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		<title>Featured opening: Quality Manager</title>
		<link>http://elysew.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/employment-chicago-suburbs-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elyse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a proven, successful quality professional, this featured opening might be a great next career step! HIGHLIGHTS: Stable, well-diversified company whose business is metal casting. ISO certified. Employs about 70 local people, including four in quality department.  Small enough for you to make a noticeable, positive impact with your expertise; large enough to offer a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elysew.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3129784&amp;post=1351&amp;subd=elysew&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Federal EUC ending soon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elyse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the legislation currently stands, the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) programs that offered extended benefits during long-term unemployment will soon be phasing out.  Here is a summary of the deadlines. If you are currently receiving benefits from the State of Illinois under the 26 weeks of your original benefit year, then those regular benefits [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elysew.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3129784&amp;post=1346&amp;subd=elysew&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our new google+ presence</title>
		<link>http://elysew.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/franks-employment-google-plus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elyse</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google+ offers unique functionality that might be helpful for your job search.  My previous post highlights some of those positive features.  If you are active on google+, then I hope you will visit and circle our page for Frank&#8217;s Employment.  We plan to offer links to resources related to local hiring, features on some of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elysew.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3129784&amp;post=1342&amp;subd=elysew&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google+ positives</title>
		<link>http://elysew.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/google-plus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elyse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After facebook launched the mind-numbing sensory overload called its Ticker &#8230; and before the F8 conference announcing Timelines and Open Graph (which helps to make sense of Ticker), in frustration I turned to Google+ as a social networking option. After just one week as a Google+ user, I haven&#8217;t been so overwhelmingly impressed as to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elysew.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3129784&amp;post=1320&amp;subd=elysew&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Featured opening: Industrial Sales</title>
		<link>http://elysew.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/employment-chicago-suburbs-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elyse</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DeKalb]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This industrial sales opportunities has so many positive features.  I am surprised that I haven&#8217;t been overwhelmed by résumés from interested applicants! Positives and perks Full engagement in the sales process from start to finish: generating and pursuing leads; organizing strategies for sales calls; negotiating with customers to close the deal. Technical expertise available from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elysew.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3129784&amp;post=1316&amp;subd=elysew&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BeKnown BeMuses</title>
		<link>http://elysew.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/beknown-facebook-app/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elyse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professional relationships have always been crucial for the success of a recruiter.  The robust virtual networks possible through LinkedIn, twitter, and facebook have only magnified the opportunities for connections and contacts with larger and larger communities of people.  That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m an open networker on LinkedIn.  That&#8217;s why I maintain the facebook page for Frank&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elysew.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3129784&amp;post=1307&amp;subd=elysew&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Featured opening: Buyer</title>
		<link>http://elysew.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/employment-chicago-suburbs-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elyse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ready for more challenge in your procurement career?  This featured Buyer position could be the perfect next step for you! My client is a small, but successful and growing manufacturer.  The company culture is respectful, fun, and energizing.  A person with high energy, great motivation, and drive to be part of the business success will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elysew.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3129784&amp;post=1298&amp;subd=elysew&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Featured opening: Mechanical Engineer</title>
		<link>http://elysew.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/employment-chicago-suburbs-19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elyse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sometimes wonder what keeps mechanical engineers from getting workplace whiplash.  Hired by a company for a major project, worked intensively for the product design and testing period, then released.  Hired, worked, released again.  A break from the project-cycle pattern of hiring is what makes this permanent Mechanical Engineer opportunity so unique! A glimpse into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elysew.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3129784&amp;post=1288&amp;subd=elysew&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Age matters not</title>
		<link>http://elysew.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/age-discrimination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elyse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frustrated applicants often complain that they are being discriminated against by employers on the basis of their age ~ not &#8220;making the cut&#8221; in favor of someone younger and newer to the workforce.  The job market remains tough, with fierce competition among incredibly well-qualified candidates.  So it&#8217;s understandable that an excellent employee who hasn&#8217;t previously [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elysew.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3129784&amp;post=1278&amp;subd=elysew&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Secrets That Recruiters Won&#8217;t Tell You (But Should)</title>
		<link>http://elysew.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/harper-college-careers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elyse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Career Stimulus project at Harper College has invited me to present in one of the break-out sessions for their monthly meeting on Friday, June 24th.  I have chosen to talk about job-search secrets that recruiters won&#8217;t tell you &#8230; but probably should! Click here for more details about this monthly support group for people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=elysew.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3129784&amp;post=1273&amp;subd=elysew&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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