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		<title>Social Responsibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The September 11 observances were so moving. Some of the people who posted to my Comments on another site shared remarkable things. Some who wrote to me privately told of things that can be proven. Their statements show the bad faith and puppeteering of the day&#8217;s events. Just as with learning that the re-election of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedesk.wordpress.com&blog=491956&post=105&subd=thedesk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ROI</title>
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		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was 40 years ago this morning that I began investing and the significance of making good choices became acutely underscored in regard to education, training, good listening skills, and communication. The awareness of where to network, as well as how, became another important factor at that time.
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		<title>The Word Is &#8220;Green&#8221;Peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irrespective of what I&#8217;m attempting to complete of the articles and blog posts started as far back as April and May, Greenpeace representatives are dotting the landscape around downtown L.A. to raise awareness. I&#8217;ve been accosted by six of their people in the past two hours and within a distance of two blocks.
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		<title>Back in the Trenches</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#8217;s been a while since there were regular posts regarding any subject on this blog. The absence has been even more protracted on each of my other blogs. You&#8217;d think that I&#8217;d be much more conscientious about keeping up my writing schedule in light of the fact that I&#8217;ve been invited to blog on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedesk.wordpress.com&blog=491956&post=95&subd=thedesk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the &#8217;90s, my news producer friend and colleague and I talked about  how we admired the status of the other. Kevin said I had a choice situation with  being freelance because I could pick and choose what type of content I wanted to  work. I admired Kevin because of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedesk.wordpress.com&blog=491956&post=87&subd=thedesk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All It Takes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Job Search]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA["fear of failure"]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if I don&#8217;t have enough to do, I have a series of meetings with government agencies the rest of this week. It seems they&#8217;ve stopped doing something very vital (paying me) and it&#8217;s causing a compromise in my agenda (paying my bills). Today&#8217;s meeting was striking because of the couple of questions that were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedesk.wordpress.com&blog=491956&post=84&subd=thedesk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Job Search Effectiveness</title>
		<link>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/job-search-effectiveness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many in the media who are more than enthusiastic about jumping on the &#8220;tight labor market&#8221; bandwagon. It seems like everyone and his neighbor is harping about how hard it is to find a job and the extraordinary lengths to which people need to go in order to find one.
Are you having [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedesk.wordpress.com&blog=491956&post=80&subd=thedesk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Options for Good-Paying Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PayScale puts out a monthly newsletter that has some good, relevant articles. The reason I point this out is not for the sake of promoting their newsletter. The reason I point this out is because they&#8217;re featuring several articles that provide food for thought and encouragement in this seeming shrinking employment world.
First, you need to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedesk.wordpress.com&blog=491956&post=77&subd=thedesk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Job Search Strategies and Venues</title>
		<link>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/new-job-search-strategies-and-venues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m guilty and admit it. I&#8217;ve been publishing information you&#8217;re seeking but not here. It&#8217;s being published inconsistently in the places where it is appearing. All of these scatterings are becoming confusing. Time to regroup, be organized, and become consistent. (You can help me on that last one. Which of these three locations is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedesk.wordpress.com&blog=491956&post=75&subd=thedesk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Testing cf. Knowledge</title>
		<link>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/testing-cf-knowledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the good things about laundry day is that I&#8217;m given the opportunity to get out and be social for at least three hours that day. It gives me the chance to meet other people, share in conversation with them, learn something from them, gain new knowledge. And this past Monday was no different.
This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thedesk.wordpress.com&blog=491956&post=66&subd=thedesk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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