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Great Resources Around The Web: Freelance Edition

We’ve already established that I love to research, read, learn, and share what I find on the Web. I’m getting some kind of cool nicknames on Twitter, my favorite being “resource monster”. I wish I could get the domain name!
Anyway…
This post has all of the links that I’ve read over the last two weeks (5/27-6/16)  that relate to freelancing, productivity, [...]

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June 18th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Job Search |

Twitter Updates: Job Search Edition

If you are not following me on Twitter, @RobinMWood, you may be missing some of the great articles that I have come across and posted for your review. I am going to start posting them here by topic on a weekly basis, so that we will have an archive of resources for class.
When you are looking at the resources below [...]

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June 17th, 2009 | 5 Comments | Posted in Job Search |

Twitter Weekly Link Love 5/27/09

This is a roundup of the links I share and retweet. They revolve around Web Development, graphics, computers, freelancing, and job search. Enjoy!

RT @mayhemstudios @Jason_Pollock @cheth: 400+ Beautiful twtter Icons 4 yr Website | Blog Godown http://bit.ly/Ni7yC
RT @DesignerDepot: 33 Excellent Web Layout #Photoshop Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/qoyp7h
RT @PSDTUTS: 40 Logo Design Tutorials http://bit.ly/OmuMg #photoshop #illustrator
Zixpk.com – Gorgeous #wallpapers and more http://www.zixpk.com/
RT @blellow [...]

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California Unemployment Offices Open on Saturdays

Some California unemployment offices to stay open Saturdays
Source: KSBY 6 Action News

Reported by: Bethany Tucker
The state is working to make things a bit easier for the unemployed. Twenty-five employment offices will open on Saturdays to help thousands of Californians file for unemployment benefits.
The state’s unemployment rate hit 10.5 percent last month, and more than a half million claims were filed [...]

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April 2nd, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Class Notes, Job Search |

Northern California Career and Leadership Summit – Saturday, May 30, 2009

The Annual Northern California Career and Leadership Summit is schedule for Saturday, May 30, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Please pass this along within your Network and encourage everyone to register online. This is a FREE event, unmatched to any that will be attended this year, and we anticipate 1,000 people in attendance, possibly more given the [...]

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March 20th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Job Search |

30+ Websites to Visit When You’re Laid Off

For the next several months (or maybe years), we are going to have to endure a new and stark reality – a tanking economy and swelling unemployment. The U.S. economy lost an eye-popping 540,000 jobs in January alone, making it likely you or someone you know has become a victim of the crisis.
But the worst time to panic is when [...]

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February 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Job Search |

Job expert Marty Nemko to offer free advice at Experience Unlimited

Event takes place on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 @ 9:00 a.m. at Temple Isaiah, 3800 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, CA 94549.
Tough times call for tough talk. And nobody does it better than career advice expert Marty Nemko. Known for such topics as Do What You Love and You’ll Probably Starve, Nemko brings his unique brand of job search tough love [...]

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February 9th, 2009 | 3 Comments | Posted in Job Search |

Know Your Rights to the New Federal Extension of Jobless Benefits

Know Your Rights to the New Federal Extension of Jobless Benefits
By the National Employment Law Project
1. What is the new temporary program of federal extended benefits?
On November 21, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (H.R. 6867), which increases the weeks of benefits available to workers who run out of their state unemployment [...]

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December 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in Job Search |

Calif. unemployment extension checks delayed until mid-Dec.

Calif. unemployment extension checks delayed until mid-Dec.
November 26th, 2008, 12:05 am · 11 Comments · posted by Mary Ann Milbourn
Jobless workers in California who have exhausted their benefits probably won’t be seeing their first unemployment check from the latest extension until mid-December, state employment officials say.
The reason for the delay? A clunky old computer system that takes a while to [...]

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December 1st, 2008 | 2 Comments | Posted in Job Search |

Congress OKs 2nd extension of jobless benefits

Good news for the unemployed: Congress has passed a bill that provides a second round of extended jobless benefits to people who exhaust their regular benefits and their first round of extended benefits, which was approved in July.
President Bush says he will sign the bill, which was passed Thursday by the U.S. Senate and earlier by the House. The extended [...]

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November 21st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Job Search |
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