manager what you've done sounds just like everyone else that ever held the same job. Selling them the idea of hiring you because of what you can accomplish is a more effective strategy. When writing your own resume, answer this one simple question and you ...

Tuesday, February 16, 2010



4 More Keys To Creating A Resume They’ll Remember

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In the first article we discussed five great ways to create a resume hiring managers will remember. In the second installment we're going to share four more pointers for creating a job-winning resume. Our disclaimer again: This isn't a definitive list, but it will give you a great place to start on your way to resume superstardom (and that new career you've been dreaming about)! KEYWORDS ARE ...

Monday, February 15, 2010



5 Keys To Creating A Resume They’ll Remember

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Stop agonizing over how to write the best resume and take a moment to read over the following five key steps to creating a resume that hiring managers will remember. This isn't a definitive list but will give you a great place to start on your way to resume superstardom (and that new career you've been dreaming about)! GIVE THEM SOMETHING PRETTY TO LOOK AT Crucial information that hiring ...

Friday, February 12, 2010



5 Ways to Wipe Out Your Credit Card Balances

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Now, you really want to pay off your balances once and for all, don't you? Here's all you need to know about that. In truth, paying off your balances is simple; there's nothing complicated about it. But it's not easy, because it does require sacrifice and scraping together the cash that will get it done. Here are five techniques you can easily put into practice to pay off your credit card debt. ...

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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Coordinator of Case Finders/Counselor Assistant at Community Health Center (Akron, Ohio)

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 10:41 AM PST

The Community Health Center is a private, not-for-profit Social Service Agency providing comprehensive treatment, prevention and housing services for addictive and compulsive behaviors and disorders. ...



4 LinkedIn Mistakes – Have You Made One?

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Aside from the basic rules of engagement LinkedIn has established, here are a few other courtesies to remember while making the most of your LinkedIn experience. Follow these points and you'll be sure to get the most out of LinkedIn—and you'll avoid aggravating other users in the process. Here are four mistakes to avoid while using LinkedIn: BLINDLY REQUESTING CONNECTIONS WITH NO MUTUAL ...

ARM Hints At Graphics Success With Samsung Deal

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ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) signed up two licenses for its Mali graphics cores in its fourth quarter bringing the total number of Mali licenses signed to 27, and giving the company enough encouragement to boast of signings that include Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. "We're starting to talk about the fact that one of those Mali licenses was with Samsung who's obviously a leader in the ...

New CEO Sandeep Vij Forms 'Team MIPS'

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NEW YORK — Signing Sandeep Vij as its new CEO may turn out to be just what MIPS Technologies needed, as the world's number two processor IP company struggles to steal the spotlight back from ARM -- both in media attention and the industry's mindshare. When EE Times recently caught up with him on his ninth day at MIPS, Vij was already as natural and enthusiastic a spokesman for MIPS as any ...

Synopsys To Acquire ESL Vendor CoWare

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SAN FRANCISCO—EDA and IP vendor Synopsys Inc. announced its second major acquisition in two weeks Monday (Feb. 8), saying it signed a definitive agreement to buy electronic system-level design software vendor Coware Inc. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Synopsys (Mountain View, Calif.) said the acquisition would expand its portfolio of system design and verification products ...

Smart Phones Shipments Up 15% in 2009, Says IDC

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Despite 2009 being a year of economic crisis smart phone shipments were up strongly in the fourth quarter and full year, according to analysis firm IDC (Framingham, Mass.). Vendors shipped a total of 54.5 million smart phones in the fourth quarter of 2009, up 39.0 percent from the same quarter a year ago. For the full year, vendors shipped a total of 174.2 million such units in 2009, up 15.1 ...

Bell Labs To Create Jobs In Ireland

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Bell Labs, the research division of Alcatel-Lucent, announced it plans to create more than 70 high-caliber technology positions over the next five years in Ireland. The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Mary Coughlan unveiled on Feb. 3 an expansion program of Bell Labs at its Blanchardstown facility in Dublin. The expansion aims to support Bell Labs' contribution to the Green Touch ...

3 Reasons Why Your Resume Is Missing A Competitive Advantage

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If you find you're sending out resume after resume and your phone still isn't ringing it's missing a competitive advantage. What your resume needs is to clearly show the hiring manager who you are, why you're the best at what you do and how you're going to meet their needs. You have to peak the hiring manager's interest enough to get the call and below are a few reasons why your resume isn't ...

