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Learn to use LinkedIn to help you land a job

Over the next several months, Bridgette Lacy will write twice monthly about the skills needed and the challenges facing those returning to the job market. Today she writes about classes that teach job seekers how to master LinkedIn, the professional networking site.

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BUSINESS

Get ready for a greener future

Jon Ruth practiced building solar hot water systems and installing solar roof panels during two weeklong classes at Wake Technical Community College last month.
ECONOMY

Offbeat website reboots job search

After Cris Cohen was laid off from his job as a contract worker for Cisco Systems in April, he decided a conventional job search just wasn't going to cut it.
ECONOMY

Unemployment up despite jobs

North Carolina's unemployment rate edged up in December to 9.8 percent as the economic recovery brought anemic job growth across the state.
ECONOMY

BAE Systems to add 176 jobs in Mecklenburg

BAE Systems, a British defense and aerospace company, plans to open a facility in Mecklenburg County and add 176 jobs.
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Surreal questions guard some great jobs

Maybe you've had the nightmare. You show up late for the job interview, or perhaps you forgot to prepare at all. Then they pop off the kind of question that has you sitting there mute, an intellectual deer in the headlights:
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Jobless find skills must be broader

The jobs crisis has brought a sad discovery for many unemployed Americans: Openings in their old fields exist; yet they no longer qualify.
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N.C. State Fair needs workers

The N.C. Employment Security Commission is now accepting applications for jobs at the N.C. State Fair.
BUSINESS

For the young, there's no easy career path

Despite their confidence and hard work, the job mobility that their parents remember is gone.
ECONOMY

Economy's vital signs sputter

A fresh batch of weak economic reports Thursday heightened concerns about the staying power of the fledgling recovery, with more grim news expected today when the government releases the latest in a series of monthly unemployment reports that have been less than buoyant.
ECONOMY

Jobs issue vexes region

The Triangle's unemployment rate dipped significantly in May but remains high by historical standards.