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Leadership Institute ‘Community Connect’ participants announced

The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute has announced the 30 program participants and 15 mentors selected for this year’s Community Connect:  Mentors Inspiring Success program.

The goal of the program is to connect future leaders …

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Majority of jobs created last year pay less than average U.S. wage

The U.S. added more than 2.1 million jobs in 2013 for the third straight year, the best stretch since 2004 to 2006, but more than half of those jobs pay less than $18 an hour, …

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Highly-educated workers faring better in jobs recovery

Workers across the country are experiencing different versions of the jobs recovery depending on their education level, CNNMoney.com reported. 

The recovery is favoring those who are college educated, but leaving behind those with a high …

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Tomorrow’s Workers

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The tax man keeps coming for Vratsinas companies

A federal tax bill is adding up to what appears to be nearly $6.7 million for John Vratsinas and the employee management companies that he created, and which operate under a variety of names.

In …

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High-demand jobs vary greatly in pay

In a job market characterized by high unemployment rates and a gap between workers’ skills and job openings, a lot of people are trying to scope out the fields that will have the greatest number …

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Lessons in leadership

Mistakes. They can be hard to admit to. Some can have wide-ranging consequences that can take days, months or even years to overcome.

“Mistake” isn’t typically a word that business leaders want to hear associated …

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New jobs numbers raise concerns about economy’s strength

Though the Dow Jones industrial average posted a four-year high on Tuesday, the market index fell as much as 45 points early Wednesday morning, reacting to a report from Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) that …

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Fewer private-sector jobs added in March

Private companies continued to add jobs in March, albeit at a slightly slower pace than the previous month, CNNMoney reported.

The private sector added 209,000 jobs last month, according to a report issued today by …

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Employees took vacation from vacations in 2011

Employees took vacation from vacations in 2011   As many as 70 percent of employees did not take all of their vacation time in 2011, according to a survey by workforce consulting firm Right Management.…