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Working Thoughts is a blog by Ben Leeson about the job market and work related aspects. Topics this blog touches on include government reports, compensation, training, benefits, recruiting, technology, and more.
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He Quit His Job and the World Got Richer - The Khan Academy
Monday, August 30, 2010
TED Talk: David McCandless from Information is Beautiful
Friday, August 27, 2010
Billions of Dollars: Giving, Spending, Fighting, Accumulating, Owing, Losing, and Earning
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Well Said Leadership Characteristics
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Different Ways to Climb the Steel Stairs to the Top
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Wealth Distribution and Taxes: What's Fair?
Monday, August 09, 2010
July 2010 Jobs Report and Wages
Friday, August 06, 2010
Showing the Economy Through Illustrations
Monday, August 02, 2010
Honest Reflection on a Job Change
Friday, July 30, 2010
A Good Kindergarten Teacher is Worth More than Dollars and Cents
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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Ten Years and Basically No Private Sector Job Creation
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Working Thoughts: Category Archive for Gov
TED Talk: David McCandless from Information is Beautiful
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8/27/2010 11:33 PM
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Billions of Dollars: Giving, Spending, Fighting, Accumulating, Owing, Losing, and Earning
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8/25/2010 10:45 PM
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Wealth Distribution and Taxes: What's Fair?
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8/9/2010 11:11 PM
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July 2010 Jobs Report and Wages
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8/6/2010 5:33 PM
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"The Gap is Between Doing Nothing and Doing Something"
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7/21/2010 10:16 PM
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What Do You Know about Your Produce?
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7/16/2010 9:40 PM
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Matching a Job Opportunity with the Appropriate Labor
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7/13/2010 9:31 PM
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Opinions on the Economy for Today and Tomorrow
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7/9/2010 11:16 PM
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June 2010 Jobs Report and Wages
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7/2/2010 9:04 PM
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Wealth Distribution Around the World
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6/22/2010 11:47 PM
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Communication Skills are a Good Investment No Matter the Job Market
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6/21/2010 11:05 PM
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Data Collection is Getting Cheaper, Better, and Automated: Sensors
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6/13/2010 9:37 PM
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More Support for the Jobs Report: Census Work is Good
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6/7/2010 10:48 PM
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The Jobs Report Panic: When is it Necessary?
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6/6/2010 10:52 PM
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May 2010 Jobs Report and Wages
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6/4/2010 6:03 PM
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A National Review of Education - Start Evolving Now
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5/20/2010 8:20 PM
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Lulled Into a False Sense that the System Knows Better than You Do
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5/13/2010 11:52 PM
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April 2010 Jobs Report and Wages
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5/7/2010 10:07 PM
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Beyond the Bend
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4/21/2010 11:12 PM
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Last One in the Pool is a Rotten Egg
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4/16/2010 10:43 PM
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Is the Job Market Ready for Good News?
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4/9/2010 11:25 PM
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March 2010 Jobs Report and Wages
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4/2/2010 9:57 PM
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Google and China: A Social Take
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3/25/2010 11:35 PM
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February 2010 Jobs Report and Wages
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3/6/2010 12:38 AM
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Business, Federal Government, and Exports Carries GDP to 5.9% Growth
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2/27/2010 12:18 AM
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Unemployment Is Not Distributed Evening Across Income Levels - No One Thought It Was
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2/23/2010 11:11 PM
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Job Report Statistics
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2/6/2010 12:20 PM
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January 2010 Jobs Report and Wages
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2/5/2010 11:50 PM
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Tactics for Winning at Political Science
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1/26/2010 12:47 AM
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Job Creation in the 2000s?
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1/12/2010 12:57 AM
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December 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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1/9/2010 12:42 AM
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An Economic Winter Solstice
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12/21/2009 11:41 PM
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Data and Creative Story Telling
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12/16/2009 12:41 AM
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A Jobs Report Prediction - One Year Later
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12/9/2009 11:05 PM
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We need a new Medici Effect, A New Renaissance.
