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Linda Blanchard built a roofing career around safety, mentorship and growth
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Linda Blanchard, CEO of Thermal-Tec Roofing in Cedar Springs, Michigan, is being recognized for a four-decade career that turned a family business into a multimillion-dollar commercial roofing company.
WiseOrbits warns parents to rethink teen career plans before 2030
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WiseOrbits says many families are steering teenagers toward jobs likely to shrink or disappear by 2030, and urges parents to compare career ideas with labor market forecasts before choosing school subjects.
Dave & Buster’s opens College Station location Oct. 26 and is hiring 150
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Dave & Buster’s will open a 30,000-square-foot venue in College Station on Oct. 26 and is hiring for 150 jobs across the new site.
EB3.Work flags persistent hiring gap as 82% of small businesses find few qualified applicants
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EB3.Work says new August 2026 small-business data and July federal job-opening figures show a continuing mismatch between open jobs and qualified applicants.
COABE joins skills-first hiring campaign for 70 million workers
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COABE is backing the Ad Council and Opportunity@Work’s Tear the Paper Ceiling campaign to push employers toward skills-first hiring for workers without four-year degrees.
GR8 People launches redesigned website around hiring orchestration
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GR8 People has unveiled a new website to spotlight its Hiring Orchestration Platform and its pitch that talent acquisition is moving beyond disconnected point tools.
SAC Foundation gets $2.21M gift to expand paid internships and career training
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Santa Ana College Foundation received a $2.21 million gift from Samueli Foundation on Sept. 13, 2026, to expand paid work-based learning, update automotive training equipment and boost student wages.
Smile Hair Clinic Offers Companion Guide for Hair Transplant Trips to Turkey
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Smile Hair Clinic has issued a guide for companions traveling with international hair transplant patients in Turkey, outlining how they can help before surgery, during the procedure and through the first days of recovery.
Hiring sheds degree screens, but follow-through lags
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Employers have been dropping degree requirements for entry-level jobs, yet hiring data shows only limited movement toward more non-degree candidates.
Metro Cities Media to spotlight unusual Australian art careers
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Metro Cities Media will begin a feature series on unconventional art-related careers, starting with storyboard artists and visual concepts specialists.
Peak Road Press releases SIGNAL career-positioning book
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Peak Road Press has published SIGNAL, a new book by Careerz Group CEO Melissa L. Fisher that aims to help professionals make their experience easier to see, prove and hire.
Beckfield College president joins Kentucky career schools board
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Beckfield College President Dr. Diana Lawrence has joined the Kentucky Association of Career Colleges and Schools board, effective Sept. 1, 2026. The appointment gives Beckfield College a stronger voice in Kentucky workforce and career education…
Mechelle Degree builds a technology career centered on leadership and mentorship
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Mechelle Degree, profiled by Influential Women, is highlighting a more than 30-year career that has moved from IT support to global technology leadership, training, and program management.
Finjobsly adds AI hiring and career tools for fintech workers
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Finjobsly on Sept. 8 unveiled AI Scout, natural-language job search and a career development suite for fintech employers and job seekers.
Barbara Hummel builds banking career on faith and relationships
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Barbara Hummel, a vice president and regional banking manager in San Antonio, has spent more than 30 years in financial services focused on service, integrity and client relationships.
Patty Abell’s career spans EY, community service and lifelong learning
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Influential Women spotlighted Patricia “Patty” Abell, a Louisville administrative professional whose four-decade career has blended executive support, education, youth mentoring and community service.
Victoria Ardito highlights client-first insurance career
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Victoria Ardito, a Personal Lines Producer at Insurance Office of America in Jupiter, Florida, is being featured for building a 14-year insurance career around trust, coverage education and personalized service.
Careerz Group launches SIGNAL career-positioning system for AI job market
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Careerz Group CEO Melissa L. Fisher has released SIGNAL, a new book and framework built to help professionals prove value, raise visibility and create more career options as AI changes how people apply for jobs.
CareerSource South Florida to host South Dade employer summit Aug. 27
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CareerSource South Florida and local partners will hold a free workforce summit Thursday at Miami-Dade College’s Homestead campus to connect employers with hiring incentives, training programs and regional talent.
Retired physical therapist Sheryl Fairchild reflects on 43-year career
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Sheryl Fairchild, a retired physical therapist in Richmond, Texas, is looking back on more than four decades in rehabilitation medicine, leadership and medical education.
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