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Study Examines Factors Impacting Veteran Hiring

Hiring factors for veterans may be different than those faced by the private sector, according to a study by the University of Texas at San Antonio. Christopher Stone, a Ph.D. …

UBS to Spend $10 Million on a College Success Program for Low-income Students

UBS Americas has committed $10 million over the next five years to UBS NextGen Leaders, a new education initiative to increase the number of inner city males who graduate from …

Government Shutdown Hits Education, Labor Departments

Colleges that depend on research funding, military members looking for tuition assistance and those who need information from the monthly government jobs report all are suffering under the current government …

Obama Says Changes Needed in For-Profit Schools, Law School

By MARY PATRICK In his last stop during his bus tour through New York and Pennsylvania to talk about education issues, President Barack Obama suggested that law schools and for-profit …

Global Knowledge Forms IT Training Venture With U.S. for Military Service Members

Global Knowledge, an IT and business skills company, will be joining the White House’s IT Training and Certification Program to help provide training se…

GOP Introduces Job Training Bill

Legislation to streamline employment and job-training programs won passage in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 15, bringing the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act one …

GI Tuition Fairness Act Promises Lower College Costs for Vets

The GI Tuition Fairness Act, which lowers out-of-state college costs for veterans, is gaining more supporters as the bill is reviewed by a congressional committee that could send the bill …

White House Recruits for Federal IT Projects

It’s a new type of tour of duty – for IT professionals. The government is issuing a call to arms for IT pros to work on federal IT projects for …

How to Improve Your Resume with an Online Certificate

Even with the incredible technological changes throughout the last decade, there is still one document upon which the hope of most job seekers resides: the résumé.

As the first impression a job seeker makes on an employer – and the principle method by which people get past the initial review and into an office for a one-on-one interview – the resume remains of paramount importance in the job-hunting game.

5 End-of-the-Year Tax Credits and Deductions You Won’t Want to Forget!

Although we’re in the final days of 2012, there’s still time for business owners to take advantage of several tax deductions before the end of the year. With potential major changes to 2013 tax rates and exemptions, business owners would be smart to take advantage of as many deductions as possible before the close of the year.