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12/6/2009 11:47 PM
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November 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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12/4/2009 11:10 PM
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A Growing Knowledge Base - Robotics
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11/17/2009 12:17 AM
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The Near Future: Big Raises Coming for Those with Certain Skills
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11/13/2009 12:58 AM
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Unemployment Graphs and Charts - October 2009
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11/10/2009 11:08 PM
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October 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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11/8/2009 12:07 PM
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Productivity Report is Strong ahead of October '09 Jobs Report
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11/6/2009 12:11 AM
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Using a Multiple as a Compensation Distribution Model
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10/23/2009 11:25 PM
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Education, Games, and Peer Learning
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10/19/2009 7:31 PM
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President Obama, Leverage, and Energy Decisions
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10/14/2009 6:48 PM
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September 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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10/2/2009 9:42 PM
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A Sea Change Economy
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10/1/2009 10:34 PM
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Working Thoughts: Odds and Ends
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9/19/2009 1:35 PM
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Preparing for a year like 2015
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9/16/2009 10:48 PM
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The Vanishing of Okun's Law and the Usefulness of the Education System
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9/11/2009 9:09 PM
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August 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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9/10/2009 8:11 PM
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Job Losses and the Self Employed
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8/17/2009 10:33 PM
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Productivity is Strong. Sleep Might Not be Needed.
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8/14/2009 11:20 PM
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Ten Years and Basically No Private Sector Job Creation
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8/10/2009 12:09 AM
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July 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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8/7/2009 9:23 PM
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The Value Twist
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8/4/2009 12:02 AM
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Donating IP to a Charity or Nonprofit
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7/29/2009 11:02 PM
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Forest Fire Analogy
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7/13/2009 11:28 PM
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June 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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7/2/2009 9:21 PM
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The U-6 Report is Still Rising
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6/9/2009 11:20 PM
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May 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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6/5/2009 9:31 AM
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Business Leaders Need to Realize a Generational Shift has Occured
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5/21/2009 10:58 PM
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Portfolio Closes Up Shop and Credit Suisse Gets it Right
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5/14/2009 11:28 PM
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Donate Your Birthday with DonorsChoose.com
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5/13/2009 10:39 PM
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April 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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5/8/2009 9:10 AM
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The Next Three Job Reports will be Telling
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5/7/2009 11:43 PM
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Shai Agassi Explains the Bold Plan - A Car and a Battery
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5/4/2009 11:16 PM
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Wealth Distribution Study and Excerpts
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4/28/2009 11:01 PM
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Wealth Distribution Charts and Graphs (1991-2008)
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4/24/2009 12:13 AM
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Top Minds Moving to Different Fields
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4/15/2009 7:42 PM
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Juan Enriquez has Some BIG Ideas
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4/7/2009 11:42 PM
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March 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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4/3/2009 10:40 PM
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Performance at GM, Performance in Baseball
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3/30/2009 9:19 PM
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A "Bonus" entry for Working Thoughts
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3/25/2009 10:38 PM
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A Viable Electric Car Business Model?
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3/20/2009 10:54 PM
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Boredom, Consumerism, and Taking Direction or Leaders, Adventurers, and Story Tellers
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3/16/2009 11:09 PM
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Is the Middle Class Gone?
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3/10/2009 11:13 PM
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February 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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3/6/2009 10:42 PM
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Spending More Time in School Isn't the Answer
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3/2/2009 12:45 AM
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Young Professionals have Creativity, They Need a Vision to Apply it to
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2/28/2009 10:52 AM
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The Economy is on the Mend
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2/25/2009 11:02 PM
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It is Time for Re-Employment Insurance
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2/21/2009 10:33 PM
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Education is Getting an Overdue National Review
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2/16/2009 6:01 PM
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Has Bad Behavior Irreparably Damaged the Title CEO?: Fortunately “Good” CEOs Are Still Out There
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2/11/2009 11:46 PM
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Sustaining Large Economic Growth is Key for the US
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2/10/2009 6:15 PM
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Pay, Wall St, and Legislation
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2/5/2009 6:17 PM
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No Support System - That is the Sacrifice for Risk Takers
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1/29/2009 10:57 PM
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Weekend Read - 6 Errors add to an Economic Crisis
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1/25/2009 12:53 AM
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President Obama Paraphernalia
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1/20/2009 11:57 PM
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President Obama and My Four Components to the Future
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1/19/2009 12:43 AM
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President Obama is Making 30 Year Decisions
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1/12/2009 1:14 AM
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December 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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1/10/2009 12:46 AM
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Job and Pay Site List
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12/29/2008 11:49 AM
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Three Leader's Strategies in a Down Economy
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12/11/2008 1:06 AM
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US Employment and Prediction
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12/9/2008 6:15 PM
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November 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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12/6/2008 11:51 AM
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Recession, Recession, Recession
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12/1/2008 10:09 PM
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There are Jobs for Low Level Employees?
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11/29/2008 11:39 PM
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What States are Preparing for the Next Economy?
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11/21/2008 6:19 PM
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Four Reflective Commentaries on Leadership - Part 2
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11/19/2008 10:32 PM
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Four Reflective Commentaries on Leadership - Part 1
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11/17/2008 1:02 AM
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