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Minnesota Ranks High in Wind Power
Minnesota continues to punch above its weight in generating electricity from the wind.
10/28/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Best Jobs in America
Money and PayScale.com rate the top 50 careers with great pay and growth prospects.
10/15/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Solar Photovoltaic Installer
A solar photovoltaic (PV) installer puts solar panels on roofs and in other sunny places to turn the sun's power into electricity.
09/01/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Nurse Practitioners Could Be Key
Even without reform, experts on the health-care labor force estimate there is currently a 30% shortage in the ranks of primary-care physicians.
08/03/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Career as a First Responder Calls for Cool Head
When accident victims need immediate treatment, the first professionals to respond are emergency medical technicians, who are trained to begin the treatment of injured people.
07/31/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Most Lucrative College Degrees
Math majors don't always get much respect on college campuses, but fat post-grad wallets should be enough to give them a boost.
07/24/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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The top 5 career questions - and where to find answers
You wouldn't dream of buying a home, planning a vacation, or choosing a school without researching your options. Why should your career be any different?
07/23/2009 12:00 AM CDT Read More<<
A New Enforcer in Buildings, the Energy Inspector
Describes the life of an energy auditor in CA and the new policies being drafted to require more from local government.
07/17/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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ISEEK Job Highlight: Interior Designer
Interior designer Jeanette Croatt believes we all have a vocation in life. Hers is helping people.
01/01/2009 12:00 AM CST
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Job Highlight - Environmental Educator
Growing up, Angie Timmons' grandmother's stories about life in the Great Depression made a big impact on her.
09/28/2008 12:00 AM CDT
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Education
Education Secretary Turns His Focus To Latinos
Education Secretary Arne Duncan met with Latino advocacy groups and Spanish language news organizations to talk about why education is also a civil rights issue.
10/29/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Bemidji State Gets $250,000 to Help Veterans Stay in School
A Minnesota college is getting $250,000 to help military veterans stay in school and finish their degrees.
08/25/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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New College Scholarships for Laid-off Workers
The unemployed can take classes free at a growing number of community colleges.
08/19/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Different Paths to a College Degree
Online programs, three-year bachelor's degrees, and community colleges offer options in higher ed.
08/19/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning
Online learning-for students and for teachers-is one of the fastest growing trends in educational uses of technology.
08/01/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Most Lucrative College Degrees
Math majors don't always get much respect on college campuses, but fat post-grad wallets should be enough to give them a boost.
07/24/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Facing Tomorrow's Challenges Calls for Right-brain Thinking
A generation ago, students were given a formula to follow: Get good grades, go to college and use that education to find a good job.
06/10/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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College Scholarships Do's and Don'ts
Most college-bound high school students and current college students know the hard facts about college -- both good and bad.
03/12/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Two Minnesota State Colleges Receive Nearly $4 Million from the U.S. Department of Labor to Train Workers for Advanced Manufacturing Jobs
The U.S. Department of Labor recently awarded two grants totaling nearly $4 million to South Central College and Pine Technical College to support community-based job training in advanced manufacturing.
01/06/2009 12:00 AM CST
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Enrollment Increases at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Growing numbers of students of color and high school students taking college courses helped boost enrollment at the 32 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities by nearly 3 percent over the last year...
10/28/2008 12:00 AM CDT
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Collaboration Opens Center for Biotechnology Business Development
Plans for a $2.5 million biotechnology research and business development center in Willmar were unveiled today by officials for the city, the MinnWest Technology Campus, the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
10/25/2008 12:00 AM CDT
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Jobs
It Works for Dating, Why Not for Jobs?
After four fruitless months of searching for a job, Danielle E. Lazzaro knew there were not many promising openings. So Ms. Lazzaro, 24, had high hopes for a new matchmaking service the State Department of Labor is trying out.
10/21/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Best Jobs in America
Money and PayScale.com rate the top 50 careers with great pay and growth prospects.
10/15/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Dissecting the Recession: Who's Hurt, Who's Not
If you are one of the more than 2.6 million Minnesotans who have held onto jobs during this recession, you already know that economic pain is not spread evenly.
08/21/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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The Recession and Adult Basic Education
David Harvey talked about the toll that the recession is taking on adults who lack a high school degree, and who lack adequate reading and writing skills to compete for jobs.
08/19/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Public Service is Cool Again
Tens of thousands of recent graduates opt to work in public service, part of a generational shift similar to the one seen after President Kennedy called for service and began the Peace Corps in 1961.
08/19/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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New College Scholarships for Laid-off Workers
The unemployed can take classes free at a growing number of community colleges.
08/19/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Are Women Paid Less Than Men?
One of the concerns of working women is the "pay gap" - the alleged payment to women of 78 cents for every dollar earned by a man.
08/14/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Not Retiring Comes With a Bonus
Rather than retiring and relaxing into a life of leisure, increasing numbers of older Americans are remaining on the job or returning to the workforce.
07/30/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Skip Job Boards and Use Social Media Instead
If you rely on job boards or corporate Web sites for your job search, you'll find yourself unemployed for a very long time.
07/29/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Getting Things Done
In this era of instant gratification - getting what you want when you want it - the market for errand running is widening, and businesses are cropping up to fill the need. There are virtually no start-up costs and experience is rarely necessary.
07/14/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Job Retraining May Fall Short of High Hopes
Job Retraining May Fall Short of High Hopes For the second time in three years, Mike Hutchins, a laid-off automotive engineer, is preparing to enroll in job retraining at a local community college, this time to become a civil engineering technician.
07/06/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Job search may go beyond plan B
We hear a lot about plan B job search these days. That's where you go for the second-choice job if the first choice doesn't work out.
05/06/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Take Search, Not Yourself, Seriously
Are you taking your job search too seriously?
05/06/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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10 Deadly Sins of Interviewing: Top Ways to Bomb a Job Interview
If you have made it as far as the job interview, you must have a decent understanding of job-hunting and the key elements of job-searching.
05/06/2009 12:00 AM CDT
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Don't Send a Cover Letter
As a rule, most employers hate reading cover letters. Because nearly all of them are what I call, 3B: bland, boring and banal.
03/06/2009 12:00 AM CST
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Homemaker Returning to Work
Read the empowering career story of this homemaker who is trying hard to return to the workforce -- but a 26-year employment gap and lack of college degree stand in her way.
01/01/2009 12:00 AM CST
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