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		<title>Pursuing Maintenance and Reliability Improvements – Part 5 – Scheduling and Planning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scheduling and planning is a must in the drive for reliability improvement.  In today’s competitive business environment, it is highly unlikely additional resources will be added to increase reliability.  Resources for reliability will need to be found in the current maintenance resource pool.
The only way to create reliability resources without adding to the maintenance resource [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nextupcareers.com/blog/career-tips-overview/pursuing-maintenance-and-reliability-improvements-%e2%80%93-part-5-%e2%80%93-scheduling-and-planning/</link>
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		<title>COBRA Subsidy Extended One More Month to March 31, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Late on Tuesday, President Obama signed the Temporary Extension Act of 2010, a bill that extends the COBRA subsidy to March 31, 2010 and applies retroactively. Extended once previously, the subsidy had been slated to expire on February 28, 2010. The Temporary Extension Act contains various provisions that are intended to clarify portions of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nextupcareers.com/blog/career-tips-overview/employeremployee-law/cobra-subsidy-extended-one-more-month-to-march-31-2010/</link>
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		<title>Massachusetts Identity Theft Regulations Take Effect Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After several postponements and amendments, Massachusetts regulations 201 CMR 17, Standards for Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth, went into effect today. These regulations create very specific obligations for businesses that own or license personal information about any Massachusetts resident, regardless of the size of the business or the number of employees [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nextupcareers.com/blog/career-tips-overview/massachusetts-identity-theft-regulations-take-effect-today/</link>
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		<title>Good News on the Job Front?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Payroll behemoth ADP announced yesterday that the private sector only lost 20,000 jobs last month. As this article notes, this is actually good news.  Further, one of the talking heads in the article indicates that we should begin to see job growth in the next couple of months.
The article also notes what we are assuming [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nextupcareers.com/blog/articles/good-news-on-the-job-front/</link>
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		<title>The Odds of Finding a Job</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We came across an interesting blog yesterday over at Interns Over 40 which is a blog dedicated to helping skilled workers over the age of 40 find a new career.  The post we read with great interest and thought we would pass along was this one &#8211; 6 Lies We Tell Ourselves About Job Interviews [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nextupcareers.com/blog/articles/the-odds-of-finding-a-job/</link>
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		<title>Pursuing Maintenance and Reliability Improvements – Part 4 – KPI Creation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The fourth step to increasing asset reliability is to create effective departmental KPI’s (key performance indicators).  It has been said that results that can’t be measured, can’t be managed.  Or stated another way, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure”.  The maintenance function and asset reliability function must be measured by effective KPI’s to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nextupcareers.com/blog/career-tips-overview/pursuing-maintenance-and-reliability-improvements-%e2%80%93-part-4-%e2%80%93-kpi-creation/</link>
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		<title>The Impact of Bad Credit on Your Job Search</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over at msnbc.com there is a new article discussing how bad credit can impact your ability to find a job.  As the post notes, employers are increasingly using credit checks in their hiring decision making process.
Companies are not required to tell you if they&#8217;ve run a credit check and whether or not it impacts their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nextupcareers.com/blog/articles/the-impact-of-bad-credit-on-your-job-search/</link>
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		<title>Should I Become a Consultant?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over at CNN/Money, Fortune posted a great column on whether or not it makes sense to become a consultant after a layoff.  Its a fantastic question to ask, given the challenges of finding a permanent job in this economy.
At NextUp Careers, we&#8217;ve seen a significant increase in the discussion regarding the use of temporary staff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nextupcareers.com/blog/articles/should-i-become-a-consultant/</link>
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		<title>Industry Week Salary Survey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Industry Week published their latest salary survey.  As industry goes, so goes the demand for reliability engineering jobs and predictive maintenance professionals.  The survey, which can be found by clicking here paints a mixed picture of the job market and the potential for salary increases.
Some key findings from the study:

22% of respondents [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nextupcareers.com/blog/articles/industry-week-salary-survey/</link>
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		<title>EEOC issues proposed rule on age discrimination defense</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the definition of “Reasonable Factors Other than Age” (RFOA) under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The proposed rule attempts to address issues raised by recent cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, namely Smith v. City of Jackson and Meacham [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nextupcareers.com/blog/career-tips-overview/employeremployee-law/eeoc-issues-proposed-rule-on-age-discrimination-defense/</link>
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