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		<title>The jobs are with the small startups! Who is your job search targeting?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Business First article on July 16, 2010 quotes the Kauffman Foundation as saying that startups are a better bet for job growth than existing businesses. New businesses add about 3 million jobs every year, while existing business cut about 1 million jobs, the study found.  The report, which is based on census data from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Analyst Class Starts August 2, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Class: August 2,3,4,5, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM Field: August 6 and August 9, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM Location: ECC 45 Oak Street Room 143 Become one of the NATIONALLY accredited contracting companies that are increasing in demand for home energy efficiency.  ECC Workforce Development offers this first step in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resume Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We sort through thousands of resumes. We’ve seen many great ones and even more really, really bad ones. What is yours saying about you? We’re happy to help you sit with you and discuss yours.]]></description>
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		<title>Some great advice on an elevator pitch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Honest Applications</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Huw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of guys come in to the office for our initial conversation with a CAN-DO! attitude. In other words they &#8220;can do&#8221; anything. They try to sell their skills for all jobs from turning flapjacks to raising the Empire State Building to flying a B52 Bomber and anything in between. They are ernest and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No car = no job  &#8230;a solution!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of our clients require you to have your own reliable vehicle before they will consider you for employment.  Experience tells us that this is usually a good policy.  But it is unfortunate because so many folks are hard-working and talented ..basically very employable if only they had a car. Child &#38; Family Services Ways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Objective Statement #3 (example)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[See also: A heart to heart with job seekers (why you need to work harder to sell yourself) Part-one of Composing an Objective Statement Objective Statement #2 (example) I mentioned earlier that working in an industrial setting for a large block of time might actually serve to stigmatize you.  In this example Joe worked as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Objective Statement example</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[See also: A heart to heart with job seekers (why you need to work harder to sell yourself) Part-one of Composing an Objective Statement Let&#8217;s work through another example of a targeted objective statement.  This person gained most of his experience from working as a plumber, steamfitter, and later as an inspector at a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A heart to heart with job seekers</title>
		<link>http://www.CPGworks.com/2009/12/a-message-for-those-looking-for-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ditch digging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you made $12 an hour in 2008 as a helper, today you are not only competing with everyone of your own caliber, you are also competing with a lot of folks that used to make $15 or $16.  As I said when I started this post - I am not saying that you should get discouraged.  I am saying that you might need to step up your game.]]></description>
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		<title>Composing your objective statement</title>
		<link>http://www.CPGworks.com/2009/12/composing-your-objective-statement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[engineer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operations manager]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the basic truths that we all can agree on is that humans are intrinsically motivated by "whats in it for me?"  You are, and so is your future employer.  So write your objective statement from his perspective.]]></description>
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