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• Honoring those who celebrate their Hispanic Heritage

  - 2007-09-01

  Southwest Airlines celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month through various community outreach initiatives in education, music, sports, arts, and leadership development. During this month, Southwest applauds the many contributions the Latino community has made here in the U.S. and honors Alma Riojas and Rosa Martin--two unwavering Leaders who are making a difference...

  Tags: CAREER, Leadership, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, Southwest Airlines Co., teacher

• Maverick pioneers

  - 2007-05-01

  Southwest Airlines celebrates two maverick entrepreneurs, Luis Rossi and David Bejarano, for their passion and commitment to their business endeavors. Similar to Southwest's Executive Chairman, Herb Kelleher, they are risk-takers who began with an idea and made it a reality. "Our airline was started by an entrepreneur's vision similar...

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• The power behind the corporate throne.

  - 2006-10-16

  Byline: Fiona Smith Oct 16, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Colleen Barrett is living proof that time spent as a personal assistant to a CEO is good preparation for a business career. Barrett is the president of Southwest...

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• Striking it rich: Larry Laney, GSE Director at Southwest Airlines, essentially "struck oil" when he switched careers, finding a wealth of friends and family for life in the GSE Community.(V.I.P.)(Interview)

  - 2006-02-01

  Q: How did you get into the GSE industry? Q: How did you get into the GSE industry?

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• Profiles in courage: they faced illness, public humiliation, and even death. Their stories are lessons on how to triumph in the face of crisis

  - 2006-01-01

  IT'S BEEN SAID IN GAMBLING CIRCLES that life is the ultimate wild card. You wake up each morning with no idea of what may come your way or how you will respond. In the last few years, Detroit jewelry designer Donna Sadler, entrepreneur Nadine Thompson, and tennis pro James Blake...

  Tags: CAREER, Entrepreneurship, FINANCE, Insurance, PRODUCTIVITY, Southwest Airlines Co., Strategy

• S.L.-based Momentum wins Bronze Anvil Award

  - 2005-10-20

  Salt Lake-based Momentum Communications and its client Southwest Airlines have received the 2005 Bronze Anvil Award from the Public Relations Society of America. The award recognized the airline's Adopt-A-Pilot Classroom Video, part of an in-class introduction to students participating in the airline's national Adopt-A-Pilot educational mentorship program. The...

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• Disabled and Willing

  BNET - 2005-10-01

  UnumProvident, the country's largest disability insurance provider and No. 17 on the Careers list, goes to great lengths to help employees return to work - or remain on the job - after a disability-related absence. Full-time disability management consultants offer solutions ranging from foot rests and magnified computer screens to...

  Tags: Southwest Airlines Co., Professional Development, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Insurance, Workforce Management, Career, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance

• Kelleher, Herb 1931–

  - 2005-01-01

  Herb Kelleher 1931– Chairman, Southwest Airlines Company Nationality: American.Born: March 12, 1931, in Camden, New Jersey.Education: Wesleyan University, BA, 1953; New York University, LLB, 1956.Family: Son of Harry Kelleher (general manager at Campbell's Soup factory) and Ruth Moore; married Joan Negley, 1955; children: four.Career: New Jersey Supreme Court, 1956–1959, clerk;...

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• 'Joe' is less than 'Average'

  - 2004-01-05

  NBC learned one thing from Fox's "Joe Millionaire" experience -- it taped a second "Average Joe" before the first one aired, meaning the "big secret" was still a secret and the same format could work twice. But will it? Doubtful. This looks like a gimmick with a short...

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• Southwest Airlines cuts 700 jobs in Little Rock

  - 2003-11-10

  Southwest Airlines of Dallas will close three of its nine reservation centers on Feb. 28, including its center at Little Rock, resulting in the loss of about 700 jobs here. The low-cost airline also will close centers in Salt Lake City and Dallas. In all, about 1,900 workers will...

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