iStockphoto.com Guest post by Mary Ghilani, Director of Career Services at Luzerne County Community College in Pennsylvania I recently read an article by Allison Doyle on About.com, about the growing number of employers posting ads that refuse to consider unemployed…
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Discrimination Against Unemployed Workers
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Posted in Back to School, Helpful Resources, Updating Skills, Volunteering
Posted in Back to School, Helpful Resources, Updating Skills, Volunteering
Career Services at Community Colleges
iStockphoto.com Are you contemplating a return to the work force after a career break but unsure how to do it? Do you wonder if you need to take some classes to update your skills? Or maybe you’re thinking about an…
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Posted in Back to School, Helpful Resources, Updating Skills
Posted in Back to School, Helpful Resources, Updating Skills
Stay-at-Home Mom Returns to Work with Help from Community College
Belinda Nanda Belinda Nanda was a 48-year-old stay-at-home mother of two when she decided it was time to go back to work. She had just signed up her daughters for ice skating lessons and debated signing up, too. But…
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Posted in Back to School, Helpful Resources, Part-time vs. Full-time, Work-Life Balance
Posted in Back to School, Helpful Resources, Part-time vs. Full-time, Work-Life Balance
The Benefits of Your Community College
iStockphoto.com What does your local community college have to offer someone hoping to re-enter the work force after a career break?? Plenty. And probably a whole lot more than you imagined. Affordable tuition is the well-known benefit. But there’s also…
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Posted in Back to School, Helpful Resources
Posted in Back to School, Helpful Resources
Return to College to Launch New Career
Suzanne Offit The kids are back in school!!! For many stay-at-home parents, the return to school means the return to normalcy, albeit an often hectic one with activities and homework. But for a growing segment of the adult population, fall…
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