Skill atrophy and your job search

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal discusses the special challenges facing the long-term unemployed jobseeker. “The probability that a laid-off worker will find a job grows smaller the longer people have been out of work,” Dougherty writes. I’ve been thinking about the factors that impact this trend.

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Featured opening

Let me tell you about the Executive Director position with the Downtown St. Charles Partnership. Although Craig Frank (our President) is spearheading this search as a courtesy to the volunteer-based organization, it’s such an important opportunity that I’m featuring it here this week.

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Highlights from the City of St Charles update

Mayor DeWitte and Alderman Dan Stellato gave a lively update on the City of St. Charles at the WBC luncheon yesterday.

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