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		<title>Prepared For Retirement?  New Study Reveals Problems.</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/12/prepared-for-retirement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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More and more American workers report they have little or no savings for retirement, a new study reveals.  This is the third year in a row that these numbers have grown, indicating American workers attitudes about retirement reflect their feelings about the current economy.
In the last year the percentage of workers who have less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurship:  A Growing Option For Older Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/12/entrepreneurship-for-older-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), over 5 millions Americans – aged 55 or older – are self-employed or running their own businesses.  Between 2000 and 2007, the number of self-employed people between the ages 55 and 64 surged 52%.  
So what is the reason for these late-career entrepreneurs?  Deborah Russell, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporations Help Launch Employees New Career Directions</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/11/launch-new-career-directions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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Once upon a time, workers looked for a ‘lifetime’ job that provided a good salary and excellent employee benefits until retirement – but those days are over.  Labor analysts predict that today’s work force will work longer, and most people will probably have multiple careers – and some corporations are helping their employees prepare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Potter Magic Winds Down to its Final Stages</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/03/harry-potter-final-stages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/03/03/harry-potter-final-stages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been over ten years since the spell was cast and the world fell in love with J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. With the scheduled release of the two-part Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movies in November 2010 and July 2011, even the actors are realizing that their days as Hogwarts students and/or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Mart Versus Target: Lessons From The Retail Wars</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/22/wal-mart-versus-target/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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Love ‘em or hate ‘em – Wal-Mart is a force to be reckoned with, and there is much that can be learned from the long-term success of this retail behemoth.  
Just a few years ago it appeared that Wal-Mart was loosing ground to Target.  Carefully cultivating an image as the hip option to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Ready To Start Your Own Business?</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/22/start-your-own-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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Have you thought about starting your own business?  You aren’t alone.  Even during these tough economic times, people are getting in touch with their inner entrepreneur.  In his State of the Union address, President Obama outlined his support for making lending to small businesses and start-ups more readily available.  But before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Helps Gourmet Food Trucks Redefine &#8216;To Go&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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Food is big business – just ask Mario Batali or Paula Deen.  These chefs have parlayed their culinary talents from successful restaurants into television shows, product lines and best-selling cookbooks.  However, as many chefs are discovering, the sticker price of a restaurant start-up is steep and some are finding success by going mobile.
Gourmet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Tips For Turning Your Temp Job Into Full Time Work</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/15/tips-for-full-time-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/02/15/tips-for-full-time-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Job Searches]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/?p=79101</guid>
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According to the latest reports from the job front, the number of temporary job hires is increasing, and if this trend continues, indications are employers could soon be offering full-time jobs.   If you’re like most people toiling in Temp Nation, while these assignments are a welcome financial lifeline, you’re still looking for that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Times Stakes Out Turf In Online Education</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/01/14/ny-imes-online-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/01/14/ny-imes-online-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education News]]></category>
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Even the fabled New York Times (NYT) is feeling the pinch of a tight economy.  Like so many other newspapers, the Times is struggling to balance sagging advertising revenues with operating costs.  But unlike other newspapers, the NYT is still a powerful ‘brand,’ and the paper’s management is starting to cash in on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 10 Best Affordable Places to Retire</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/01/08/the-10-best-affordable-places-to-retire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2010/01/08/the-10-best-affordable-places-to-retire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if you are just getting ready to head to college for the first time, it is never too early to start thinking about retirement. After all, for most of us, the goal is to have a career that provides us with personal satisfaction while also providing us with the financial security to ultimately enjoy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Have Technology Geek Potential?</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/28/technology-geek-potential/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/28/technology-geek-potential/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/?p=68601</guid>
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Can it be true?  In a culture that eagerly embraces all the latest technology, we are alarmingly short on genuine computer geeks.  Well, according to the National Science Foundation (NSF) and major technology companies like Google and Microsoft, that is exactly the case – and these groups are joining together to change this [...]]]></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>
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		<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>New Job, Old Company:  Survival Tactics</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/09/new-job-survival-tactic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/09/new-job-survival-tactic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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Starting a new job is always a balancing act between tackling your new professional responsibilities and getting to know the corporate culture.  But what if suddenly you’re put into a new position within the same company?  
In a corporate climate that has been hit with some tough economic realities, downsizing often means remaining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Ready For New Job Interview Techniques</title>
		<link>http://www.top-colleges.com/blog/2009/12/05/interview-techniques/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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What happens when 1200 candidates apply for nine available jobs?  For I Love Rewards, Inc, a small consulting firm with offices in Wellesley, Mass. and Toronto, Canada, the answer was to employ speed dating techniques.  They invited all 1200 to a corporate ‘open house’ at the Toronto office.  The response rate was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Employers for Older Workers.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>icepop1</dc:creator>
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Hiring freezes, more lay-offs, double digit unemployment and sluggish economic growth that translates into slow job creation.  You’ve got to ask yourself, when is there going to be some on the job front?  For workers over 50, these are particularly tense times, with many facing compromised retirement plans and uncertain futures.  However, [...]]]></description>
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