Monday, February 8, 2010



4 Great Tips for Making the Most of Your LinkedIn Profile

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So now you're on LinkedIn and you're wondering what to do next. Or maybe you've been on LinkedIn for a while and you're wondering, "Why isn't this working?" Here are four great ideas to amp up your LinkedIn experience and make the most of your profile: ADD A PICTURE Networking is personal; you are making a personal connection with another human being. Part of that is being able to "see" who ...

Thursday, February 4, 2010



Forget the Fitness Center. Spend Your Money on Education

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Using the recession as an excuse, organization after organization has cut out or reduced their tuition reimbursement programs and their support for additional education. But, I have not seen any company close down the fancy cafeteria and many maintain a fitness center and other perks of marginal value for retention or motivation. At the same time, CEOs and VPs of HR complain about how hard it ...

The Financial Impact of Not Hiring the Least-best

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The financial gain of hiring A-level talent is probably 10-100 times the person's compensation. The financial cost of hiring a walking lawsuit is probably 10-100 times their compensation. Assuming the duds and the stars represent 10% of your total hires, it's what you do with the other 90% that really matters. To get a sense of the enormous financial impact of shifting people from the ...

How to Become a Certified Nursing Assistant

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Perhaps you are considering a career in the medical field? Well, have you thought about becoming a Certified Nurse Assistant (C.N.A.)? Maybe you are not sure what this involves or want to know more; well, that is what this article is here for. Let's start with the "what". What is a C.N.A. and what do they do? Basically they form part of a healthcare team. Registered nurses have a ...

5 Resume Basics We Bet You’ve Overlooked!

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Five basic resume rules and the mistakes you make that break them. Thousands of job seekers make these mistakes. Are you making them too? FORGETTING TO INCLUDE A COVER LETTER Not attaching a cover letter to a resume is like shooting in the dark. Hiring managers receive hundreds of unsolicited resumes every week. Tell them specifically what opening you are applying to or the position you're ...

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

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3 Tips for Focusing Your Executive Resume

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Most job seekers have worked in more than one industry or position in their lifetime. It would be far-fetched to say you've been a CEO, COO, VP of Sales, director of HR … throughout your entire career. Like most, you've progressed through the ranks, either internally through an organization or by moving in and out of different organizations as you climbed the ladder of career success. Now here ...

Saluting The Unsung Hero Of Product Development

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Test engineering hardly gets the respect it deserves sometimes. Maybe I'm a little sensitive about the lack of recognition due to the fact that I started my engineering career as one, but it always seems that in the numerous celebratory emails that CEOs send out to congratulate those on a successful project that test engineers are relegated to the consolation prize of "Gee, thanks for the help." ...

DoD Recognizes University Scientists For Basic Research

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PORTLAND, Ore. —Annual awards to university faculty to conduct next-generation research projects were announced this week by the Defense Department as part of it National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF) program. Program officials made 11 awards this year, distributing almost $1 million in grant funding to promising university faculty performing unclassified, basic ...

Apple Posts Record Sales, Profits Ahead Of Tablet Launch

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple Inc. blew past analysts estimates to post record quarterly sales figures in the run up to a much anticipated announcement of a novel tablet system. Apple recorded $15.68 billion in sales, $3.38 billion in profits and earnings per share of $3.67 in the quarter ending December 26, 2010. The company shipped 3.36 million Macintosh computers (up 33 percent from the same ...

IBM Lifts Profit Forecast After Record 2009

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SAN FRANCISCO—IBM Corp. lifted its 2010 profit target after reporting a record profit for 2009. IBM (Armonk, N.Y.) reported fourth quarter 2009 sales of $27.2 billion, up 1 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2008. The company had a net income for the quarter of $4.8 billion, up nine percent compared to the year ago period. For full year 2009, IBM had a record net income of $13.4 ...

3 Ways to Position Your Professional Resume to Land the Interview

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Ever worked in more than one industry or more than one position on your way to career super stardom? I thought so. Many of us get trapped by this feeling that our resume has to be a complete historical rundown of everything we have ever done and everywhere we have ever done it. Not true. Don't misunderstand what I'm saying; I'm not advising you to lie, be untruthful, or withhold information. ...