career information expert and author
Career information expert and author of several books about employment, including the 200 Best Jobs for College Graduates and Great Jobs in the President's Stimulus Plan
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Laurence Shatkin
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FROM Laurence Shatkin
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A Hard Rain's Falling for the Class of 2009 The National Association of Colleges and Employers—or NACE—has some bad news for the Class of 2009. Employers expect to hire 22% fewer graduates than they did in 2008. Resources mentioned in today's segment: AmeriCorps Teach for America Edward F. Kennedy Serve America Act of 2009 Peace Corps
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Congratulations, Graduate, Now Find a Job! This year's college graduates face the worse entry-level job market since the dot-com bust of the late 1990's. The National Association of Colleges and Employers, or NACE, shows employment opportunities down 22% from last year, and some companies that promise jobs won't actually hire until next Fall. Some graduates with loans to pay off are looking at volunteer work and unpaid internships that only provide room and board. We hear the best and worst prospects, talk with college kids about their expectations and hear about one scheme for taking advantage of trouble. Resources mentioned in today's segment: AmeriCorps Teach for America Edward F. Kennedy Serve America Act of 2009 Peace Corps
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Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?
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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
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The Trump agenda: where's the beef? President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.
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Who's to blame for the opioid crisis? Some of the lawyers who took on Big Tobacco are now going after Big Pharma. It’s all about the deadly epidemic of opioid use. Are the drug companies to blame? What about the users? Later, on today’s Talking Point: making sense of Britain’s upset election.