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		<title>Samson &#8211; Cutest Dog in Denver</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, one of our recruiters (Jake Norris) entered his dog Samson in a &#8220;Cutest Dog&#8221; contest.  Please help Samson by voting for him! Click here to vote:  http://bit.ly/KYBcN<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigmatek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7510867&amp;post=69&amp;subd=sigmatek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Busy June</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things seem to definitely be picking up a little.  June saw some increased activity- several placements and a few new job reqs.  We&#8217;re looking forward to a good Q3, which we think should easily be the best quarter of the year to date, but then again, in this economy, the previous quarters shouldn&#8217;t be hard [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigmatek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7510867&amp;post=65&amp;subd=sigmatek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reddit Starts a Job Board. Why Not? [Mashable]</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Stan Schroeder &#124; Mashable.com &#124; June 15th, 2009 At one point in history, job boards were the thing to do if you wanted to somehow monetize your site without having a clear business model. So, pretty much every major (and minor) site started a job board. Although the trend has somewhat subsided, from what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigmatek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7510867&amp;post=59&amp;subd=sigmatek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Days are (almost) Here Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Deirdre Gregg &#124; Puget Sound Business Journal &#124; June 3rd, 2009 Hold onto your hats, this post contains good news about the local economy. Washington could start adding jobs as soon as the fourth quarter of this year, according to Andrew Gledhill, economist with Moody’s Economy.com. In fact, Washington is one of five states [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigmatek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7510867&amp;post=57&amp;subd=sigmatek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manpower: Employers struggling to find qualified job candidates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 22:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Denver Business Journal &#8211; by Barton Eckert Washington Business Journal The annual Talent Shortage Survey from Manpower Inc. shows talent shortages continue despite the economic downturn. The employment services company (NYSE: MAN) says 30 percent of employers worldwide are struggling to find qualified job candidates especially skilled tradespeople, sales representatives and technicians. Manpower surveyed nearly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigmatek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7510867&amp;post=53&amp;subd=sigmatek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hiring the Right IT Manager is Crucial for Business Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 02:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leadership, Communication and Personal Skills Critical for IT Managers at Small and Medium-Sized Businesses By Marketwire &#124; May 19th, 2009 WARWICK, RI &#8212; (Marketwire) &#8212; 05/19/09 &#8212; Hiring the right information technology manager is crucial for business success, IT expert Charles Nault says in his new book, &#8220;Risk-Free Technology: How Small to Medium Businesses Can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigmatek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7510867&amp;post=46&amp;subd=sigmatek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Many Companies Hire as They Fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 14:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Employers Adapt to Changing Terrain, Different Skill Sets Are Required By CARI TUNA &#124; WSJ.com &#124; May 11th, 2009 Boeing Co. cut more than 3,000 jobs in the first four months of 2009, most from its commercial-airplanes unit as airlines deferred orders. But the aviation giant added 106 employees in its defense arm, and is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigmatek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7510867&amp;post=38&amp;subd=sigmatek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Recruiting Agencies Still Matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 01:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an Account Executive with a staffing agency, I hear the same thing so much that I can pretty much anticipate it with each call or visit I make. That phrase is &#8220;I don&#8217;t need to use an agency because there are so many candidates on the market.&#8221; That&#8217;s true, but that is why companies [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigmatek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7510867&amp;post=33&amp;subd=sigmatek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some Employers See Hiring Opportunity [WSJ.com]</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 02:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strategically hiring skilled, productive employees can help employers boost efficiency and save money, says DeLynn Senna, executive director of permanent placement services for North America for Robert Half International Inc., a professional staffing firm. Good hiring decisions now may allow companies to best competitors when the economy rebounds, she says.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigmatek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7510867&amp;post=26&amp;subd=sigmatek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HOW TO: Find a Job on Twitter [Mashable.com]</title>
		<link>http://sigmatek.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/how-to-find-a-job-on-twitter-mashablecom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Evans is the director of communications at Elgin Community College (ECC) in Elgin, Illinois. She also authors a PR and social media blog and is the founder of #journchat. Tough economic times call for innovative approaches. An estimated 51 million people internationally are expected to lose their jobs in 2009, and with the unemployment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigmatek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7510867&amp;post=10&amp;subd=sigmatek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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