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Fire camp shows kids what jobs are like
Daily Journal - The Vineland YMCA and the Vineland Fire Department are teaming up to present a unique hands-on look at a career in firefighting. The firefighter camp began Monday and ends Friday. Participants are learning about the equipment, tools and apparatus

Officials cite area gains in jobs, rankings
Toledo Blade - The four men in charge of job creation for Toledo, Lucas County, and region said yesterday the area is riding high with a dramatic move toward full employment and high rankings in economic activity from several tracking firms and agencies. Much of

Job quality index moves upward
Saskatoon Star Phoenix - OTTAWA - The quantity of jobs didn't surge ahead further last month but the quality of jobs continued to do so, according to a report Monday. The report by CIBC World Markets said job quality - as measured by pay and other factors _has been improving

Human Services struggle to retain, fill jobs
Minot Daily News - Medicaid reimbursements to pharmacies must increase if the hometown drug store is to survive, a Minot pharmacist said Monday. Tim Carlson, past president of the North Dakota Pharmacists Association, told the North Dakota Legislature s Budget

Ensuring vets get preference in state jobs
WHOI - CHICAGO (AP) -- Republican candidate for governor Judy Baar Topinka suggested two ways Sunday to ensure that veterans get preference for state jobs. Governor Rod Blagojevich administration's has been criticized for maneuvering around veterans

Lincoln To Cut 75 Jobs
Hartford Courant - Lincoln National Corp. told Hartford employees Monday it will cut 75 jobs here this year, countering earlier rumors about hundreds of imminent layoffs, but the company isn't predicting what action it might take in 2007. The 75 jobs, which will go to

Lots of local jobs but wages lagging
Herald Tribune - Sarasota-Bradenton has been growing jobs and growing them fast, so fast, in fact, that it outpaced state and national growth rates during the past four years. But the region continues to be pressured by wages that simply are not keeping pace with the

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BenQ Mobile to Cut 527 German Jobs
MSN MoneyCentral - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Cell phone maker BenQ Mobile said Tuesday it will cut 527 jobs in Germany as part of a restructuring to streamline its production and improve its competitiveness in the industry. The Taiwan-based company bought Siemens AG's