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Why yesterday's good news on Mass. unemployment might not actually be good
WBUR reports that yesterday's announced drop in statewide unemployment numbers - the first in two years - actually masks a record number of underemployed people, i.e., people who have taken part-time jobs because they can't find full-time work.
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Tough job: Working with young adults trying to get their lives on track
Candelaria Silva discusses working as a part-time job counselor with 18-22-year olds trying to go back to school or get their GEDs:
... I long to have superhero-powers to turn back the clock to the pivotal moments in their lives where they veered off course. I want to meet the adults and institutions who've failed these young people, all of whom were clearly born with enough intelligence and talent to succeed. What they lack is a clear purpose or direction. Their interests are infuriatingly narrow. Their goals are incredibly small. Getting them to set goals, make an outline for how getting the degree and a job fits into their future plans is nigh impossible. ...
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Sorry, Charlie
Gloucester fisherman with the tuna it took four hours to bring in off Chatham.
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Maybe make that the top 99 places to work in Massachusetts?
On Sunday, the Globe came out with its guide to the top 100 places to work in Massachusetts. Darn magazine printing schedules: That was three days after one of those alleged worker nirvanas, the law firm of Goodwin Procter, laid off 55 people, who might have another viewpoint, Elie Mystal reports.
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Online job postings plunge in Boston area
And that's not a good thing, the Boston Business Journal reports.
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Doctor at Beth Israel, lawyer at the state appeals court will write your papers for you
CommonWealth interviews some of the people who will write your term papers and essays for you - for a fee.
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School-bus drivers say explosion at cement plant exposed them to toxic metal
School-bus drivers coated in cement dust after a 2006 explosion at a Charlestown cement plant have filed a series of lawsuits against the plant's owners, charging the dust contained beryllium, which can cause a potentially fatal lung ailment.
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Boston hospital blocks employees from social-networking sites
Which one could it be? It's not Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where the blogging, tweeting CEO just posted a copy of the memo from his counterpart at another hospital. He stripped out the name, so we don't know if it's a massively gigantic hospital across town, but we hear from another source that Mt. Auburn Hospital also banned its employees from the social networks last week.
Effective immediately, the Hospital is blocking access to social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter from all Hospital computers.
The decision is based on recent evidence that some employees have been using these sites to comment on Hospital business, which is a violation of the Hospital's Electronic Communications policy and a potential HIPAA violation. ...
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Local blogger shows off French chops, mad science skills in Maine political ad
Alecia Batson reports an ad she shot last month is now airing in Maine as part of a campaign over some political issue none of us will know about:
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