Unemployment
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Think like a hiring manager
CommentThe famous rejection email that was sent to 900 job applicants and what you can learn from it.
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Taking your job search to the digital level
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Before you post that picture of yourself in a scandalous Halloween costume on Facebook or Twitter, think if you'd want your employer (current or future) to see it.
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The search for jobs in an unstable economy: who's hiring and firing
CommentTemporary jobs during the holiday season may be few and far between this year.
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Project Empowerment's new director is Charles Jones, the previous director
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In February, Project Empowerment was running $5 million over budget when Charles Jones, the director of the welfare-to-work program, was fired. Soon after, the District began a search for a new director, and after a long search it found one: Charles Jones.
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Five thousand jobs and $387 million
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What would Obama's proposed American Jobs Act mean for D.C. transit? A lot of money and a few thousand jobs, the White House says. Where should the money go?
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'One City, One Hire' launched by Mayor Vince Gray
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As if a giant light bulb turned on last night, politicians have suddenly realized that the high unemployment rate is a problem that they might want to look at. In D.C., Mayor Vince Gray announced his own jobs program, "One City-One Hire."
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Rough jobs market; Muriel Bowser; New hunger report
CommentMuriel Bowser, Alex Ashbrook, Mary Abbajay
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D.C. unemployment rate rises again for June 2011
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Remember when we told you that, despite the recession, our region is doing just fine? Well, ignore all of it.
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Debt deal could hurt Washington, D.C. economy, defense industry
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The debt deal being discussed right now is not, I can only assume, very popular with the likes of Lockheed Martin, General Electric, or our new neighbors Xe Services — formerly Blackwater — as it includes major cuts in military spending that could mean reduced profits for the region's defense industry, which surely will use this as an excuse to lay off workers.
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Choon Sik Lee allegedly forced job seekers to watch porn
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What's the worst thing you've had to do to get a job? Suck up to a hiring manager? Fake a resume? Shower? Whatever it was, it can't have been as bad as being forced to watch porn with an elderly man.
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GAO report on SSA disability benefits and mismanagement of time and money
CommentThe GAO evaluated the SSA's ticket to work program and finds the Administration isn't doing enough to get disabled people back to work.
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Economic woes are creating an angry, sexless America
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Americans are losing sleep and experiencing a lower sex drive over unemployment and financial woes.
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Virginia unemployment: Arlington rate lowest in commonwealth
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NoVa counties, with Arlington leading the way, boast the lowest unemployment rate in Virginia. Now you have no excuse.
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Va. unemployment rate falls to 6.3 percent in March
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Virginia's unemployment rate fell slightly in March and remains below the national average.
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Va. saw steeper job losses in 2010
CommentRICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Employment Commission says the state saw a steeper decline in jobs in 2010 than first estimated.
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Placenta: Should you eat it?: Your sex and gender morning roundup
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Wednesday links on eating your placenta, surrendering your eggs, and losing your job.
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Unemployed and looking for work? In Maryland, you’ve got a shot
The jobs forecast for 2011: cloudy with a chance of full-time positions, especially in technology and engineering.
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Region rebounding from recession
No, there aren't huge signing bonuses, or personal concierge services, or the jaw-dropping luxury perks that companies threw at top talent back in the boom days of the '90s.
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