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		<title>82% of Applicants Expect Answers From Employers Yet Only 25% Get It</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2013/02/21/82-of-applicants-expect-answers-from-employers-yet-only-25-get-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Job hunting can be a frustrating process especially if you have no idea whether the employer made a decision or even saw your application. More than one in four workers reported that they have had a bad experience when applying for a job. The vast majority (75 percent) of workers who applied to jobs using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>30% of Those Date Who Co-Workers Get Married to One</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for love this Valentine’s Day? It may just be in the cube next to you. Thirty-nine percent of workers said they have dated a co-worker at least once over the course of their career; 17 percent reported dating co-workers at least twice. Thirty percent of those who have dated a co-worker said their office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>60% of Workers Find Romance in the Workplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/?p=103988</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The approach of Valentine’s Day may have many human resource managers on the lookout for any evidence of budding or ongoing romances between co-workers or, even worse, between a worker and supervisor. With some surveys indicating that as many as 60 percent of co-workers, casually dating, hooking up and/or finding love in the workplace, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Climate Change Effects the Job Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Cargill Beef announced that it will be shuttering one of its Texas plants as a prolonged drought in the state thins cattle herds to their lowest levels in 60 years. The closure will force the plant’s 2,000 workers to relocate to one of the company’s other plants or find employment elsewhere. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Tips For Employers Who Want to Prevent Workers From Spreading the Flu</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2013/01/09/8-tips-for-employers-who-want-to-prevent-workers-from-spreading-the-flu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/?p=101797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With three months remaining in what is already being called the worst flu season in a decade, employers around the country are undoubtedly feeling the financial impact of increased health care costs and widespread absenteeism.  Making matters worse, according to one workplace authority, is the tendency of employees concerned about job security to keep coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looting of Hostess by Management, Shareholders Cause National Layoffs in November to Increase Rather Than Decrease</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2012/12/06/looting-of-hostess-by-management-shareholders-cause-national-layoffs-in-november-to-increase-rather-than-decrease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/?p=100761</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Job cuts increased for the third consecutive month in November, as employers announced plans to shed 57,081 workers from their payrolls.  That was up 20 percent from the previous month when announced layoffs totaled 47,724, according to the latest report from global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray &#38; Christmas, Inc. November cuts were 34 percent higher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>80% of Employers Call References and 16% of Those Call Before Job Interviews</title>
		<link>http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2012/11/29/80-of-employers-call-references-and-16-of-those-call-before-job-interviews/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/?p=100434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study cautions job seekers about the references they cite when applying to companies. Three-in-five employers (62 percent) said that when they contacted a reference listed on an application, the reference didn’t have good things to say about the candidate. Twenty-nine percent of employers reported that they have caught a fake reference on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned by Employers Impacted by Hurricane Sandy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/?p=100367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mark Mehler and Gerry Crispin of CareerXroads Four weeks after Sandy, life is getting back to normal &#8211; or is it? Walking the dog around a relatively unscathed block of homes in central NJ (miles from the shore), reminders are everywhere. Tons of debris in front of every home (more than 40 homes); the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Biggest Turnoffs for Employers Interviewing for Seasonal Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/?p=34727</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What are the biggest turnoffs for employers when interviewing for seasonal jobs? A recent survey of employers indicated that a lack of flexibility or expressed interest top the list followed by: Someone who isn’t enthusiastic – 55 percent Someone who is unwilling to work certain hours – 48 percent Someone who knows nothing about company/products [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Day the iPhone 5 is Announced, Remember Those Who Make Them</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Rothberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the ongoing debate about globalization, what&#8217;s been missing is the voices of workers &#8212; the millions of people who migrate to factories in China and other emerging countries to make goods sold all over the world. Reporter Leslie T. Chang sought out women who work in one of China&#8217;s booming megacities, and tells their [...]]]></description>
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