"PERIODS of high unemployment tend to be particularly hard on teenagers, who wind up competing for jobs with more experienced, laid-off adults"
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"The Electronic Ruler with a conductive sensor along the edge of ruler, just placing pencil on the sensor will provide a digital readout of that point‘s length."
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yahoo weekly poll, Has your current (or most recent) employer forced you to work fewer hours or take unpaid time off in the last year?
A new survey reveals that 87% of professionals have good relationships with their bosses, and 95% get along well with their coworkers. The results of the survey, developed by the financial staffing firm Accountemps, were approximately the same as those in 2005, when the economy was much healthier.
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Almost half of Americans (46%) say they tend to ignore Internet banner ads. Much
further down the list are Internet search engine ads (17% of people ignore), television
ads (13%), radio ads (9%), and newspaper ads (6%). One in ten Americans (9%) say
they do not ignore any of these types of ads.
"Whether you want to target politicians, your employers, or companies that have done you wrong, there are a variety of sites across the Web that will help you voice your complaints. But beware that not all of them will actually solve those problems."
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"Yahoo! HotJobs is tapping into the Twitter audience by “tweeting” job opportunities in real-time. Twitter users will have two options to receive job listings: they can choose to “follow” any of Yahoo! HotJobs’ 100 pre-defined category-location job feed accounts (e.g., Sales in Chicago) or they can receive job alerts through their Twitter account that match their criteria."
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• New color schemes and layouts for easy setup. • More options for configuring styles, colors and fonts to match your corporate branding. • An easy way to upload your company logo and customize your header image. • A customizable application form. • Enhanced navigation.
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