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May 28 2024
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Trustees to question search firms vying for job of hiring new CCSD superintendent
The Clark County School Board wants to know how potential superintendent search firms have sought out diverse and nontraditional candidates. These are among the many topics the board plans to address when it holds public interviews Wednesday with three of the five firms that applied to run the search to replace former Superintendent Jesus Jara, who stepped down in February after nearly six
Las Vegas SunMay 04 2024
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Jobs and more jobs: Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC official looks to attract new businesses
Tim Vanderhoof has jobs on his mind. High-paying jobs, especially. Vanderhoof joined the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC in late February as vice president of economic development, heading the nonprofit’s efforts to attract new businesses to the Colorado Springs area and help local firms expand. He spent most of the past decade with Enterprise Florida, a statewide public-private partnership
Colorado Springs GazetteMay 22 2024
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Federal workers were more satisfied with their jobs last year
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AxiosJan 10 2024
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New Labor Department rule would classify more workers in ‘gig economy’ jobs as employees
The Biden administration implemented a new rule on Tuesday that will tighten standards for when “gig economy” workers at companies like Uber, Lyft, and Grubhub must be considered employees who are entitled to labor protections rather than independent contractors.
The Labor Department finalized a new rule that will replace a Trump-era standard that narrowed the criteria for classifying
Washington ExaminerJun 01 2024
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Hints from Heloise: Know your job expectations and ... say hello to Bailey the cat
Dear Readers: When you get a new job, you should be given a job description from your supervisors. What is expected of you as an employee should be well-defined when you are hired. If anything is unclear to you, ask questions. -- Heloise Dear Heloise: I wanted to write in regarding losing socks. I bought 10 pairs of identical black socks, which I wore this past winter. Since they are all the
nj.comMay 14 2024
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Plunging Currencies, El Niño to Delay Rate Cuts in African Economies
Mounting price pressures from the resurgence of the dollar, foreign-currency crunches and adverse weather conditions are set to lead to delayed and shallower interest-rate cuts for African central banks this year.
Over the next three weeks, analysts predict Nigeria , Angola and Zambia , who are still fighting double-digit inflation, will raise interest rates and only start reducing them
BloombergMay 26 2024
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A flood of cheap Chinese exports is putting the entire global economy at risk, France’s finance minister warns
The entire world economy is at risk from a glut of cheap Chinese exports, France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said in tandem with a barrage of joint criticism from the Group of Seven. “We have an issue with the economic model in which China is producing more and more cheaper industrial devices because it could be a threat not only for the EU, not only for the US, but for the global world
FortuneMay 10 2024
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UK Economy Leaves Recession With Stronger Than Expected Growth
LONDON (AP) – The British economy bounced back strongly in the first three months of the year, bringing to an end to what economists termed a “technical recession”, official figures showed Friday. The Office for National Statistics said the economy grew by 0.6% in the first quarter from the previous three-month period, with broad-based strength across the crucial services sector in particular
Breitbart NewsMay 21 2024
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Maine South seniors graduate Sunday; ‘They did an outstanding job’
As the sounds of “Pomp and Circumstance” played over a loudspeaker in the auditorium setting a march rhythm, Maine South High School seniors wearing robes of Hawks red streamed down the aisles of the Rosemont Theatre for their commencement ceremony Sunday. Family members of 595 graduating seniors strained to catch photos or record moving images of their students with their cell phones.
Chicago TribuneMay 21 2024
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‘This class did an outstanding job:’ Maine East students graduate
The predominant school color of Blue Demons bright blue was apparent as the 480 graduates of Maine East High School in Park Ridge wore graduation regalia at Rosemont Theatre on May 19. Commencement in 2024, and in-person at that, was different from 2020 when these students started their high school careers. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a shift to online and social distancing
Chicago Tribune