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		<title>5 Statistics that Matter for Your Job Search</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year for the past nine years CareerXroads has conducted a survey about the sources of new hires. The most recent survey, &#8220;Meltdown in 2009 and What It Means for a 2010 Recovery&#8221; (full report available here), solicited source of hire stats for 43 large companies, who collectively filled 176,000 positions in 2009. While the sample [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6504038&amp;post=1059&amp;subd=plasticskyscraper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We’ve Moved!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 19:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come join us at our new site, The Underground Job Network! See you there!!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6504038&amp;post=1054&amp;subd=plasticskyscraper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Roundup</title>
		<link>http://plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com/2009/05/03/weekly-roundup-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 14:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed them, here are the posts (in descending order) our readers viewed the most last week: Top Social Media Sites for Job Searching Apply Now: The Black Hole Job Search Secret: Trade Shows Sallie Mae To Add 2,000 US Jobs How To Find a Job<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6504038&amp;post=1052&amp;subd=plasticskyscraper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twenty jobs that earn $20 an hour</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 14:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From cnn.com &#8230;to give you an idea of what occupations us &#8220;regular people&#8221; earn, here are 20 jobs that pay a median hourly wage of $20, which works out to $41,600 annually based on a 40-hour workweek. 1. Carpet installers What they do: As their name implies, carpet installers prepare surfaces for carpet and then [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6504038&amp;post=1051&amp;subd=plasticskyscraper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Site Under Construction</title>
		<link>http://plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/new-site-under-construction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We know we haven&#8217;t posted in a few days, but we&#8217;ve been hard at working getting a new site ready. Keep checking back&#8230;we&#8217;ll keep you posted on our progress!!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6504038&amp;post=1049&amp;subd=plasticskyscraper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top Social Media Sites for Job Searching</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From About.com: Networking is one of the most important components of job searching. Use these top social and professional networking sites to enhance your career and boost your job search, and learn how to use social networking sites to job search. LinkedIn How to use the full power of LinkedIn to job search, including effectively [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6504038&amp;post=1047&amp;subd=plasticskyscraper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Layoffs Not an Option for Some US Companies</title>
		<link>http://plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/layoffs-not-an-option-for-some-us-companies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[hiring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From CNBC.com Revenue may be down and the pressure to slash costs intense, but some U.S. companies say job cuts are not an option. Companies that have avoided layoffs amid this recession are the exception, not the rule. U.S. employers have cut 5.1 million jobs since the recession began, including 663,000 last month alone. But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6504038&amp;post=1041&amp;subd=plasticskyscraper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Company Contacts</title>
		<link>http://plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/job-opportunities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[hidden job market]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s start exchanging information that job seekers can use to connect with real people, not Applicant Tracking Systems. For example, Fannie Mae has a ton of diverse openings across the US.  Does anyone have a recruiter name for Fannie Mae? How about a the name and contact info of a Hiring Manager? What about other companies you&#8217;ve applied [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6504038&amp;post=649&amp;subd=plasticskyscraper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Roundup</title>
		<link>http://plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/weekly-roundup-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed them, here are the top posts (in descending order) our readers viewed last week:   3,706 Social Networking Jobs   Job Search Secret: Trade Shows   Sallie Mae To Add 2,000 US Jobs   Fannie Mae &#38; Freddie Mac: 3,000+ Jobs<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6504038&amp;post=1032&amp;subd=plasticskyscraper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How To Find a Job</title>
		<link>http://plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/how-to-find-a-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[hidden job market]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just happened to stumble upon this amazing article yesterday as I was cooling my heels waiting to board a flight to New Jersey. I had picked up the latest copy of Fortune magazine (the headline &#8220;How to Find a Job&#8221; caught my attention), and was THRILLED to see so many of the ideas and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6504038&amp;post=1023&amp;subd=plasticskyscraper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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