- Cover letters can be valuable resume tool (The Gleaner)
Submitting your resume without a cover letter is a lost opportunity. In a Robert Half International survey, 86 percent of senior executives polled said cover letters are valuable when evaluating job candidates.
- Washington City Paper: Cover Story: PlaceHolder? (Washington City Paper)
PlaceHolder? With 12 years' experience prosecuting public corruption at the Justice Department, U.S. Attorney Eric Holder was a perfect choice to clean up a corrupt city. But after three and a half years, he may be moving on, and D.C. is still one of the most crooked cities in the nation.
- What says 'hire me!' to employers (CNN)
After several long months of unsuccessfully posting his résumé and applying to jobs online, Alex Ballin, 24, decided to take his job search into his own hands.
- Horror Of Jonestown Still Haunts 30 Years On (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
Associated Press writer Tim Reiterman was one of the few to escape the horrors of Jonestown Peoples Temple cult which left more than 900 men, women and children dead - most by suicide - deep in the jungle of Guyana on Nov. 18, 1978. Reiterman's memories reveal how fate and madness played out under the religious dictatorship of the Rev. Jim Jones.
- Shock Remains 30 Years After Jonestown (CBS 5 Bay Area)
Dark clouds tumbled overhead on that afternoon 30 years ago, in the last hours of the congressman's mission deep in the jungle of Guyana. With a small entourage, Congressman Leo Ryan had come to investigate the remote agricultural settlement built by a California-based church. Within hours, more than 900 people would be dead in Jonestown in a murder and suicide ritual of epic proportions.
- 30 Years After, The Legacy Of Jonestown (CBS 13 Sacramento)
"I felt evil itself blow into Jonestown when that storm hit," recalls Tim Carter, one of the few settlers to survive that day. Within hours, Carter would see his wife and son die of cyanide poisoning, two of the more than 900 people Jones led in a murder and suicide ritual of epic proportions.
- Education Calendar: 11/18/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
The Education calendar is published weekly. To submit information e-mail awidmer@record-eagle.com ; fax (231) 946-8632; or mail to 120 W. Front St., P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685-0632. Items should be received at least two weeks in advance.
- The Carolinian is currently accepting applications for the positions of Publisher and Opinions Editor (Carolinian)
Applicants for Publisher Interested persons should submit cover letters, resumes, letters of reference, etc., to the Office of Campus Activities & Programs, 221 Elliott University Center, no later than noon, Wednesday, November 19, 2008. Applicants should posses the ability to effectively manage people and resources; and meet deadlines.
- Tight leash keeps worker from applying elsewhere (Anchorage Daily News)
I live in Wasilla, work in Anchorage and am incredibly tired of the commute, particularly with the ice and snow. Although I'm a hard worker with a good work ethic who is loyal to my employer, I want to work closer to home.
- 30 Years Later, Survivors Remember Jonestown (Fox News)
Thirty years later, surviving members of the Jonestown massacre recall the murder and suicide ritual in the jungle of Guyana.
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