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	<description>Answers to Your Career Education Questions</description>
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		<title>Grads on the Hunt: The Good, The Bad, The Promising</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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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>6 Strategies for a Successful Career Switch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[career advice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ready for a career switch? In an uncertain job market, it&#8217;s a good idea to consider all your career options &#8212; and workers in Washington State are doing just that. According to the Workplace Confidence Survey released in April by Everest College, 57 percent of respondents said they would change careers if nothing stood in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graduating Seniors’ Top Five List of Money Makers and Time Savers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 16:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re officially in the time of college graduations. Speakers are getting their inspirational speeches together, while the anxious Class of &#8216;09 &#8212; with or without jobs &#8212; is feeling a little uneasy at the prospect of beginning their new lives.
So you&#8217;ve made it. You&#8217;re about to graduate from college. Now what? Well, here are some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Pursuit of Passion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 18:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Boston Globe article chronicles the plight of laid-off software engineers and financial types who are taking the time to go back to school to engage their creative side and feed their soul. They are taking courses in painting and digital photography, furniture making and graphic design.]]></description>
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		<title>Looming Teaching Shortage May Mean New Jobs</title>
		<link>/blog/2009/04/17/looming-teaching-shortage-may-mean-new-jobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Student Loan Defaults Increasing – Whose Fault?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in: more bad news from the front lines of the recession. How can current and future students sidestep these sad loan statistics? Some tips on avoiding student loan default...]]></description>
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		<title>The 70-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Graduate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You're never too old to get an education. This 70-year-old great-grandmother is a prime example of someone who wouldn't let age get in her way of achieving her goals.]]></description>
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		<title>An Internship Could Be Your Golden Ticket</title>
		<link>/blog/2009/04/07/an-internship-could-be-your-golden-ticket/</link>
		<comments>/blog/2009/04/07/an-internship-could-be-your-golden-ticket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.collegesurfing.com/blog/?p=445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Internships may be the key to landing your future job. Find out more about internships here.]]></description>
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		<title>8 Offbeat, Odd &amp; Wacky College Majors</title>
		<link>/blog/2009/03/26/8-offbeat-odd-wacky-college-majors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CollegeSurfing Insider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why major in finance or philosophy when you can choose one of these off-the-beaten-path undergraduate degree programs? They may sound wacky, but they’re worth a second look.
1 &#8211; Bagpiping

Yes, you can actually earn a bachelor of fine arts degree in bagpiping from the Carnegie Mellon School of Music (Pittsburgh, PA). The undergraduate curriculum is composed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Cool Career Blog Posts</title>
		<link>/blog/2009/03/23/5-cool-career-blog-posts/</link>
		<comments>/blog/2009/03/23/5-cool-career-blog-posts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s amazing what kind of job-related reads you can find online when you know where to look. Here’s where I’m looking today – a roundup of the coolest career posts in the blogosphere.
1.    30 Plus Brilliant and Creative Resumes
All I can say is WOW. These 35 resumes put my boring old Word doc to shame. [...]]]></description>
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