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The US Has the Highest Recidivism Rates In the World—Here’s Why

Success

A 2021 Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that 66% of people released from prison in 24 different states in 2008 were re-arrested within three years. Many of these arrests led to reincarceration: parole and probation violations and new sentences led 61% of prisoners released in 2008 to return to prison within a decade.

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

Success

So, the duo founded nonPareil Institute, a post-secondary training institute, in 2008. Crew members fulfill these needs from nonPareil Institute’s accommodating environment while gaining job and project management skills, working with others, meeting deadlines, earning a check and strengthening their resume and portfolio.

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How to Never Be a Victim Again

On The Job

Remember what 2008 felt like? Do you have a resume ready? Keep up with industry news, and understand the financial health of your own company. Pretty grim years. Thousands of people lost their jobs, and didn't have the foggiest idea of where to turn. Big mistake. No one should ever forget what that felt like.

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Networking Key for Vets to Find a Job

On The Job

In 2008, when Jessie Canella returned home from Iraq where he had been deployed as a Marine, he wasn't sure how to get a job in the civilian world. Canella soon learned what other job seekers have discovered: Competing with thousands of others online is often like throwing a resume into a black hole. He declined.

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Is Your Business Blogging?

The Small Business Blog

Maybe I will try to resume my blogging one of these days. I never understood the link between regular blogging and generating traffic. I now intend to start posting regular informative blogs. Jason Hein Said on June 19th, 2010 at 9:05 am Nice post. Thanks for sharing this post. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Work-Life Balance 2.0 and Small Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

This has created not only many health problems like cardiovascular disease, a weaker immune system, frequent headaches, backache to name but a few, but also social problems in areas like child-care, care for relatives, increase in divorces and other symptoms of a social fabric breakdown. Work-Life Balance 2.0

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New Hire Overload

Laughing all the Way to Work

As I was going through the manual, I saw chapters on office procedures, confidentiality, health and safety, security and more. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? The Human Resources Director pointed me to a small office and I was left alone to read what must have been 200 pages.