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August 6, 2007 EditionEdition

Hiring 2.0 | The rules have changed for employers and job seekers alike. Say hello to the virtual background check.

Kyunhea Kwon doesn't want anything to get in the way of landing her first advertising job. ...

Smart money | An experimental state program aims to boost secondary education among working Mainers

An accounting degree would help Tracey Perkins land a promotion at Maine Oxy, a gas manufacturer in...

COMMENTARY: Choice words | Teach your employees to write well, or suffer the consequences

BY BRUCE MACMILLAN, PRESIDENT MacMillan Associates Inc., Phippsburg Having taught business writing for 25 years, I can honestly say...

Campfire tales | Winona Camps celebrates 100 years on Moose Pond

In 1968, Alan and Michelle Ordway purchased 400 acres of lush forests and mountainous views in Bridgton...
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Missed chances | More Maine high school students want to go to college but fewer are enrolling. What can be done?

On July 18, the Sen. George J. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute in Portland released its second report...

Property value | Steven Brier dives into the real estate market to keep the Little Dolphin School afloat

Steven Brier knows firsthand how difficult it can be to run a private childcare facility. Profit margins...

Warming trend | A new report warns of the economic impact of climate change in Maine

Several of Maine's traditional natural resource industries have faced major challenges in recent years, but according to...

Paw print | A chat with Holly Sherburne, founder of Downeast Dog News in Rockland

Founded: May 2006 Startup costs: $20,000 Employees: Sherburne, plus four part-time freelancers (bookkeeper, ad sales representative, editor and graphic...
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Lose the snooze | Meetings that pop will bring you from a company zero to a conference room hero

Boring or agitating, too long or too short, chronically unproductive meetings can drag down morale...
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