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Career Training for Home-Based Professions

According to “The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued,” by Anne Crittenden, people who exit the workforce to care for families forfeit income, retirement savings, pensions, and other benefits to

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Career Training for Home-Based Professions

According to “The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued,” by Anne Crittenden, people who exit the workforce to care for families forfeit income, retirement savings, pensions, and other benefits to

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Down with the Four-Year Degree!

The four-year college experience may be fun and rewarding, but it’s not the only path to a satisfying career. For people who want to cut to the chase or just avoid racking up four-plus years of college debt, some economists and other analysts say a t

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Down with the Four-Year Degree!

The four-year college experience may be fun and rewarding, but it’s not the only path to a satisfying career. For people who want to cut to the chase or just avoid racking up four-plus years of college debt, some economists and other analysts say a t

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The Real Jobs of Reality TV

In a recent Yahoo! HotJobs poll, 75 percent of respondents said
their current or most recent workplace would make a good reality TV
show–and more workplaces seem to show up on the small screen every
week. While you probably wouldn’t want an occup

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Reverse Job Search: Make Employers Look for You

Slugging it out at job fairs, lining up for unemployment benefits, and collecting rejection letters–not exactly what people have in mind when they embark on higher education! So why not turn the tables on employers, and make them compete for you? By

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Reverse Job Search: Make Employers Look for You

Slugging it out at job fairs, lining up for unemployment benefits, and collecting rejection letters–not exactly what people have in mind when they embark on higher education! So why not turn the tables on employers, and make them compete for you? By

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Future Careers: What’s Hot, What’s Not

Preparing for a career is a serious business, and the wrong choice can be costly. You don’t want to graduate after several years’ work only to find that your industry has relocated to China. Technology has affected labor markets in two ways: First, c

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Future Careers: What’s Hot, What’s Not

Preparing for a career is a serious business, and the wrong choice can be costly. You don’t want to graduate after several years’ work only to find that your industry has relocated to China. Technology has affected labor markets in two ways: First, c

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Future Careers: What’s Hot, What’s Not

Preparing for a career is a serious business, and the wrong choice can be costly. You don’t want to graduate after several years’ work only to find that your industry has relocated to China. Technology has affected labor markets in two ways: First, c

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