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A mission to break down the barriers to opportunity – OK but what does it mean?

Adventures in Career Development

Earlier this week Kier Starmer set out his big vision for a Labour Government in what was trailed as a major speech. Predictably Guardian columnists like Polly Toynbee loved it. Toynbee declared that it revealed ‘a man serious about being prime minister’ Which to be fair has not ever been in doubt.

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8 Signs Your Company May Have Received Government Bailout Money

On The Job

What are some other signs an employer may have received a recent infusion of cash from the government? Tags: bailout Tiger Woods salary transparency TARP cirque du soleil tom cruise katie holmes government bailout money. When asked about salary transparency, the CFO laughs so hard he wets himself. Lijit Search.

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Boomers, Buzzwords and Elephants.Oh, My!

On The Job

Procurement, IT and accounting positions are also on the "most wanted" job list, and that's just one example of why private and government groups are banding together to try and recruit baby boomers for these jobs. Tags: interview questions business buzzwords baby boomer jobs. Does delayering make you look thinner? del.icio.us.

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Why Employers May Not Be Hiring Veterans

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says after mining its data, the most popular industries that attract vets include information technology, telecommunications, financial services, law, computer software, government, higher education, health care, retail and management consulting. LinkedIn Corp. If that means they stay until 9 p.m. when everyone else is packing up at 5 p.m.,

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Are You Shovel Ready?

On The Job

State and local governments have put in their requests to get a piece of the bailout money, and one of the ways they're trying to make their request stand out is by saying they're "shovel ready." What skills do I have that can be put into play right now by an employer who will see their business pick up because of the government money?

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Is the New Color of Success. Green?

On The Job

President-elect Barak Obama has called for the government to help create five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the 10 years “to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future. Now it’s time the government invested in this economy and jobs and the infrastructure. We swung twice and missed.

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Best Bets for 2008

On The Job

Tags: best careers School of Rock best career books. News and World Report dropped 25 profiled careers from its 2007 list and added 11 new ones. And, while I'm on the subject of the Post, let me direct your attention to a list it has compiled of their Top 10 picks for 2007's "notable career success books". On the top of the list is.