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Challenges Ahead
Green Jobs: The Need for a Skilled Workforce in the Construction and Building Trades
How to Survive Tough Economic Times
Common Mistakes in Business Plans
When Well-Written Resumes Don't Work
IETA Summer Conference
Need Interviews? A Sample Letter for Following-Up Your Resume Submission
Challenges Ahead
by Bashir Ali

In our central Illinois region, workforce development addresses the quantitative, qualitative and economic alignment needs of our workforce to make our regional community competitive in a twenty-first century global knowledge and innovation economy. In the next few years our region will face some real workforce challenges.
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Green Jobs: The Need for a Skilled Workforce in the Construction and Building Trades
by Paula Nachtrieb

America’s prosperity has been built on our nation’s leadership in innovation and technology. As world economies continue to grow, we must move to develop the technologies for sustainable growth of our global economy.
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How to Survive Tough Economic Times
by Morgan Gee

Blame whomever you want, but there is just no denying that times are just plain tough and people are going into debt just trying to survive a normal everyday existence!  However, a meeting with a client has given me an insight I’d like to share with you.
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Common Mistakes in Business Plans
by The Business Plan Factory

Your business plan is typically the first impression potential lenders of investors get about your business idea.  Even with a great product, team, and customers, and you are unable to convey to properly convey your image, it could be the last impression if your plan has some of the following, common mistakes.
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When Well-Written Resumes Don't Work
by Linda Matias

Job seekers spend more time fretting over their resumes than any other process during a job search.  This is because most believe that the resume serves as a magic bullet.  But no matter how great you sound on paper, the reality is that a resume can get you only so far in the job search, even if it is well written.  Below are telltale signs that your job search may be in jeopardy and the quick fixes you can incorporate to increase the chances your job search will be successful.
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IETA Summer Conference
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