Plotting your next move | Career resources (Seattle Times)
A few of the many resources to help those who dream of a better job: CAREER COUNSELORS Expect to pay between $75 and $125 an hour for a......more...Will jobs at Tri-State lure state natives home? (Charleston Daily Mail)
If voters approve table games Saturday, Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center executives believe they'll have no trouble filling the 1,000 jobs the games will create....more... Around the area (The Columbian)
County commissioners will hold a penultimate meeting on Clark County's growth plan at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the sixth-floor hearing room of the county Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St....more... Grants For 5 Team Collaboration On Research Into Aging (Medical News Today)
Five research teams will receive $400,000 each to collaborate on translational and multi-disciplinary research on aging as the first recipients of the Hartford/AFAR Collaborative Research Awards, an extension of the Paul B. Beeson Career Development Scholars Program. The announcement was made by the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the John A. Hartford Foundation. [click link for ......more... Leaving School With a New Career (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
As the workforce becomes more accommodating to occupational "fluidity," staying in one career seems like a thing of the past. So potential career switchers taking the MBA route shouldn't balk at veering off the steady path. Instead, experts point out that going to B-school in order to make a transition really works....more... Leaving School With a New Career (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! Asia News)
Abby Scott, director of MBA career services at UC-Berkeley, explains why using B-school to switch your job focus may be a good move...more... Air Liquide opens research center near Newark (The Business Ledger)
As the Newark area struggles with the expected idling of the Chrysler plant, a multinational company may hold the key to the future of the region as a center for research and development....more... Barbara Ehrenreich: Opportunities in Abstinence Training (HuffingtonPost)
I called Joneen Mackenzie, executive director of WAIT ("Why Am I Tempted?"). There are no barriers at all; you can become a Certified Abstinence Trainer after only two days of training....more... Networking Around the World (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! Asia News)
One of the authors of a recent academic study tells how the surprising findings could help U.S. entrepreneurs doing business abroad...more... |