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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Announces the 4+1 Commitment to Reduce the Military Spouse Unemployment Rate

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Department of Defense (DOD), down only slightly from 24% in 2017. Additional support resources for military families In addition to the 4+1 commitment, here’s what other companies are doing to support military families: Military Friendly This organization rates jobs for military friendliness, with a specific focus on military spouses.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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When she was a junior in high school, Arrington founded the nonprofit ScholarCHIPS, an organization that provides college scholarships, mentoring, mental health support and a peer support network to children of incarcerated parents. Meet Our Finalists Yasmine Arrington Founder, Executive Director, ScholarCHIPS, Inc.

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Poor air quality affects chess players, and it might be affecting you too

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The World Health Organization estimate that 99 percent of the world’s population breathe in polluted air each day. The researchers studied the performance of 121 chess players across three separate tournaments between 2017 and 2019. At the same time, the share of middle-skilled occupations in total employment declined in both regions.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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Jean Accius is Senior Vice President at AARP, the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering Americans 50 and older to choose how they want to live as they age. That was when she started to build her business, organically, with the power of social media. Jean Accius. Senior Vice President.

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Top 9 Fun and Exciting Video Business Ideas for Drone Owners

Andrea Kalli

estimates that 2017 will see the production of close to 3 million drones. Explain how your drone video skills can potentially enhance their wedding coverage. Once you acquire a certain level of mastery and skill, advertise your proficiency and offer tutorials to budding drone pilots. Gartner, Inc. Coverage for Sports Events.

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Tim Leberecht of The House of Beautiful Business | Making Business More Human

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And we quickly decided to then continue with the idea of the house and turn it into a global community that’s now been existing since 2017. That would be one of the main challenges, I believe, going forward, both for workers but also for the organization. On the one hand, it gives us a great sense of freedom and agency.

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Five Barriers to Improving Employee Engagement

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After much debate about the merits of employee engagement, even the most critical executives will now admit employee engagement is a tremendous asset to an organization – perhaps even a strategic advantage. Despite agreement on the business impact, executive teams continue to struggle with building up these critical areas of the organization.

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