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What Do You Say About Yourself After ‘Going Up’?

Learn what goes into an “elevator speech,” that 30-second introduction of yourself envisioned as being given to a complete stranger during an elevator ride. A seminar on the topic will be held May 20 in Downingtown.

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Kimberle Levin in the Montco Radio studio

‘Female Entrepreneur’ Talks Business Weekly On Radio

A woman who has founded several successful companies – and who, in a Montgomery County Community College class, teaches other women how to be as accomplished – has launched a weekly radio program on the college’s Internet station.

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Unemployment Cheats, Beware! PA Set To Crack Down

A proposal to increase penalties for unemployment fraud, eliminate the statute of limitations on the crime, and stop prison inmates from collecting checks has passed the House of Representatives.

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MontCo Students Hope To Benefit From State JobTrak

A $20 million program relies on Pennsylvania’s community colleges to identify skills needed at local businesses and then re-train older workers to fill the vacancies.

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MCCC Schedules Pottstown Employer Recruitment Dates

Its next “Recruiters On Campus” seminars are set for March 13 and April 10 in Pottstown PA.

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Work Assistance Group Reviews Job-Seeker Networks

Its next meeting is planned for Feb. 18 at Calvary Fellowship Church of Downingtown.

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Job-Seeker Support Group Offers February Assistance

Job-Seeker Support Group Offers February Assistance

A growing networking group for the unemployed and underemployed has planned helpful sessions for Feb. 11 and 18. They’re free and open to the public.

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Team Pennsylvania Foundation Supplies 2 Scholarships

If yours is a qualifying small business in Pennsylvania, looking to reach a larger global market, the Team Pennsylvania Foundation in interested in having you join the governor’s April job expedition.

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Corbett Avoiding A 'Right-To-Work' Legislative Push

Corbett Avoiding A PA ‘Right-To-Work’ Legislative Push

Pennsylvania’s governor last week said the state lacks “the will” to pass right-to-work legislation that recently became law in other states, because unions are popular here.

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Fox Rothschild Seminar Covers Sexual Harassment Issues

The legal firm has scheduled the breakfast workshop for February 2013 in Lawrenceville NJ. It’s open to employers by reservation.

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