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	<title>CollegeSurfing Insider &#187; job hunting</title>
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	<description>Answers to Your Career Education Questions</description>
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		<title>Report: Starting Salaries Not Too Shabby</title>
		<link>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2009/07/17/report-starting-salaries-not-too-shabby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CollegeSurfing Insider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gen Y]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On average, new grads are making almost $50k right out of college &#8212; not too shabby in this down economy of ours, right? I know I certainly would have been thrilled with that kind of &#8220;first job&#8221; salary offer back when I graduated. Here are the deets&#8230;
NACE’s [National Association of Colleges and Employers]  Summer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grads on the Hunt: The Good, The Bad, The Promising</title>
		<link>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2009/06/30/grads-on-the-hunt-the-good-the-bad-the-promising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CollegeSurfing Insider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You recently graduated. You&#8217;re still unemployed. You continue the job hunt. Here&#8217;s what you need to know&#8230;
The Good &#62;&#62; The more schooling you have, the less likely you are to be unemployed. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May 2009 (the most recent month of reporting available), the national unemployment rate was 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looming Teaching Shortage May Mean New Jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2009/04/17/looming-teaching-shortage-may-mean-new-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2009/04/17/looming-teaching-shortage-may-mean-new-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CollegeSurfing Insider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is, however, hope for the education industry in the form of a new generation of college graduates eager to get into the teaching game and reap the perks that the profession’s hours, work demands, job security, and health benefits offer.]]></description>
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		<title>The Piece of Paper Standing Between You and Your Next Interview: The Cover Letter</title>
		<link>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2009/03/16/the-piece-of-paper-standing-between-you-and-your-next-interview-the-cover-letter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2009/03/16/the-piece-of-paper-standing-between-you-and-your-next-interview-the-cover-letter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CollegeSurfing Insider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[getting hired]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the digital age, cover letters are as antiquated and unnecessary as thank-you notes.
WRONG! (Thank-you notes are important too, but that’s another post.)
It does show some extra effort when you submit a cover letter. After all, anyone can make a bazillion copies of their resume and fax ‘em out to every agency that may or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Things to Do After You’ve Been Laid Off</title>
		<link>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2009/02/09/7-things-to-do-after-you%e2%80%99ve-been-laid-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2009/02/09/7-things-to-do-after-you%e2%80%99ve-been-laid-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CollegeSurfing Insider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corporate America is in a tailspin, and if you&#8217;re one of the unfortunate who is paying the price by losing your job, you&#8217;re certainly not alone. The unemployment rate is now at 7.2 percent –- the highest rate since January 1993, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Yikes! What now? Just because you&#8217;re laid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Worrying About Jobs, Young Whippersnappers</title>
		<link>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2008/12/08/stop-worrying-about-jobs-young-whippersnappers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2008/12/08/stop-worrying-about-jobs-young-whippersnappers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CollegeSurfing Insider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all of the unemployment statistics out there, there&#8217;s a good possibility that you&#8217;re reading this in fear of losing your job, or not being able to find one once you finish school. There&#8217;s an even greater possibility that one of your parents or older relatives was laid off or took a buyout. What you [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Diversify Your Job Search: No One Way Is Best</title>
		<link>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2008/10/06/diversify-your-job-search-no-one-way-is-best/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2008/10/06/diversify-your-job-search-no-one-way-is-best/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CollegeSurfing Insider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[job hunting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be the first to admit that job hunting is no fun, especially when the economy has gone south. The last time I was between jobs was right after 9/11 &#8212; not the best time to be looking for work.
I thought I was doing everything right. I updated my resume, wrote some lovely cover letters, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gen Y: Whiners or Winners?</title>
		<link>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2008/07/24/gen-y-whiners-or-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2008/07/24/gen-y-whiners-or-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CollegeSurfing Insider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just read an interesting study about Gen Y that I thought was worth sharing. In a nutshell, 50 percent of Gen Y workers give employers six months or less to &#8220;prove themselves&#8221; before they move on to a new job. I guess being from Gen X, I find this concept bizarre. After all, I was [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Schools That Hook You Up</title>
		<link>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2008/07/14/schools-that-hook-you-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2008/07/14/schools-that-hook-you-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CollegeSurfing Insider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[career advice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With today&#8217;s rough and tumble economy, choosing a school just got more complicated. It&#8217;s not just about course offerings, location, affordability, and reputation &#8212; you need to find out how they&#8217;ll help you after you graduate. In other words, imagine that part of that big fat tuition check is an investment into free career services [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Face the Job Market With Your Head Held High</title>
		<link>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2008/06/02/face-the-job-market-with-your-head-held-high/</link>
		<comments>http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/2008/06/02/face-the-job-market-with-your-head-held-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s cap-and-gown time again, and for college grads, that means it&#8217;s time to face the job market. (Cue eerie music.)
But is it as bad as they say? That depends on who you&#8217;re listening to.
Here&#8217;s how the Economic Policy Institute &#8211;a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank &#8212; sees it:
College grads are confronting a more inhospitable job market [...]]]></description>
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