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• The Boston Globe's Big Help Returns on January 13 with New Career Opportunities and Advice for Job Seekers

  - 2008-01-07

  Week-Long Event Designed to Help BOSTON -- Does finding a new job top your list of New Year's Resolutions? On Sunday, January 13, The Boston Globe and Boston.com/Monster, one of Boston's leading recruitment services providers, will kick off The Big Help, a week-long event featuring new career opportunities, online...

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• BostonWorks Launches Student Center, The Ultimate Local Resource For Entry Level Job Seekers; From Internships to Employer Profiles, Site Offers Resources to Help Students Launch Their Career

  - 2006-01-30

  BOSTON -- BostonWorks, Greater Boston's most comprehensive recruitment services provider, announces the launch of Student Center, the ultimate job resource for the college student and entry level job seeker. From internship opportunities to employer advice, Student Center is designed to provide the college student and recent graduate with critical information...

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• BostonWorks Kicks Off Big Help Week, The Premier Career Resource for Boston's Job Seekers

  - 2006-01-09

  BOSTON -- More than 23,000 Jobs, Daily Chats, Salary Guides and Much More Information for Boston's Job Seekers BostonWorks kicked off Big Help Week today, with a week of online events, job listings and resources all designed to offer the local job seeker the best information for finding a...

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• Many U.S. businesses suffer as fewer youths turn to skilled blue-collar careers.

  - 2004-11-23

  By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 23--WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Rob Chermesino's college-educated friends went into finance and sales. His fiancee is a meeting planner. Chermesino picked up a wrench. After a restless year at...

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• More Temporary Workers Become Permanent Fixtures in Nation's Economy.

  - 2004-06-07

  By Robert Gavin, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 7--DRACUT, Mass. -- Scott Gelinas spent the first eight years of his working life at the same manufacturer and planned to make a career there. His layoff in the summer of...

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• General Poised to Lead Ground Troops in Iraq.

  - 2004-05-26

  By Bryan Bender, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 26--WASHINGTON -- At an early age, friends and family pegged George W. Casey Jr., as a young man destined to serve his country. But the son of a career Army officer...

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• Opening Job Market May Spur Large Corporate Turnover of Frustrated Workers.

  - 2004-04-02

  By Kimberly Blanton, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 2--Ed Leppert was suffering from a common affliction in today's economy: career reversal. His employer downsized, his paycheck shrank, and the customer relations group he managed was disbanded. He was...

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• Some Boston-Area Communities See Higher Jobless Rates.

  - 2004-03-25

  By Sandy Coleman, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 25--Each month, 60 to 70 new people go to the Wareham Career Center for help in finding temporary or permanent work. An example is the woman who was recently laid off...

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• BostonWorks.com Named to CareerXroads's 'Best of the Best' List for Job Web Sites

  - 2003-02-26

  Business Editors BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 26, 2003 BostonWorks, the leading recruitment services provider in Greater Boston, today announced that its Web site, BostonWorks.com, has been named to the Eighth Annual "Best of the Best" list for recruitment sites by CareerXroads, a leading job site reference guide. BostonWorks.com is...

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• Colleges Tell Parents to Go Easy on Seniors Who Don't Yet Have Jobs.

  - 2002-12-22

  By Jenna Russell, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 22--For college seniors heading home for Christmas break, there's one tradition more reliable than pumpkin pie and presents: Their parents demanding, "What are you going to do after graduation?" ...

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