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WATCH: Don’t Fret Job Loss, Turn to Plan B (ABC News)

Meet Americans who turned their job loss into a whole new career. Employment – Business – Careers – Job Search – Business and Economy

WATCH: Don’t Fret Job Loss, Turn to Plan B (ABC News)

Meet Americans who turned their job loss into a whole new career. Employment – Business – Careers – Job Search – Business and Economy

Getting a green job isn’t so easy (CNN Money)

Dear Annie: I lost a pretty good job as head of the training department at a financial-services company a few months ago and, rather than look for another similar position, I want to change careers. I’m passionate about the outdoors and would like to do something related to protecting wildlife and the environment

Getting a green job isn’t so easy (CNN Money)

Dear Annie: I lost a pretty good job as head of the training department at a financial-services company a few months ago and, rather than look for another similar position, I want to change careers. I’m passionate about the outdoors and would like to do something related to protecting wildlife and the environment.

Ask Annie: Getting a green job isn’t so easy (Fortune via Yahoo! Finance)

Dear Annie: I lost a pretty good job as head of the training department at a financial-services company a few months ago and, rather than look for another similar position, I want to change careers.

Ask Annie: Getting a green job isn’t so easy (Fortune via Yahoo! Finance)

Dear Annie: I lost a pretty good job as head of the training department at a financial-services company a few months ago and, rather than look for another similar position, I want to change careers.

On the job: Don’t use age as a scapegoat (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)

I spoke with a 51-year-old job searcher last week, and she asked me these questions: “Do I need to change careers to something more older-worker friendly, and should I be seeking out companies that are more open to hiring later-in-life workers?”

‘Old’ advice on careers hampers job-seekers (The Scotsman)

CAREERS advisers are out of touch and hampering job-seekers’ efforts, it has been claimed, as it emerged Scotland’s jobs advice service is to be updated.

Job retraining program welcomes white-collar workers (Los Angeles Times)

Thanks to $415 million in federal stimulus, unemployed Californians can apply for funds to pay for upper-level certificate programs at UCLA Extension. Job retraining programs traditionally have focused on helping hourly, blue-collar workers switch to careers outside the factory

Fresh grads, are you job-ready? (rediff.com)

Careers360 takes stock of training institutes that aim to make job-seekers more ‘employable’