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Tuesday, April 6, 2010



Which Resume Format Is Right: Functional or Chronological?

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Functional vs. Chronological The two most common resume formats are functional and chronological. Both have advantages and disadvantages and neither is 'one size fits all'. You must consider your unique professional history when deciding which format is the best one for you. Chronological resumes list your work history beginning with your most recent position and work backwards ...

Bank on Yourself for a Retirement Plan You Can Predict and Count On

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The idea of having a comfortable, worry-free retirement has become a distant dream for many boomers -- even for those who did "all the right things" that Wall Street and the financial gurus told them to do. It's become increasingly clear that conventional financial and retirement planning methods aren't working. The government is proposing ways to increase Americans' retirement security. ...

Flextronics Ordered To Pay $14M To Ex-employees

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PARIS — A French industrial tribunal has released a ruling ordering Singapore-based EMS provider Flextronics International Ltd. to pay 11 million euros ($14.8 million) in compensation to former employees on its site of Chateaudun, France. The court ruling considered as "unacceptable" the 166 redundancies that the company made when it closed down the facility in 2008. The industrial tribunal ...

Former Asyst Exec Lands At Brooks

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Fab automation vendor Brooks Automation Inc. has named Stephen Schwartz as the company's president. Schwartz will become a member of a newly formed office of the chief executive with Robert Lepofsky, chief executive, and Martin Headley, executive vice president and chief financial officer, ''where he will play a central role in developing and implementing the corporate ...