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		<title>Encore Careers:  Great Options For Mature Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/08/career-options-older-worker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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The fancy name is “encore career” but for the ranks of older workers who suddenly find themselves jobless, the thought of starting on a new career path can be downright terrifying.  However, according to a new study career options are opening up for people who bring real experience to the table.
“Many of today’s new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Associate&#8217;s Degree: Your Passport To A Great Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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Oh, those Recession Blues!  High unemployment and an increasingly competitive job market.  Rising expenses and lower expectations. So where is the light at the end of this tunnel?  It might be a whole lot closer than you think!
The U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that literally hundreds of thousands of new, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House Announces Nearly $1 Billion In Grants, Expanding Healthcare Information Technology &amp; Job Training</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/12/healthcare-it-and-job-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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If you’re considering a career in the healthcare industry, there is some good news coming out of Washington. The Obama administration just announced that nearly $1 billion in Recovery Act funds have been allocated for healthcare information technology (IT) and job training in the healthcare field.  
The awards were announced in a joint statement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to earn $40+ per hour?  Check out these top jobs!</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/01/18/40-per-hour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/01/18/40-per-hour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great jobs with terrific earning potential and benefits are out there – and many don’t need an advanced degree.  Nope, this isn’t a fairy tale.  These careers pay $40+ per hour and you don’t have to rack up a zillion dollars in college loans to qualify.  Online degree programs offer excellent educational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Important Steps For The Recently Unemployed</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/01/16/5-steps-unemploye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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The latest employment figures have just been released, and applications for unemployment are up, the number of new hires is down.  While some economists say the worst of the recession is behind us, if you&#8217;re in the ranks of the unemployed, this is hardly comforting news.  But to paraphrase an old saying, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Never Too Late to Meet with Your College&#8217;s Career Counseling Center</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/01/04/never-too-late/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a college graduate who is in need of work, you might want to consider heading back to the school from which you graduated. In fact, a growing number of alumni are returning to the career counseling centers of their former schools to get assistance with searching for a job.

In the past, career [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Temp Jobs Surge, Will Permanent Employment Follow?</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/28/temp-jobs-surge-will-permanent-employment-follow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/28/temp-jobs-surge-will-permanent-employment-follow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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Mirror, mirror on the wall – where are the job prospects for us all?
As 2010 approaches, thoughts turn to fresh starts and new possibilities &#8212; and a growing number of Americans are wondering what this new decade will mean in terms of career opportunities.  Even with the infusion of economic stimulus funds that helped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Markets Call for More Technological Education</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/22/markets-develop-technological-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the rise of technology in most different aspects of the career world, more and more markets have opened up to students who have gone through some sort of computer science education. Those with passion in medicine or even art—thought to have almost nothing to do with computers—can even find some use in learning how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaiian Islands In Forefront Of Renewable Energy Exploration</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/09/hawaiian-islands-in-forefront-of-renewable-energy-exploration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/09/hawaiian-islands-in-forefront-of-renewable-energy-exploration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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Wind farms, geo-thermal energy, wave-power, biomass crops and solar energy.  With all of this energy potential, you’d think there would be no problem providing clean, green energy to the Hawaiian Islands.  However at this point, the 50th State is dependent on imported oil for 77% of its electricity, with another 14 percent generated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let The Sunshine In:  Good News For Solar Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/09/news-for-solar-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/09/news-for-solar-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/?p=61521</guid>
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		<title>President Obama Tackles Unemployment At White House Economic Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/05/obama-convenes-economic-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/05/obama-convenes-economic-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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What are the three things at the top of many Americans&#8217; wish list? It wouldn’t be overstating it to say jobs, jobs, and more jobs &#8212; and President Obama has sent the message that he&#8217;s on the case.
Countering mounting criticism that hot-button issues like Afghanistan have distracted his administration from the unemployment situation, President Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Great Blue-Collar Job Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/10/6-blue-collar-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/11/10/6-blue-collar-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/?p=49601</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the pantheon of Great American Myths, brave moms and dads toil at blue collar jobs to scrape together the money to put their children through college, with the hope these kids fly up to the security and prosperity of the white collar world.  However, a recent Manpower survey indicates there is a cache [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding that much-needed job experience</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/12/finding-job-experience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting that much-needed experience for jobs is just as hard as landing the job itself. In fact, companies seem to have this catch-22: they won&#8217;t hire you unless you have experience and there isn&#8217;t much experience to be gained if they won&#8217;t hire you. So how does a newly-graduated student jumpstart his or her career?
Becoming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Degree? No Problem</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/07/no-degree-no-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/07/no-degree-no-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[College isn’t for everyone. Many students find it difficult to adjust to the routine and feel overwhelmed by the change in their life. However, many fail to realize that there are other options that can be explored. College is not as rigidly structured an institution as it once was and there are several options for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Trade Schools the Wave of the Future?</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/06/trade-schools-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/10/06/trade-schools-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it still worth the time and money to go to a four year institution or is attending a vocational or technical school better where skill is emphasized over liberal arts? On the other hand, even if a vocational or technical school will equip your specific skill set, is it more beneficial to have a [...]]]></description>
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