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If you have recently joined the not-so-exclusive club of the unemployed, you may want to yell, scream, cry or all of the
Ask, and it shall be given you
Vineyard Community Church in Springdale spends $850,000 to run its Healing Center, which offers job programs for people who are unemployed. Enrollment for its free services has doubled since 2007.
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services,
Online job-search toolbox includes a polished resume
D o you know where your résumé is?
Nobody?s trying to be pessimistic here, just prepared. Given the recent economic unpleasantness, it?s not a bad idea to give the old CV a once-over, just in case it becomes necessary. But updating its content is only
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Such stories are increasingly common not only within school districts, but within government agencies and large and small businesses.
Companies now ask hiring departments to check job applicants' profiles on MySpace, Facebook and other
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Jobless make connections at first Ventura pink slip party
Michele Olsen, a recruiter from Paychex, discusses a job opportunity with Shawn Smith at the pink slip party. Sarah Williams and Brenda Kenney decided to organize the party after they heard of one held in Los Angeles.
From left, Sonia Robles and
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Symphony plans a devilishly good time
It's not true that the devil gets all the good tunes. In opera, he has to share.
Hector Berlioz's "The Damnation of Faust" actually occupies a middle ground between opera and oratorio, but its treatment of the demon Mephistopheles definitely leans
Monroe residents view libraries as more than just books
Alison DeMarco is among several area business owners and residents looking forward to the opening of the new Mendon library. Groundbreaking for the site is slated for late June.
DeMarco has taken her two children, ages 1 and 4, to the story hour
