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Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 11/23/09. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies experiencing growth. Trackback: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2009/11/whos-hiring-week-of-11-23-09.html

“Children should be allowed to play in the dirt because being too clean can impair the skin’s ability to heal itself,” The Daily Telegraph reported. It said scientists have found that common bacteria on the skin’s surface can “dampen down overactive immune responses, which can lead to rashes or cause cuts and bruises to become swollen and painful”. This news report ...

Who's Firing is a weekly survey of organizations announcing (or rumoring) layoffs for the week ended 11/20/09. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies that are contracting. To see the entire list, read: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2009/11/whos-firing-layoffs-week-ended-11-20-09.html

One of the wonderful things about Thanksgiving dinner is there are often lots of yummy leftovers. You can just warm up a few of your favorite dishes or make a simple turkey sandwich. But for healthful alternatives, USA TODAY's Nanci Hellmich asked the Food Network's Ellie Krieger and the editors of EatingWell and Cooking Light to share some nutritious recipes that ...

Paralysed patient could not move or communicate with doctors until Belgian neurologist tested new brain scanner For 23 years Rom Houben was trapped in his own body, unable to communicate with his doctors or family. They presumed he was in a vegetative state following a near-fatal car crash in 1983. But then doctors used a state-of-the-art scanning system on the brain ...

 Since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPST) announced its breast cancer screening guidelines, women of all races have expressed confusion and concern. But perhaps even more than others, one group has particular cause to be wary: Black women.

Thanksgiving is next week. Job seekers and career changers – Where’s your next job? If you can’t answer that question, what can you do to help your job search during the holidays? Find out some little used, yet highly effective strategies for the holidays at: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2009/11/its-almost-thanksgiving-do-you-know.html

Many job seekers can find Linkedin company pages to be a useful tool in their search. This often overlooked Linkedin feature allows the savvy candidate to gain an edge with companies they target. What can Linkedin Company Pages do for me? To find out how Linkedin Company Pages can help you find unadvertised positions, read: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2009/11/can-linkedin-company-pages-help-you.html

Have you ever heard of the Holiday Effect in hiring? Perhaps you’ve heard that companies usually don’t hire during the holidays, from Thanksgiving until after the New Year. So what does this mean for a candidate? Trackback: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2009/11/have-you-been-affected-by-holiday.html

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 11/16/09. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies experiencing growth. Trackback: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2009/11/whos-hiring-top-employers-week-of-11-16.html

If you are taking care of someone at home who has H1N1 (swine) flu, it is important for you to prevent other people in the house from getting sick, according to Gary Kalkut, MD, MPH, Senior Vice-President, Chief Medical Officer of Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Kalkut and his colleagues at Montefiore offer the following information and advice on preventing illness during ...

U.S. health experts say about two-thirds of cancers could be prevented via lifestyle changes. The Mayo Clinic researchers explain in their Special Report on Cancer Prevention in the November issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource says maintaining proper weight by eating a healthy, low-fat diet and by stepping up moderate to vigorous physical activity to 45 to 60 minutes almost daily ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery Tuesday to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their heads, sharing blood vessels and brain tissue. It is too early to know whether the two-year-old girls, Trishna and Krishna, suffered any brain damage during the marathon operation — an outcome doctors ...

NEW YORK - Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. It's a major reversal that conflicts with the American Cancer Society's long-standing position. Also, the task force said breast self-exams do no good and women shouldn't be taught to do them. For most ...

Who's Firing is a weekly survey of organizations announcing layoffs for the week ended 11/13/09. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies that are contracting. Trackback: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2009/11/whos-firing-layoffs-week-ended-11-13-09.html

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 11/9/09. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies experiencing growth. Trackback: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2009/11/whos-hiring-top-employers-week-of-11-9.html

Linkedin has released some interesting upgrades in the past week that can help job seekers. Linkedin’s two big new features are Linkedin Follow and Linkedin Twitter Integration. How can these new features help job seekers? Trackback: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-can-linkedins-new-features-help-job.html

Creative social media use gives job seekers a way to beat the odds. When government figures list unemployment as 6 times greater than job openings, you've got to try something different to be noticed. Here’s a list of 5 Ways Social Media Gives Job seekers an Advantage. Trackback: http://recareered.blogspot.com/2009/11/5-ways-social-media-gives-job-seekers.html

People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." It's the placebo effect - the ability of a dummy pill or a faked treatment to make people feel better, just because they expect that it will. It's the mind's ability to alter physical symptoms, such as pain, anxiety and ...

ATLANTA - Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll released Friday. That's true even for people who are at extra risk for severe complications and should be at the front of the line. The numbers are about the same for parents ...