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Q & A: Is This a New Form of Discrimination?

November 20th, 2011

By Joe Redshaw

Question:  Just saw this on a job posting:

Requirements:
2011 MBA required
Excellent business and financial analysis skills
Ability to present data to management teams
Team Player

Is this a new type of age discrimination – 2011 MBA required?

Answer:

This is a tough one.  My first reaction is that everyone is so negative about the hiring process that they are getting so defensive for anything and everything they see.  No one would have questioned this 5 years ago.  Seeing I did not write it, it is hard to determine.  There are many ways companies » Read more: Q & A: Is This a New Form of Discrimination?

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State of the Market: Homeless People – Who, Why and What?

November 14th, 2011

By Clair Schwan

Homeless people have miserable living conditions.

The number of homeless people in America is on the rise. It’s something we all need to guard against because it’s an undesirable situation to say the least, and it’s affecting a demographic range that is well outside the norm of “the impoverished.” There are few things that will test your resourcefulness more than being without proper housing, so don’t let this happen to you. I know how challenging it can be from my own experience.

Who and Why?

Homeless people sleep outside.Thirty years ago we used to see bums, vagrants, drifters, and the mentally and emotionally unsound making up the overwhelming majority of the homeless in this country. » Read more: State of the Market: Homeless People – Who, Why and What?

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October Snow Storm No Treat

November 3rd, 2011

By Jackie Simmonds, Blog Editor

The October 29 snow storm in New England took all of us by surprise, first for the amount of snow we received and second the severity of the storm damage.  Many people  have been without power for most of the week including the volunteer New England Job Show staffers.

As of yesterday we were back on Twitter and Facebook.  Today articles will resume on the blog with links being posted on LinkedIn.

We hope that those who are still in the dark are back on the grid by the weekend.  Let’s hope that this early blast of winter is not a harbinger of things to come!

 

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